Forms and Concepts - Marceil DeLacy

Wide Angle

Port Orford cedar,10”h x 14.25”w x 5.25”d
Willful Ignorance

red cedar,15”h x 7”w x 7”d
Willful Ignorance, back side

red cedar, 15”h x 7”w x 7”d
Banana

Alaskan yellow cedar, 2.25"h x 10"w x 4.5"d
Lunch Bag

Port Orford cedar, 8.25 x 5 x 3.5”
Life is a Dream

Port Orford cedar and bubinga wood, 7"h x 17"w x 11"d
The Secret

Port Orford cedar, 8"h x 9" x 9"
Bumbershoot

gunstock, 34.5"h x 5" x 3"
Moby Dick

Alaskan yellow cedar, 3.5"h x 8.25"w x 5.25"d
Magpie: Soft Landing

Port Orford cedar and black walnut, 11" diameter 8"h tail
En Pointe

maple, 12"h x 6"w x 2.75"d
Ascension

red cedar, 18"h x 9.5"w x 4.25"d
Ode to Spring Gardening

red cedar,18”h x 5.5”w x 5.5”d
Ice Cream Cone

yellow cedar cone, black walnut chocolate scoop, spalted birch chocolate ribbon scoop, 3 x 3 x 8"
Sky

Port Orford cedar, 13.5"h x 7.25"w x 5"d

Among the sculptures in this category are several considered “trompe l’oeil” (French for “deceive the eye”). These were inspired by forms that surround our quotidian, commonplace world–inanimate, utilitarian objects that the imagination transforms into whimsical, artful companions. As in all my sculptures, simplicity of form is primary.