Australian Sculptor Camie Lyons creates delicate and graceful sculptures from organically inspired lines and shapes. A primary preoccupation for Lyons has been to capture dance, to trace the lines made while moving, which she has been doing successfully for many years in what she refers to as ‘solid drawings in space’.
Using metallic finished and even bold colours, the line of the sculpture reminds one of a drawing in that there is more negative space than sculpted material. In this negative space dynamic energy is captured and allows the sculpture to be viewed from many perspectives and eve turned on their sides.
In her work Lyons tries to find a balance and beauty in the constant cycle that is memory, perception and daily life. Sinew, limbs, bone and gesture are present in the work and the exploration of these can get giddy, like pirouetting on the inside, or butterflies in the stomach, or falling in love, over and over and over again. Unsurprisingly the artist’s background is in dance and which equips her with a keen sense of timing, rhythm and line. “A dancer's sense of balance and movement is captured and translated into bronze linear sculpture.” R Alwill, Belle Magazine
Lyons lives and works in Sydney where she has had several solo exhibitions. The arist has also had several successful shows outside of Sydney and been awarded public commissions, her work lending itself perfectly to outdoor and public spaces.
