about ailene fields

Every artist has a unique story and follows a personal journey through various aspects of life, and mine is no different. 

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I am a sculptor. I express myself through my sculptures. They say things that my words cannot. But I will try words. Carving stone is different from most other forms of sculpture. It is a process of finding what has been trapped within since time immemorial and allowing it to reveal itself to the world. For much of my career, what I liberated were animal and human figures caught in particular moments of reflection that revealed some essential aspect of their being.

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Stone is my creative medium of choice. For me, carving is not a process of extractive force, it is a release, a birthing of the figure within.  My sculptures involve a spiritual connection of creative energy flowing through me and the stones I works with, an unspoken conversation between the material and spiritual world. My work also reflects the mutability of our very existence from one day to the next.