TERROR AND MARTYRDOM in the 21st CENTURY

Details  I started working on this sculpture just after the London bombings. I had the strongest feelings of horror at the return of the Middle Ages, and of Good vs Evil.

The upright figure of Fury and Anger - (against the west??) - also a presence and a kind of
altar . . .

A mouth is stuffed with a stone . . . while rushing forward a flaming dog is unleashed

The whole is grotesque, stately and almost comic, like the Spanish Romanesque frescoes in which Saints are sawn in half while strange animals cavort in the background . . .

In this work behind the upright figure a double-handed pit saw is roped to the dead
tree, on which is written TALIBAN in Arabic
I have tried to develop a visual, sculptural language both rich and precise to convey the human drama of this particular point in time.

Date July 2006
Material  Turned aluminium and ebony, mixed media and objects
Dimensions   H-m x W-m
Photo  LHS by David Beaver, RHS by Michael Small
Price  Available on application

CARNIVALE

Details  A kind of a "Lord of the Dance"
for the Blue Mountains Wnter Magic
Festival, Katoomba

Date  2005
Material  Mixed media including: ebony, copper, caste-bronze mask, and objects
Dimensions   H1.8m x W0.8m
Photo  Thelonius Hink
Price  Available on application

SHRINE OF GAIA

Details  "Gaia" combines the idea of
woman in dreamlike spaces or rooms.
One side is an African goddess with
symbols of water, moon, bird and fish.
The dark side is sexual and cthonic;
the whole body becomes a shrine
with stone, metal and votive objects.

Date 2002
Material Mixed media and objects
Dimensions
Photo  Beth Mifsud
Price Available on application

COLUMNS OF BREATH

Date  2002
Material  Laser-cut steel
Dimensions  2m
Comment  An endless-column idea
An urban/city version could be a city lamp
Photo  Beth Mifsud
Price  Private collection, Melbourne

BLACK COCKATOO GATE

Details: Australian theme with a Japanese inspiration - image is from exhibition at
Orange Regional Gallery

Date  2000
Material  Timber - Hardwood and steel
Dimensions  H2m x W1.2m
Photo Conrad Clark
Price Available on application

ARTEMIS THE HUNTRESS

One of a series of monumental sculptures in wood, stone & metal combining a strong design process
& poetic imagery; a synthesis of sculpture & architecture in a ceremonial space.

Date 1995
Material Various timbers: hardwood, plywood, including ebony. Stainless Steel version. Aluminium verstion.
Dimensions  H.2m x L 3m. x 1m
Comment Original concept .... classical theme; one of a series of works using layering technique, to faciliate digital fabrication into  stainless steel 
Photo Wooden images by David Beaver. Cast aluminium figure on jarrah base by Richard Walker.
Price Available on application

DIVING WHALE TAIL

Details Quasi-architectural interpretation of Diving Whale in timber. 
Date 1992
Material Timber and Copper
Dimensions  H2m x W2m
Photo George Calomeres
Price  Available on application

DIVING WHALE TAIL

Details Prototype for a Public Fountain
Project Albany, WA
Date 1992
Material Stainless Steel Maquette -
Dimensions  H2m x W2m
Photo George Calomeres
Price Available on application

HOUND DOG

Details Associated with  Artemis
Date
Material Variety of timbers - including
use of turquoise perspex inset into ebony
for eye area
Dimensions  L1.1m x H0.75m
Photo Beth Mifsud
Price Available on application

CRAZY-HORSE CEREMONY

Details "Crazy Horse" was a warrior
chief who fought the invasion of his tribal
lands by the Americans. Influenced by
the great Canadian Pacific North West
tribal carvers.
A cross between a piece of furniture and
a wild-horse. Frame is like a plough -
wooden frame loosely joined together -
comes apart
Date
Material Various timbers
Dimensions  Lifesize
Photo Conrad Clark taken at the
Orange Regional Gallery Exhibition.
Photo in Blue Mountains landscape taken
by Michael Small.
Price Available on application

PIETA

Details Wooden Christ hand-carved in 700-year-old English Boxwood.
Date 1975
Material Hand-carved hardwood
Dimensions  H-m x W-m
Photo Susan Giebel
Price Private collection, UK