Statement
In 2005, award winning TV Producer, Glyn Canney, broke her spine in a riding accident. Confronted with the prospect of never walking again, she decided to pursue a different career as an artist and sculptor.
‘When you’re faced with a cataclysmic event that changes the fundamental dynamics of your entire life, you either embrace that change or flounder and drown. I chose to look at what I could do, rather than what I couldn’t. I knew my health problems would compromise my ability to work in the demanding and frenetic world of film and television, so I had to reassess my strengths and weaknesses and find something that would fulfil my creative ambitions and channel my imagination. Sculpture in many ways is similar to producing a film; it is a combination of creativity and pure hard graft. So now sculpture has become my passion, and I strive to improve with each new piece I produce.
I am inspired by the romantic ideals of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and the Art Nouveau period. Much of my work explores the hypothesis of the Sacred Feminine, portraying the woman as the embodiment of the circle of life. In my sculptures I endeavour to encapsulate the very essence of womanhood which personifies everything beautiful, mysterious and sensual.
Being disabled is challenging, but it doesn’t mean you can’t still fulfil your dreams...they just might have to be different dreams. And anyway, life without a challenge is no life at all.’