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christine close

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Copper Resin, Bronze and Copper Resin, White marble, Bronze Resin, Copper Plated, Resin,

Christine Close is a figurative artist who specialises in the animal and human form. With a university background in zoology and animal behaviour she spends many hours observing and photographing animals in order to capture that special pose or moment in time. Her work is initially modelled in clay and then cast in foundry bronze, resins and recycled glass. All sculptures are in limited editions.

Recently she has been in high demand for public art sculpture.

Christine is currently based in France.

“I have been greatly influenced by the animaliers of the early 20th century such as Bugatti and Francois Pompon. I strive to capture the essence of the animal to portray it`s character in the chosen pose. I love to experiment with new materials and sculpt female torsos using recycled car windscreens thus transforming something uniquely hard and masculine into a soft and sensuous form.”

Sculptures by christine close

Night Watchman Lifesize Cat Sculpture

£950

Cat Yoga Arching Cat Sculpture

£950

Headstand Reflection (Horse Heads in a Pool statue)

£2,050

Aristocat (Lifelike Sitting Cat statue)

£1,235

On the Nose (Lifesize Horse Head Drinking sculpture)

£2,450

Cat Burglar (Amusing Climbing Cat sculpture Life Size)

£1,235

Blazon Thermes Magnoac (Bronze Wolf and Prey statue)

I`m Ready (Young Retriever Dog Seated Statue)

£900

Don`t Forget Me (Retriever with Lead sculpture)

£2,275

Pounce (Hunting Fox Lifesize Outdoor sculpture)

£1,950

Wind in My Hare (Hare Sniffing the Breeze statue)

Seal of Approval 2 (Modern resin Bust statue)

Intent (Copper Resin Dog Seated Alert Statue)

AT EASE (Dog Lying Resting Copper Statue)

£2,050

On the Prowl (Bronze Lion Hunting Prowling statue)

£4,000

Rockhoppers (Bronze Little Penguins statuette)

£3,500

Fox (Copper resin Resting Lying Down sculpture)

£450

Pole Taxed (cast marble Waking Polar Bear statue)

£1,235

Due North (White Standing Polar Bear sculpture)

Polar Explorer (Small White Polar Bear statuette)

£900

French Bull Dog (To Scale Dog Seated Stone Statue)

£1,500

Rough Collie (Seated Attentive Sheep Dog Pet Sculpture)

£2,250

Buster (Remembrance Commission Bronze Dog Statue)

£1,225

Poser (Retriever Hound Relaxing Yard or Garden Sculpture)

£1,050

Hareslide (White Hare Amusing Garden sculpture)

£1,235

Naivety (Duckling Standing Garden Yard sculpture)

Trust Me (Cunning Fox Sitting Poised sculpture)

£2,250

Haregrip (Amusing Hare marble sculpture)

£1,500

Choose Me (Dog Statue)

Headstand (White Horse Head Bust sculpture)

£1,225

Polarize (White Reclining Polar Bear sculpture)

Harespring 2 (Mad March Hare Leaping Cavorting Jumping statues)

Menage a Trois (3 Horse Head Painted Wall Plaques)

£600

Harespring 1 (Mad March Hares Running and Jumping Garden statues)

Baroque (Recycled Glass Female Torso Yard statue)

£1,200

Harespeed (Amusing White or Brown Hares Yard or Garden sculptures)

Aerodynamic (Polar Bear White marble resin statues)

Sea Lion (Bronze Basking Resting Indoor statue)

£3,500

La Jeunesse (Bronze Small Nude Female Torso statue)

£1,150

Point of View (Small Polar Bear Listening statue)

Hare Style (White Hare Garden statue)

£1,500

Sea Siren (Young Woman Girl Torso sculpture)

£2,095

Hare Line (marble resin Big Fun Hare Lying Alert sculptures statues)

Credentials

Public Works

2013- Icehotel,Kiruna, Sweden
Designed and hand built an Art Suite for the Icehotel made completely from snow and ice.

2016- Christine has been chosen to represent GB in the 2016 Grindelwald World Snow Sculpture Festival

2017- Leading the Team GB in the 2017 Grindelwald World Snow
Sculpture Competition.
Won 2nd prize for Peoples Vote.

2017- Back to Kiruna Sweden for the snow sculpture competition.
2014- Commemorative Buster dog sculpture for TV.
2014- life size tiger for London Zoo
2019- life size wolf for Thermes Magnoac France

Public Acquisitions
Sumatran Tiger, London Zoo Buster the late dog, Battersea Dogs Home Wolf - life size for Thermes Magnoac France

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Animal Kingdom Sculpture & Statues Animal Memento happy Reminder sculpture statue statuette Animals at Play Sculptures Animals in Repose Resting Sleeping Lying Animals on the Go Sculpture Asian Animals sculptures or statues Australian and New Zealand Wild Life Bronze Garden sculpture Bronze Little or Small sculpture Bronze statue Cats Sculpture Domestic Animal Sculpture European Animal / Wildlife Sculptures Focal Point Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue Fun Amusing Comic Animals sculptures Indoors Interior sculptures Inside Sculpture Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Lifelike Realistic Coloured Painted sculpture Statue Outdoors Garden or Yard sculpture Outside Pet and Animal Portrait Custom or Bespoke or Commission Commemorative or Memorial sculpture statue Realistic Representational Lifelike Animal sculpture statue Realistic Representational Sculpture Small Animal Sculptures Stylized Animals Sculptures Tabletop Desktop Small Indoor Statuettes Figurines Sculptures The Americas: Animal / Wildlife Sculptures Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Animals Eatimg Feeding Drinking sculpture statues Columnar Pillar Upright Vertical Stele Abstract Contemorary Modern sculpture statue statuary Farm Sculpture & Statues Farm Yard Sculptures Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures Horse Head or Bust or Mask or Portrait sculpture statuettes statue figurines Horse Sculpture/ Equines Race Horses Pack HorseCart Horses Plough Horsess Horses Outdoors, Outside, Life Size, Big, Large, Huge Sculptures Statues memorials commissions custom made Horses sculptures statues statuettes Minimalist Understated Abstract Contemporary Sculpture statuary statuettes Partial Animal sculptures Fragment or Part or Incomplete statues statuettes Peace sculptures or statues or statuettes Polo Pony and Pony sculpture / statue / statuette / figurine / ornament Portraits Commissions Memorials Poolside Sculptures Commemoratives and Memorials Sculptures Animal Busts or Heads or Masks or Trophies For Sale or Commission Best Seller sculpture statues Racehorse Bronze, Stone, Resin, Silver Statues Small indoors and Large Lifesize Outside Gargoyle Carvings sculptures statues High Relief or Haute Relief Carving Sculpture Wall Panel casting in Bronze / Copper Wall Mounted or Wall Hanging sculpture Dogs Wild, Foxes, Wolves, Sculptures / Statues Heraldic Crests Logos Trade Marks Carvings or Castings Predators Carnivores Hunters Flesh Eaters sculptures Public Art Sculpture Commission and Custom and Bespoke sculpture Statues Dogs Hounds Bitches Puppies Sporting and Racing Dogs Sculpture Animal and Human Love sculpture or Statues Animals Hunting, Chasing and Pursuing Prey Sculptures Field Sports, Game Animals Sculptures Wild Animals and Wild Life Sculptures Caricature Sculptures Statues statuettes Hares and Rabbits Sculptures Humorous Witty Amusing Lighthearted Fun Jolly Whimsical Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Dolphins, Whales, Porpoises, Seals, Sculptures Marine Maritime Water Sea sculpture statue statuette Pool, Pond, Lake Stream or River Water Feature

Tags

This artists work is found in the following tags on site:
Bronze Lying Cat Sculpture Bronze resting Cat Sculpture Bronze Sleeping Cat Sculpture Cat n a Ball Sculpture Lifelike Lifesize Bronze Cat Sculpture Lifelike Resting Cat Sculpture Lifes Size Resting Cat Sculpture Lifesize Bronze Cat Sculpture Bronze Cat Arching Back Sculture Bronze Cat Standing Sculpture Bronze cat Stretching Sculpture Bronze Lifelike Cat Sculpture Bronze Lifesize Cat Sculpture Life Size Lifelike Cat Sculpture Realistic Bronze Cat Sculpture Realistic Bronze Cat Standing Sculpture Horse Heads Drinking Sculpture Realistic Horses Heads Sculpture Horse Heads Reflecting Eachother Sculpture Horse Heads Reflection Sculpturer Lifelike White Horse Heads DrinkiingSculpture Realistic Horses Heads Drinking Sculpture White Horse HeadsRelection Sculpture realistic Seated Cat Sculpture Realistic Sitting Cat Sculpture Resting Lifelike Cat Sculpture Seated Lifelike Cat Sculpture Sitting Lifelike Cat Sculpture Sitting Up Lifelike Cat Sculpture European Wildlife sculpture Fox Garden statues Fox Hunting Prey sculpture Hunting Fox statue Leaping Fox statue Life Size Fox sculpture Pouncing Fox Garden statues Pouncing Fox sculpture Realistic Fox Garden sculpture Realistic Fox Pouncing sculpture Amusing Hare sculpture Fun Hare Garden statue Fun Hare Yard Statue Fun Sitting Hare Sculpture Hare garden sculpture Hare Garden statues Hare in Breeze Garden sculpture Realistic Seated Hare Sculpture Sitting Fun Hare statue Small Sitting Hare Statues Life Size Seal Bust Statues Life Size Seal`s Head Animal statues Little Sea Animal Statue Little Seal Bust Sculpture Little Seal Statue Seal Bust sculpture Seal Head Sculptures Small Seal Head Sculpture Small Seal Head Statue Table Top Seal Sculpture