This piece by Stella Shawzin is a powerful life-size marble sculpture that captures a nude woman in the act of pushing herself up from the ground. This unique edition commands space with both physical presence and emotional intensity.

Shawzin sculpts the body at the precise moment of transition, arms braced, torso lifting, weight shifting forward. The figure does not simply rise, she asserts herself. Through this dynamic posture, the artist conveys resilience, renewal, and inner strength. The composition stretches horizontally, emphasizing movement and grounding the sculpture in a sense of lived, physical reality.

Carved from richly toned marble, the surface reveals delicate variations of peach and warm stone hues. These natural colour shifts soften the form and enhance the warmth of the body, creating a tactile interplay between strength and sensuality. Light moves gently across the polished planes, highlighting musculature, curve, and tension without excess ornamentation.

As a figurative sculpture, Rising Figure bridges classical discipline and contemporary expression. Shawzin’s attention to anatomy roots the work in tradition, while the psychological depth of the pose makes it unmistakably modern. The piece invites viewers to walk around it, discovering new lines and emotional nuances from every angle.

Ideal for collectors of museum quality marble sculpture, this signed, one-of-a-kind work stands as a testament to perseverance embodied in stone. Rising Figure transforms marble into motion, and motion into meaning.