* ELEANOR CHRISTIE-CHATTERLEY (SCOTTISH b. 1929),
THE GREEN MAN WALKING
bronze sculpture (cast bronze), 175cm high
Note: The Green Man Walking is inspired by the ancient tree-spirit appearing in folklore and myth in many countries and many guises. One of the most prolific concentrations of "green men" is at Rosslyn Chapel where there are reckoned to be "around 100" within the chapel and on the exterior of the building. This striding figure is a metaphor for current concerns for the preservation of the environment expressing the spirit of nature through stance, form and texture. The Green Man Walking seems to carry his burden lightly, stepping out with a certain jauntiness and optimism. Eleanor Munro was born (1929) and educated in Scotland. She studied sculpture at The Glasgow School of Art and Camberwell School of Art. She taught Sculpture at London Marylebone Institute (St John's Wood Sculpture School) from 1970 - 84 and at Blackheath School of Art from 1987 - 93. In 1952 she married the artist Fyfe Christie (1918 - 1975). Some eighteen years after the death of her first husband (1993) Eleanor married the music producer Albert "Jack" Chatterley (died 2016). Eleanor Christie-Chatterley has exhibited her sculptures at numerous venues including Woodlands Art Gallery (London), Blackheath Gallery (London), Old Cattan House Gallery (Norwich), Buckenham Galleries and at Cyril Gerber Fine Art (Glasgow). Her sculptures are in numerous private collections in the UK, the US and in France. Eleanor Christie-Chatterley lives on the west coast of Scotland and is almost certainly Scotland's oldest living sculptor. The original gallery price for The Green Man Walking was £11,000,