BIOGRAPHY | ROBERT S ELLIS
Robert 'Bob' Ellis is a figurative sculptor, working mainly in clay and casting in bronze. He was born in 1952, the grandson of a journeyman stone mason, and grew up in the Potteries. He has lived and worked in West Dorset for the past thirty years. Bob trained in figurative sculpture at Stafford College of Art under Stuart John Osbourne (ARCA). His work explores the dynamics of sculptural form, inspired by nature.
Bob’s sculpture is acclaimed for its vitality and sensitivity. Alongside pursuing his personal work he takes on commissions, sculpting spirited portraits and working with clients to produce unique site-specific sculptures.
Recently he has also collaborated with artist James Coplestone to produce a collection of sculptures based on characters from classic literature. The collection based on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ has recently been exhibited in Chelsea, Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Oxford and is Currently being shown in galleries in Bath and Belfast.
Bob’s work is created and cast in the West Country. He initially models in terracota and then works closely with a fine-art foundry to produce bronze sculpture that is finished to an exceptionally high quality.
More of Bob’s work can be viewed on www.robertjamesworkshop.com.
" The work is mainly portraiture, impressive heads cast in bronze and quite unusual in the depth of detail and sensitive drawing or modelling that must have been achieved in the original clay. Through the love and skill of the sculptor's hands they are alive, and one or two carvings in wood of abstract shapes prove his complete knowledge and control of shape and form."
– Art Critic Robert Miller, Arts Review magazine