Magnus & Gordon

Brenda Gordon and Magnus Sebastian form the collaborative group Magnus & Gordon. Brenda Gordon is a painter and a needle felt sculptor. She works in oils and/or acrylics, building up texture and layering glazes to create vibrancy in color, shadow and light. Her subject matter is diverse and has been described as romantic realism. “I believe if you can draw you can sculpt.” The needle felted birds soften the hardness of the mechanical torsos adding more life to the piece. Gordon's work pays close attention to detail revealing her passion for the beauty of nature, interest in human interaction and love of expressing it through the imagery of art. Working together Magnus and Gordon have created outstanding sculptures, and contemporary original paintings. Magnus Sebastian, a sculptor, reconstructs vintage mannequins. His works of art tend to be an idealized expression of the human form. He fills them with innards made of the cast off pieces of technology that we take for granted and discard every day. Captivated by the idea of alternative perspectives, Magnus wants those who inspect his work to see the beauty of form and be intrigued by the mechanical foundations. He wants the viewer to be drawn to the illusory patinas and mechanisms – to walk the line between dream and reality.