Classical Modern Bronze Sculpture
Beatrice Hoffman creates stylised abstract and figurative sculptures, using clay and plasticine, cast in bronze or bronze resin.
Her sculpture add refinement and beauty to homes , inside and outside, and appeal to interior and garden architects.
Commissioned to create bespoke pieces, from small-scale private collections to a large hospital entrance centre-piece, Beatrice has exhibited widely throughout the UK and across Europe, and sold worldwide. Her bronze resin sculptures appear in publications to high acclaim.
2024 Exhibitions & Galleries
Studio and Garden Visit
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Walking forwards
“Arum Lily” with orange blossom in May. Inspired by Georgia o’Keeffe, this sculpture on the face of it represents a flower – as well as a potent feminine symbol.
With its sinuous lines, it is a form closely based on an arum lily; the sculpture consists of two parts: the vessel like root stock, and the large leaf stretching and yearning upwards. Flowing lines describe a vessel gradually opening as it grows upwards.
This form makes me reflect about “feminine” qualities of holding, containing and receiving .Often falsely considered “passive”, these qualities are subtly active: allowing, selecting, responding, within the steady time scale of nature.
“ Clay sketch “Sisters” is nearing completion: deadline this coming Saturday, then off to be scanned and four times enlarged to one meter height in polystyrene.
„Seated“ finally returned from the caster! A primeval feminine form, the lap from which all life emerges.
Am very pleased with this he new sculpture “Couple Side by Side (2)” just come back from the caster ! The first version was from 1998. I have to say, I much prefer my more recent style and technique of sculpting!
„Standing Together“ in my garden, is he inspiration behind the commission I currently work on, „Sisters“. I worked with the interesting challenge of adding one more person to the duet: a totally changed dynamic, formally as well psychologically.
I have been commissioned by a couple wanting to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, and their three lovely daughters, by commissioning me to create a garden sculpture. Based on my previous sculptures “Walking Forwards” and “Standing Together”, I am experimenting with possibilities on a small scale.
„Abstract Wave“ on exhibition at Kingham in June 2023! Looking forward to flowers and sun after a rainy winter…
Sculpture “Seated” has left for the caster, for him to create a mould and three casts. It was a fired sculpture from the 1990ies that I completely reworked by adding plasticine and grinding.
“Mother and Child 2”. Bronze Resin 70 x 47 x 40cm – £2950
Based on the archetype of Mother and Child recurrent in most cultures – Mary and the child Jesus, Isis and Osiris in Egypt – this is an image of protection and symbiosis: Mother and Child complement each other , as each head is missing one half of their face. Her hair and eyebrow line become the common bond that holds them together.
Her inclined head expresses care, his lying position trust and rest: the concave space behind him represents an enclosed cave and place of safety.
As the horizontal head is rather large in proportion, this sculpture also incorporates tinges of the adult man/woman relationship. The woman nurtures and protects the man as the son he once has been; and for fulfilling his needs and expectations, he worships her, raises her to become a saint, the Madonna of Christian history.
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„Primitive Woman2“ transforming and emerging out of it first version from 1991, originally carved out of Ancaster limestone; cast in 1999; totally recreated the last two years. #carving #stonecarving #figurativeart #figurativeartist #figurativesculpture #beatricehoffmansculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #gardensculpture
