Already Gone

Title: Already Gone
Stone Type:  Marble, Onyx, Bronze
Weight: 9 lbs
Size: 7" x 4.5" x 8"
Made in BC Canada

Already Gone is a striking small-scale sculpture that blends organic elegance with symbolic depth. The piece features a stylized bird’s head carved from smooth, pale marble, its contours distilled into clean, fluid forms that give it an ethereal, almost ghostlike presence. The beak, shaped from warm yellow onyx, introduces a natural glow and subtle translucency, creating a gentle contrast with the cool solidity of the marble above.

Supporting the head is a pair of intricately textured bronze legs, their feather-like forms rising like delicate columns. The sculpted bronze captures the fine structure of plumes while grounding the piece with metallic weight and warmth. The interplay between the soft polish of marble, the luminous onyx, and the rich patina of bronze creates a harmonious balance of texture, tone, and material.

The overall effect evokes a creature that has already slipped into memory—present, yet partially vanished—capturing the feeling of something that has taken flight, leaving only its essence behind. Already Gone uses the expressive qualities of marble, onyx, and bronze to explore themes of departure, transformation, and what lingers after absence.