Lewis Carroll

Commissioned Bust of Lewis Carroll

20 cm, £147

'It is the essence of the artist that inhabits these pieces. The facial expressions provide the perfect emotional setting and these still lives seem to have motion. The scenes blend in a most comfortable manner and the piece always fits the space. This can only be the result of an artist who has found his place and is doing what he was always meant to do. How lucky for him. How lucky for us.'

Ravings from the Writing Desk - Joel Birenbaum ex-President Lewis Carroll Soc. North America

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

(detail, click for full photo)

'His Alice character was varied but always very good. Most people have trouble with the Alice character regardless of the medium and here it was obvious that this was a simple task for him. I learned later that he used his daughters as models as they became the right age, hence the variance of Alices. What proved to me that I really liked his work was that I liked his non-Alice pieces'

Ravings from the Writing Desk - Joel Birenbaum ex-President Lewis Carroll Soc. North America

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