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david mayer

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Bronse, Available in bronze, available in Foundry Bronze, Bronze Resin, Foundry Bronze, Bronze sculpture, Bronze,

David creates works driven by the moment, by direct observation and a passion for his subject. Within a career spanning 35 years he has produced both wildlife and figurative studies on a commercial basis including a life-size bronze Welsh Cob commissioned for the town of Aberaeron, Wales.

His own editions in bronze are choices based upon what he is interested in at that time or reflections of recent observation and encounters.

I am often torn between working outdoors with a sketchbook and being in the studio. The studio is where the work is completed … outside is where my work starts. I enjoy all aspects of being outside, come rain or shine and is where I am most comfortable.

My time outdoors is split between simply walking and finding my subjects or my other passion, running in the mountains and trails where there is always opportunity for that chance sighting that may be the spark for something new.

When developing a new piece it usually starts from my sketchbooks, then the creation of pinch maquette’s that stand a few centimetres tall. From this point I should have some idea if a larger piece will work or not. Occasionally I dive right in and with full conviction and sculpt the new piece … the immediate response, the fresh unrehearsed approach, offering something extra to the work.

I offer no meaning for my works … they are what they are, responses to observations of animals sculpted in a long held style that comes most naturally to me.

David

Sculptures by david mayer

Serval

£2,200

Patrolling Leopard

£2,750

Cheetah Bust (Bronze Small sculpture)

£2,000

Cat (Cat Bust Sculpture)

£600

Roebuck Bust

£2,500

Cheetah Large

£4,500

MALE LEOPARD BUST II

£2,500

Bronze Cheetah Maquette (Small African Animal statue)

£2,000

Lynx Maquette Big Cat (Detailed Lynx Bronze sculpture)

£3,500

African Buffalo (Bronze Tabletop sculpture)

£4,500

Leopard on rock- EDITION CLOSED

£0

Kingfisher (Bronze Water Bird Perched Poised sculpture)

£900

Dipper (Bronze life size Water Bird sculpture)

£2,000

Tawny Owl (Perched Bronze Tawny Owl statue)

£2,000

Lion (Striding Bronze African sculpture statue) – EDITION CLOSED

Leopard Maquette (Bronze Sitting sculpture)

£2,000

Jaguar (South American Big Cat sculpture)

£4,700

African Bull Elephant (Bronze Endangered Animal sculpture)

£5,000

Running Hare II – EDITION CLOSED

£0

Seated Hare – EDITION CLOSED

£300

Running Hare I – EDITION CLOSED

Running Fox – EDITION CLOSED

Roe Buck (Bronze Table Top statue)

£2,250

Otter (Standing Bronze sculptures/statuettes)

£2,000

Scottish Wildcat (Bronze statuette)

£2,500

Red Deer Stag – EDITION CLOSED

Credentials

Biography

David Mayer was born in Staffordshire in 1964 and studied art a Leek Art College. His early career was spent as a survey assistant with the British Deer Society where he monitored the population numbers, behaviour and movements of Fallow deer in north Staffordshire.

David Mayer`s training and background mean he is able to work in many media and explore diverse subjects. However, his lifelong passion for sculpture and wildlife draw him instinctively to sculpting the animal form.

Each piece is the result of field observation ans starts with sketches before being transposed to clay. David`s experience means he understands the importance of anatomical precision to the finished piece and he takes great care in the early stages of the sculpting process to ensure that every detail of movement and gesture is rendered accurately. Such attention during these stages allows him to explore textures, finishes and moods in the later stages of the piece, giving each one a unique and distinctive identity.

Public Works

Aberaeron, Welsh Cob statue

Teaching Experience
Lecturer at Gloucester College in Art and Media

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
African Animal and Wildlife Sculptures African Art Sculpture Statuary Animal Abstract Contemporary Modern Stylised Minimalist Sculptures Animal Kingdom Sculpture & Statues Birds in Flight, Birds Flying Sculptures or Statues Bronze Little or Small sculpture Cats Sculpture Cats Wild and Big Cats Sculpture Indoor Inside Interior Abstract Contemporary Modern Sculptures Indoors Interior sculptures Inside Sculpture Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Predators Carnivores Hunters Flesh Eaters sculptures Statues statuettes Stylised Birds sculptures/statues/statuary/ornaments figurines/statuettes Stylized Animals Sculptures Tabletop Desktop Small Indoor Statuettes Figurines Sculptures Wild Animals and Wild Life Sculptures Wild Bird Sculptures Animal Memento happy Reminder sculpture statue statuette Animals Hunting, Chasing and Pursuing Prey Sculptures Leopards Panthers sculptures statues Lifelike Realistic Coloured Painted sculpture Statue Modern Abstract Contemporary Avant Garde Sculptures or Statues or statuettes or statuary Animal Busts or Heads or Masks or Trophies For Sale or Commission Partial Animal sculptures Fragment or Part or Incomplete statues statuettes Animals and Humans Sculptures, Statues and Statuettes Busts and Heads Sculptures Torsos Sculptures or Chests Cheetahs, Leopards Panthers Sculptures Statues Pet and Animal Portrait Custom or Bespoke or Commission Commemorative or Memorial sculpture statue Endangered Animal Species Sculptures Cattle, Kine, Cows, Bulls, Buffalos, Bullocks, Heifers, Calves, Oxen, Bison, Aurocks, Yacks Field Sports, Game Animals Sculptures Sign of the Zodiac Animals in Repose Resting Sleeping Lying Small Animal Sculptures Garden wildlife Sculptures Perched Birds sculptures statues carvings Small bird sculptures Water Birds/ Water Fowl/ Seabirds/ Waders

Tags

This artists work is found in the following tags on site:
Hunting Serval Sculpture Leaping Serval Sculpture Little Bronze Serval Aculpture Little Hunting Serval Sculpture Serval with its Prey Sculpture Small Serval Cat and Prey Sculpture Tabletop Serval Sculpture Wikld African Cat Hunting Sculpture Wild Cat Hunting Sculpture African cat animal big cat cat cat bust cats cheetah alert cat bronze cat Cat sculpture cat torso domestic cat domestic cat bust Domestic Cat Sculpture sculpture deer deer bust roe roe buck roe deer uk animal uk deer Bronze Lynx sculptures Bronze Lynx Stalking statue Bronze Wild Cat sculpture David Mayer sculpture Endangered Big Cat Sculpture Little Bronze Lynx statue Lynx sculptures Small Bronze Lynx statue Tabletop Animal sculptures Wild Animal Bronze sculpture African statue bronze African Buffalo sculptures bronze African Buffalo statuettes bronze Animal Ornaments bronze Buffalo figurine bronze Buffalo statuettes Buffalo sculpture Buffalo statues Wild African Buffalo statue Wild African Buffalo statuettes bronze Reclining Leopard bronze Reclining Leopard statuettes bronze Resting Leopard statuette bronze Wild Cat Lying down statue bronze Wild Cat statuettes Little bronze Leopard statues Little Reclining Leopard sculptures Metal Big Cat Resting statues bronze Kingfisher Perched sculpture bronze Kingfisher sculptures bronze sculpture of Kingfisher desktop predator statue Kingfisher bronze Perched bronze Kingfisher statuettes Perched Kingfisher bronze small poised bird sculptures statue of Kingfisher