Artworks
‘Rescue’
Bronze, Huon pine, mahogany
450(h)x500x500mm
2021
A cry for help before it’s too late.
The very last second saving.
Many of us have experienced that drowning sensation – be it mentally, physically or spiritually – where we must reach for help.
We see fine, delicate fingers, yet heavily weighed down with the burdens of life. They appear to be in the lightness of water, but really are succumbing to the all-consuming suffocating mire. Never to escape and be locked in the depths. Yet a strong, light to touch, rough hand reaches down to rescue us. Not through an act of our own, but through another responding in a time of need.
Such is the act of a Saviour.
‘Guard Your Heart’
Huon Pine, blown Poatina glass, mahogany base.
450(h)x300x300mm
2024
‘This’
Huon pine, destroyed tire rim
680(h)x240(d)x380(w)mm
The very notion of how fragile and precarious life is was brought home to me by a recent dangerous roadside incident.
Uncertainty and insecurity are part and parcel of everyday life, whether we like it or not. The term ‘precariousness’ encapsulates this idea. Truly, as the American philosopher Judith Butler states, “Precariousness is living socially and recognising that one's life is always in the hands of and dependent upon the other” (2009).
‘This’ is not just an expression of the physicality of how our existence is in the balance, but that personal interactions have consequences. We ARE in the hands of the other!
The figure struggles to maintain balance in a modern world seemingly existing on the edge of destruction.
Life is precious, it is also frail and enduring. By recognising, and truly seeing our neighbours and the precarious nature of our shared existence we can hope to create a world that doesn’t just maintain this balance, it nurtures the life we all share.
‘The Visitor’
private commission
1480(h)x550(w)x450(d)mm
Huon Pine, blue resin, blown Poatina glass, & electrics
2023
‘Mardee’
private commission, Tasmanian Sassafras burl
2017
50(h)x390(w)x280(d)mm
‘Madeleine’
Bronze commission for a memorial in Zorgvlied cemetery, Amsterdam.
2014
430(L) x 300(H) x 100(W)mm
‘Breath’
'Breath' is a choreographed fire performance expressing the intimate nature of beauty I see in the world - it is the breath of life. This is expressed so wonderfully by St Francis of Assisi in his 'Canticle of the Creatures', from which selected text is interwoven with the images of cleansing majestic fire.
Exhibited in 2017 Florence Biennale, awarded 3rd prize video.
‘BHD’ (Bad Hair Day)
bronze casting, life size
2010
‘Platypus Table’
Huon pine, mahogany legs (traditional joinery)
450(h)x950(l)x650(w)mm
‘Victory’
recycled timber, steel, Perspex
4(h)x3(w)meter
A response to a dear friend’s life altering spinal injury
‘Prayer’
Huon pine
life size
‘Offering Up the Space Within’
Sassafras burl, celery top pine.
240(h)x290(d)x320(w)mm
$640
The most hidden parts of us are often the most broken. Having the strength to honour this space and offer it up to others, an offering of who we are, borders on the divine
‘Instruments’
Huon Pine, cast Poatina glass, copper sheet
230(h)x420(w)x620(l)mm
2024
$3,500
This sculpture's initial concept reflected the influence of St Francis of Assisi on this world – a rough and broken body juxtaposed with pure spiritual essence, pouring out something beautiful and echoing blessings. Its message has taken on wider implications and reflects how disparate peoples can put aside their substantial differences, and work together transcending philosophical, race, nationality, spiritual, and gender concerns.
It is a call to consider the uncertainty of this time, look beyond the banal temptations of mediocrity, venal self-interest, and populist politics, and look inside each other to seek to find common ground. This has never been needed more than now in our fragmented contemporary world full of misinformation, hatred, and lies.
Carved out of precious timber, and mounted on rough and damaged metal, the pouring of refined glass offers a moment of reflection, contemplation, and hope for how we can live today and look to the future.
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.” Anon C.1915
‘Compilation of MFA Research’
Small sections of 5 years of my life, 2008-13. These ephemeral performance works formed the core of my Masters research in fire, & refinement through fire.
!['Bound [by friendship & love]' (Huon Pine, found rope, mahogany, 2021)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c7c5d4cf8135a44ada7beaf/1721367421305-KKMQ9W0EP9600G81E9H1/Bound.jpg)
‘Intimacy’
Huon Pine
1160(h)x360(w)x280(d)mm
$1200
A study of intimacy and connection
‘Southern Right Whale’
private commission
Huon Pine on mahogany base
2023
‘7 Sisters’
2008 Fire performance in the outback Australia. Using Rubens tubes, specially selected evocative music is set in a creek bed in UNSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap. Originally part of the fire research for my Masters in Fine Art (C.O.F.A. UNSW), re-edited and updated. Credits: Music - Howlin' Wind (Andrew Richardson) UNSW Arid Zone Research Station, Fowlers Gap. Video Editing - Angus Macpherson
‘Bird Brain’
Oil on canvas
2006
‘Trinity’
Fire and ice performance documentation
2013
‘Mourning Lounge’
land art intervention
2006
‘20:1 - Mary Magdelene’
Single piece of NSW Tallowwood and bronze
2.2m (h) x 1.2m, 1.8 tonne.
2012