The Boat Launching by Robyn Varpins

"The Boat Launching is a sculpture based on watching my son play, while on holiday 'down south'. He loved to play with water, and get very wet sometimes. Although this time it was winter, so he wisely stayed out of the lake." - Artist, Robyn Varpins

Robyn Varpins' work centres round the human form because of her deep interest in 'humanness'. Her sculptures have a rawness. She leaves the clay mostly unglazed to convey the interior experience of being human with the occasional use of coloured slips.

"The purpose of my art is to share with others the beauty I see... I seek to portray a sense of peace and resolution. My artworks are calm and reflective and encourage a similar response in the viewer. I look beyond the visual to the essence of a thing to convey what is inside." - Artist, Robyn Varpins