Artemis
It began with an unexpected encounter in the forest.
A deer appeared on my path, stood still, and looked back at me. For a brief moment, there was no distance between us. Only silence, instinct, and recognition.
That encounter stayed with me.
Artemis grew from that moment, but also from something deeper: the feeling of standing on the threshold of change. Of leaving behind one form without yet knowing what the next one will be.
The sculpture brings together elements that do not naturally belong to one body. Human and animal. Skin and bark. Earth and sky. The dark, rough texture of the lower body anchors the figure in the earth, while the softer human form rises from it, crowned by golden antlers that reach beyond the familiar.
For me, this is transformation not as a sudden arrival, but as a process.
There is freedom in becoming something new, but also uncertainty. The courage to let go can exist alongside the fear of what lies beyond it. Artemis inhabits that moment between the two: when the old self is no longer enough, yet the new self has not fully emerged.
The antlers become more than a symbol of the wild. They suggest expansion, instinct, freedom, and the breaking of boundaries. Their unfinished, delicate forms make the transformation feel alive, as though the figure is still becoming.
Artemis is not a portrait of a goddess.
She is a reminder that transformation asks us to release what we have been, before we can discover what we might become.
Monumental sculpture, suitable for outdoor use
Materials: pigmented acrylic resin, epoxy clay, bronze and iron powders, acrylic paint, and seal coating
Theme: transformation between human, animal, and nature
