Feyona van Stom
Ceramic Sculpture (Mosman, NSW)

Feyona was born and raised in Hong Kong with Dutch and Scottish heritage. She studied art in Hong Kong, New York and in Sydney at Seaforth College of Fine Arts, and works with ceramic body sculptures, acrylic paintings and glass slumping.

Her overwhelming interest is the human body, particularly female form, the endless variations of movement and muscle and the sensual voluptuousness of its infinite shapes. Ceramics give Feyona the freedom to develop and vary the shapes without losing the basic line. Gradually the shapes become dominant and each body's individuality acquires its own personal definition.

"My work has changed me as it has changed the people who are close to me. I don't just see people any more; I try to imagine how they will look when I make them. I love large, dramatic bodies D shape and size becomes ever more beautiful. When I have a crayon, clay or even glass it seems almost to take on its own life. There is something inside it that is trying to get out. Because the clay is organic and has a life of its own, it pulls me in certain directions. The ideas keep coming and then they rearrange themselves."

Feyona's pieces acquire their own identities and personalities, some of them quiet, peaceful and elegant and others sensual, bold, daring, full and luscious.

She has exhibited her work extensively, including several group exhibitions at SOHO Gallery (Sydney), Global Galleries (Sydney), Salishan Gallery (Oregon USA), Manly Art Gallery (Sydney) as well as local art shows in Mosman, Hunter's Hill, Willoughby, Lane Cove, Hunter Valley, Liverpool and Leichardt.

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