Phil Crawford

Biography
Born in 1957 in Vancouver, BC, I grew up beside the University of BC Endowment Lands with a forest on one side and the big city on the other. In 1989 I moved to the small town of Nelson, BC where my home and workshop are four blocks from downtown and six blocks from the woods.



Artist Statement
I started carving at 18, in wood at first, switching to stone in 1991 and I have recently done bronze editions of stone originals. I've tried working in modeling clay like most bronze artists but found my brain just didn't work that way. I am a reductionist, a reactionary--I need the limitations of a finite block of stone and the possibilities it holds.
Some say the sculpture is in the stone and you just have to let it out. The way I see it there are a bunch of sculptures in there and I have a lot of choices to make.

For sculptures that are currently available click HERE

Heart of the Sunrise SOLD African Peripholite 12 x 6 x 4 inches	Heart of the Sunrise SOLD African Peripholite 12 x 6 x 4 inches

The source of myth SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 11 x 12 x 4 inches	The source of myth SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 11 x 12 x 4 inches

It's generally both SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 29 x 16 x 14 inches	It's generally both SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 29 x 16 x 14 inches

Dragon's Tooth SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 6 x 8 x 10 inches	Dragon's Tooth SOLD Brazilian Soapstone 6 x 8 x 10 inches

Eye of the Storm SOLD African Peripholite 10 x 12 x 8 inches	Eye of the Storm SOLD African Peripholite 10 x 12 x 8 inches

Small Fry SOLD Soapstone 10 x 9 x 10 inches	Mexico Montreal (female side)SOLD Soapstone 35 x 16 x 12 inches

If Deserts Stood SOLD Soapstone 16 x 9 x 5 inches	If Deserts Stood SOLD Soapstone 16 x 9 x 5 inches

Grey Lagoons (front) SOLD African Peripholite 16 x 7 x 5 inches	Grey Lagoons (back)SOLD African Peripholite 16 x 7 x 5 inches

Bird of Paradise SOLD Soapstone	Masquerade SOLD Soapstone	Jovian Lyre SOLD Alabaster

For sculptures that are currently available click HERE