Portrait in a South Easterly

Title: Portrait in a South Easterly
Date: 2023
Materials: Carving in Ash
Dimensions: 250 x 225 x 250mm

A self portrait created at the start of Gillespie’s residency on Waiheke Island, inspired by islanders’ commentaries on the wind direction and imagined windswept portraits in quiet contemplation. Woodcarving is in locally felled Ash using both chisels and power tools to produce the sculpture.