Ronja (pronounced Ronia) is a figurative sculpture embodying mythological and animistic ‘folklore’ themes. Standing at 8 feet tall, she is engaged in a mesmeric dance, whipping up a whirling dervish of leaves that, from the forest floor, form her gown. Roses congregate her bodice and spring from her elbows and headdress. Ronya is a feminine Pan-like figure, a force of nature.
Alluding to trance-like meditation and inner vision, her eyes are hidden behind leaves made of copper, while in her hands she clasps a hand blown glass object symbolic of the all seeng eye or, perhaps, an oracle or portal to a higher power. She is reaching towards the metaphysical cosmos.
Ronya is primal, cosmic, earthy, and spiritual.
Constructed of mild steel, copper, rams horns, and glass. She is free standing and three dimensionally statuesque, flowing in a manner that urges the viewer to walk around her.
The title Ronya was chosen from a favourite children’s book of Hanneloras by Astrid Lindgren, Ronja Rövardotter, Ronia the robber’s daughter. In her adventures she personifies the strength and self determination to change her circumstances, culminating in encounters with mythical forest creatures such as trolls, gnomes and harpies, changing her world forever.
