{"product_id":"african-queen","title":"\" AFRICAN QUEEN \"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThis is my “ African Queen “.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eShe is part of a series I began in the late 1990’s, consisting of 34 works interpreting these creatures of the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOver the past year I have been re-working this series to add what I feel was missing when I began this journey. I aim to breath new life into them, a new vision that I have found through my years of study and observation in the intervening years,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eI try to put colour and life into these works, to radiate power and vulnerability of each individual that I made into a work of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEASUREMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21 Width x 47 Height x 12 Depth INCHES  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e54 Width x 120 Height x 30 Depth CENTIMETRES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePlease contact me, to view a moving image of \" African Queen \".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e( NB the African Queen is now completed and ready to leave my studio for pastures new, to radiate her beauty and power to all that see her. )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eIf you wish to purchase “ African Queen “, please contact me , to discuss shipping within the UK and Worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThis series began with my travels around South Africa’s Cape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eA friend facilitated an opportunity for me to observe the night workers and their associates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEach figure is a character I studied during that time. The resulting sculptures are an ongoing series that began during the mid-1990’s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eI create each sculpture, from Herculite plaster and then ‘dress it', using mosaic ostrich eggshell (found in the Karroo desert) plus mirror, paint, treated rolled lead, gems and found objects. Anything and everything are my materials, combining to create an encrusted patina, with an individuality that forms the character of each piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThis is an on-going series, now focusing on the celebrities in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #15212f; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #15212f; font-family: sul-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"\u003e( NB \" African Queen \" was completed in 2023, beginning many years earlier)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andru Fijalkowski","offers":[{"title":"21'' x 47''","offer_id":50624549683489,"sku":"","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0792\/0589\/2385\/files\/1-01_0ca95854-bbd3-47bb-a4d7-9789fc7e3c98.jpg?v=1730731625","url":"https:\/\/apricus-art-collection.myshopify.com\/products\/african-queen","provider":"Apricus Art Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}