Artwork: Mixed-Media Sculpture “Celtic Cross Series” by Séamus O’Dubsláine
Mixed-Media Sculptor Séamus Ó Dubsláine
Celtic Cross Series
by Séamus Ó Dubsláine
Background
Séamus Ó Dubsláine is creating a series inspired by the “Celtic” Cross,
a beautiful and symbolic icon used for centuries to mythologize a culture.
Using the “Celtic” Cross as a touchstone, he reaches back through his own ancestry
and the works of James Joyce.
Several of Séamus’ ancestors left Ireland early in the seventeen hundreds
due to land confiscations there,
and still others left during the “famine” of the 1840’s.
El Paso Del Norte
” El Paso Del Norte ” Reclaimed pine wood, copper tube and found cast iron. 19 x 30 x 6 (2010)
Hibernia
” Hibernia ” Reclaimed Christmas tree stands, copper tube, solid brass knobs, wire, bead chain and screws, chromed brass faucet, molded plaster piece, pint size beer glass, burlap, linen fringe and iron eye-bolt. 19 x 30 x 15 (1995)
Please Do Not Call Me Darling
” Please Do Not Call Me Darling ” Reclaimed pine wood, natural stain, found brass figure and porcelain. 30 x 19 x 6 (1998)
One Crucible
” One Crucible ” Reclaimed Christmas tree stands, gold colored epoxy paint, copper wire, old barbed wire, and solid brass knobs. 19 x 28 x 4 (1996)
Las Vegas, New Mexico And The Santa Fe Railroad
” Las Vegas, New Mexico and the Santa Fe Railroad ” Reclaimed Black Oak wood, copper tubing, vintage Seth Thomas mantle clock, scale model trestle, ties, steel rails, Lionel model locomotive . . . 30 x 48 x 10 (2014)
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