Re-magine

Here is my Fallen Angel currently on display as part of Hornsby council's Re-magine exhibition.

 

 

 

I actually made him several months ago and, when  I went to  get him to deliver him to Wallarobba for the art prize, I was unpleasantly surprised to find that the plastic used to make the "cloud" had started to break down. Not sure if this was caused by the glue and/or the paint or if it was designed to break down anyway.

 

I was a bit worried that he might not survive the journey however, fortunately, he did!  

He's back!

 

 

Watch out Westminster!

 

Not that I'm totally convinced that Scottish independence is the way to go but it's nice to see the SNP properly represented:)

 

North Sydney Art Prize installed!

 

 

I have just finished installing my rabbits at the Coal Loader as my entry in the North Sydney Art Prize.

Here they are

 

The exhibition opens on Saturday 7th March and runs until Sunday 22nd March.

North Sydney Art Prize!

Good news! My rabbits have been accepted into the North Sydney Art Prize which is being held in the historic Coal Loader site at Waverton right on the Sydney harbour foreshore.

Here are some of them in the garden!

As the theme of the exhibition is environmental sustainability, I am entitling them Plague Proportions with the following statement

 

My installation, Plague Proportions, has upwards of a dozen rabbits crowded together in an unsustainably dense group to illustrate how the delicate balance of the Australian environment, can be upset by an imported species. The humble rabbit, in itself, well trained and handled, has been proven to be a useful member of its native habitat for hundreds of years, whereas, imported and allowed to run riot, they are  having a devastating and long term effect on the Australian environment in just over 200. I also see the rabbit, whose fecundity is legendary, as a metaphor for the human species whose population is burgeoning out of control in many areas of the world least able to sustain it.

 

You can catch them there next March!

West Ryde Shopfront Sculpture Trail

My  "Fowl Play" and "Beefburger are currently on display as part of the West Ryde Shopfront Sculpture Trail.

 

You can catch them at Ace Shoe Repairs and Café Neon respectively until December 13th!

Energy Field Exhibition

My take on Australian culture entitled "Advance Australia Fair", currently on display at the See Street Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE, as part of the Energy Field exhibition by Advanced Diploma and Open Studio students.

 

And my homage to the man at the top, "Our Beloved Leader", not!

 

You can catch them there until 13th November.

My Kingdom for a Horse!

Last week, Andy and I spend the week in Mudgee, attending a sculpture workshop held at Rosby Wines taught by Sam Valenz and Stephen Hall. The idea was to work collaboratively as a pair to create a life sized horse statue from natural materials, inspired primarily by the equine statues of Deborah Butterfield, which would form part of the annual Sculptures in the Garden exhibition being held at Rosby on the weekend of the 11th and 12th October 2014.

 

The armatures had already been erected by Sam and Stephen when we arrived. This is our one  with the first pieces of wood attached.

 

Andy putting some of the finishing touches to the head.

 

And finally, voila!

 

 

I've called him" Blue" because of the reddish colour of the wood:) He will be for sale at Sculptures in the Garden and I plan to donate the entire proceeds  to the Mudgee Support Group of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.  

 

Some of the other steeds that will be on exhibition

 

 

 

Many thanks to Sam and Stephen for all their help and support and to Kay Norton-Knight and family for hosting the event in their beautiful property.