THE DOOR WAS ALWAYS OPEN

Lisa Gingles

The Door was always Open

2026

Air dry clay, mirror, acrylic paint and wooden cage

H 17.5 cm x W 20 cm x D 10.5 cm / H 6.89 in x W 7.87 in x D 4.13 in

This artwork is Unique

Certificate of Authenticity included

Every artwork travels protected with the same care with which it was chosen.

Lisa Gingles works across drawing, collage and sculpture, giving form to animal and hybrid figures drawn from mythology, folklore, travel and memory, constructing a territory where the human and the fantastical coexist.

The Door was always Open presents a humanoid bird figure, rendered in black and white air dry clay, enclosed within an antique-style wooden birdcage with a functioning door. A small round mirror is set within the piece, catching the viewer’s own reflection alongside the figure.

To collect The Door was always Open is to bring home a piece that pairs Gingles’ meticulous hybrid figuration with an object as evocative as the antique cage itself — a work built to be looked at closely, and looked back at in return.