Llewellyn Owen Davies Bronze Artist:
Zimbabwean born, Llewellyn Davies grew up on a cattle ranch spending his young creative energy and free time shaping figures out of clay.
This is where his love for sculpting developed, mastering the proportions of his muse to make them appear extremely lifelike. His remarkable attention to detail was obvious in his earlier days of discovering his passion.
Finishing school, he followed in the footsteps of his family’s livelihood with farming and studied agriculture, landing a job in South Africa where he managed a farm for five years. The love for creativity was too strong to ignore and he returned to his great passion, sculpting.
This versatile sculptor is a quiet achiever whose work is displayed around the world in large companies and also the discerning private collectors.
Davies’ talent for conveying motion, power and movement, gives his work a depth which affords lasting pleasure. This Hilton based Sculptor often travels far distances so he can have personal contact with his subjects.
Examples of his work are listed below:
1979 - Life-sized "Cane Cutter" - Tongaat Group Headquarters, Natal, SA
1980 - Second casting of "Cane Cutter" - also at Tongaat Group Headquarters, SA
1980 - "Cain and Abel" - private commission, Johannesburg, SA
1980 - Holiday Inns Racing Awards for 5 years (a total of 40 bronzes), SA
1983 - Life-sized family group "Deja Vu" - Tongaat-Hulett Group Headquarters, SA
1983 - "Penny Whistler" - Tongaat-Hulett Group Headquarters, SA
1984 - "The Spirit of Wolraad Woltemade" life sized rearing stallion - private commission, SA
1986 - "Making It Happen" - commission for Darling and Hodgson, Johannesburg, SA
1987 - "Shoshaloza" commissioned by Darling and Hodgson and presented to Blue
Circle Industries, Aldermaston, England
1988 - "Onassis" portrait of Kerry Packer's favourite Polo Pony - Australia
1989 - “Seals” a 4 metre tall sculpture for Natal Building Society, Waldorf
Centre, Cape Town, SA
1990 - Life-sized pelican in a water feature - Richards Bay Coal terminal, SA
1991 - Life-sized family of Warthog for the main entrance to Mala Mala Game Reserve, SA
1993 - "Otter" commissioned by Mr E. Taeuber and donated to Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town, SA
1995 - Bust of Mr Peter Wrighton, retiring Chairman of the Premier Group, SA
1996 - "The Putter Boy" - a life sized study of a child golfer, commissioned by
Mr C.J. Saunders and placed at Mount Edgecombe, SA
1996 - Four elephants for a fountain in Harare commissioned by Old Mutual
Properties,Zimbabwe
1996 - Front entrance feature with waterfalls and Otter bronzes commissioned
by Umgeni Water, Pietermaritzburg
1997 - A pair of life sized bush buck - Zimbali Estate, North Coast, Kwazulu-Natal, SA
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