Renate Verbrugge
My stone sculptures are created out of pure inspiration. It should be appreciated with your eyes, your hands, your heart, your soul. No intellectual analysis will speak louder than the emotions my sculptures provoke.
Stone Sculptor at work in Udine, Italy
Born in Belgium in 1964, Renate emigrated to New Zealand in September 1995.
Co-organiser of Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Symposium, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Introduced to stone sculpture by Filipe Tohi, New Zealand in 1999