Professor Shaughn O’ Brien
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Professor Shaughn O’ Brien
Clinical Medicine, Class of 2008
Professor Emeritus Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Keele University School of Medicine
“ Following my long and fulfilling career in academic and clinical medicine, I transitioned into the visual arts at the age of 70. Until retirement, I was Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Royal Stoke University Hospital and led Keele University’ s academic department in the same specialty – both for three decades.
Shortly after my valedictory, I enrolled at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London to undertake their Diploma in Figurative Sculpture. This marked the beginning of a new phase of creative practice, now based at my Oxfordshire studio, Studio @ The OxBarn.
I exhibit reasonably regularly; this year at the Royal Society of Medicine, then Hampstead School of Art( both Medical Art Society Exhibitions) and Chelsea Arts Club.
The sculptures presented here span the period immediately before and just after retirement”.
Fragile Resilience: Jesmonite, 150cm including base. Winner of the 3D First Prize at the Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Medicine, 2024. Jesmonite, developed in Shropshire, is widely used in architectural and sculptural contexts. A bronze casting is planned, pending funding!
Challenges for Man: Life-size, in plaster of Paris. Awarded First Prize in 3D at the Medical Art Society Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Medicine, 2022.
Resolution: Bronze on Grindshill Stone, nearly life-size. Influenced in part by the work of Brâncusi.
Further work and details can be found on Shaughn’ s website: shaughnobriensculpture. co. uk
Equus en Pointe: Limited edition bronze( 2 / 9) on granite. Inspired by Nic Fiddian Green’ s monumental equine sculpture on Park Lane.