151. 'Roses' by Simon Pankhurst (Bright)
MATERIAL: Forged steel and found object
SIZE: 300 x 150 x 150 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Roses are a beautiful thing, so is that thought that goes with them, a thought that lasts forever
ARTIST BIO: Simon Pankhurst is an Artist Blacksmith with a background in Landscape Architecture whose work combines traditional forge techniques and elements with modern metal fabrication technology. He has participated in a wide number of exhibitions across Australia as well as completing several public art commissions.
152. 'Great Cormorant - Drying Out' by Cameron Bell (Goulburn)
MATERIAL: Powder coated steel, new and reclaimed
SIZE: 1650 x 1000 x 500 (mm)
PRICE: $10,500
STATEMENT: A great cormorant spreads his wings atop the remnants of a defunct windmill tower. Despite his proud stance the bird's skeleton is visible, illustrating the vulnerability of our native creatures especially to environmental pressures.
ARTIST BIO: Cameron lives and works in Goulburn NSW. He specialises in creating sculpture from scrap and new steel. He has successfully exhibited at Sculpture on Clyde, Lake Light Sculpture, Sculpture Bermagui, Taralga Art Show, Artisans in the Gardens, Crookwell Art Show. He also sells to Australia and US via Etsy.
153. 'Nude Torso' by Sue Foldhazy (Rylstone)
MATERIAL: Clay
SIZE: 550 x 250 x 120 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: "Handbuilt in clay using coils. Fired to stoneware temperature in a gas kiln"
ARTIST BIO: "I am a local Rylstone potter and pottery has always been a great passion of mine.
As well as making functional ware, I also enjoy making sculptural pieces, most of which are representative of the female form."
154. 'Brolgas x 2' by Roshelle Mckillop (Girilambone)
MATERIAL: Galvanized chicken wire copper wire
SIZE: 1500 x 400 (mm)
PRICE: $1,000 (each)
STATEMENT: "A familiar site after the drought breaking rain pairing up for spring on the western plains water courses."
ARTIST BIO: Roshelle is a self taught artist and sculpture who enjoys mainly creating animals and capturing there individual personality out of recycled materials and galvanized wire making them ideal for outdoor sculpture.
155. 'Propelled into Action' by Annie Herron (Paddington)
MATERIAL: Cast bronze & found objects
SIZE: 1000 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $3,900
ARTIST BIO: Annie studied at the National Art School. She is an art teacher for all ages from young children to 90 year olds.she runs her own residential art school at Rydal and takes art groups to Europe .she's a painter and sculptor and has been exhibiting for the last 30 years
156. 'Upwardly Mobile' by Annie Herron (Paddington)
MATERIAL: Cast bronze
PRICE: $3,900
ARTIST BIO: Annie studied at the National Art School. She is an art teacher for all ages from young children to 90 year olds. She runs her own residential art school at Rydal and takes art groups to Europe .she's a painter and sculptor and has been exhibiting for the last 30 years
157. 'The Half Scream' by Stephen Hogan (Bathurst)
MATERIAL: 100% recycled steel
SIZE: 800 x 150 x 100 (mm)
PRICE: $1,400
STATEMENT: A fusion of Edvard Munch and Salvador Dali.
ARTIST BIO: "Where others just see scrap steel, Stephen Hogan sees beauty, form and shape. He creates pieces that respect and preserve the original but strives to give them new form, life and meaning in a modern context. Hogan works full time as a sculptor from his studio in Bathurst.
158. 'Mowgee & Mullian' by Laurent Rivory (Springwood)
MATERIAL: Steel
SIZE: 650 x 550 x 500 (mm)
PRICE: $9,500
STATEMENT: This sculpture of a local Mowgee woman and her totem animal (wedge-tailed eagle) conveys the animistic spirituality of the custodians of the land: humans are on equal footing to nature - made from similar elements with fates intertwined.
ARTIST BIO: Laurent is an emerging Blue Mountains sculptor who has exhibited in a number of settings, including Sculptures in the Garden 2019 and Braemar Gallery (Springwood). A recent thematic is duality – Yin and Yang, left and right, life and death – often represented as works using two interconnected core pieces.
159. 'Fin Life' by Joseph Apollonio (Sunbury)
MATERIAL: Tasmanian Sandstone, Castlemaine Stone, Carbon Steel
SIZE: 3300 x 1400 x 1400 (mm)
PRICE: $32,500
STATEMENT: These fish represent that whilst we are all travelling together, we are all experiencing our unique journey. Even when you are young, you are in setting your path. Whilst the seaweed represents that plant life continues to grow around us when allowed.
ARTIST BIO: "As a licensed plumber, I use my formal welding training, along with my experience with size, dimension and shape to assist in the creations of my sculptures from metal, natural stone and recycled timber.
I use my love of nature to model an animal or flower represented by my interpretation. "
160. 'Botticelli's Pet' by Ingrid Morley (Jenolan)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 410 x 150 x 180 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: In the Botticelli’s Birth of venus, “Venus's body is anatomically improbable, with elongated neck and torso. Her pose is impossible: her weight is shifted too far over the left leg for the pose to be held. The painting “The Birth of Venus” depicts the world of the imagination rather than being very concerned with realistic depiction”. Kenneth Clark
The art in Botticelli’s time was very conservative and with this painting he broke the mould. I admire this break-away achievement and invented an imaginary pet, as a being in the painter’s household, to celebrate this moment."
ARTIST BIO: My practice of drawing, tracing, welding, bending and cutting has been punctuated by traditional methods of modeling and casting the human form, a consistent subject for conceptual explorations. Drawing and painting has assisted in the development of ideas for sculpture and accompanied me on journeys into the landscape.
161. 'Toro' by Laurent Rivory (Springwood)
MATERIAL: Steel and European Oak
SIZE: 960 x 1100 x 350 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A bull turns to charge - muscle bone and sinews tensed from hoof to tail. Two interconnected pieces lock together at the horns to create this bull – a nod to Spanish culture and Picasso.
ARTIST BIO: Laurent is an emerging Blue Mountains sculptor who has exhibited in a number of settings, including Sculptures in the Garden 2019 and Braemar Gallery (Springwood). A recent thematic is duality – Yin and Yang, left and right, life and death – often represented as works using two interconnected core pieces.
162. 'Autumn vines' by Stephen Hogan (Bathurst)
MATERIAL: 100% recycled steel
SIZE: 1500 x 900 x 250 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Capturing the vines at their end when colour gives way to shape.
ARTIST BIO: "Where others just see scrap steel, Stephen Hogan sees beauty, form and shape. He creates pieces that respect and preserve the original but strives to give them new form, life and meaning in a modern context. Hogan works full time as a sculptor from his studio in Bathurst. Courtesy of King Street Gallery on William"
163. 'Extra Large Barb Wire Dragonfly' by Ian Barker (Gulgong)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed barb wire from the St Ivan’s fire
SIZE: 100 x 12100 x 5600 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This beautiful barb wire dragonfly is made out of reclaimed barb wire from a bush fire that went wrought our area a few years ago. Ian has made something beautiful out this terrible time. Each dragonfly is uniquely hand crafted and twisted.
ARTIST BIO: Ian is a local artist who works with barb wire which has been reclaimed from bush fires that passed through the area a few years ago. He recycles the wire and makes something beautiful out of something that would have been thrown away.
164. 'Medium Barb Wire Dragonfly' by Ian Barker (Gulgong)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed barb wire from the St Ivan’s fire
SIZE: 100 x 8700 x 3900 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This beautiful barb wire dragonfly is made out of reclaimed barb wire from a bush fire that went wrought our area a few years ago. Ian has made something beautiful out this terrible time. Each dragonfly is uniquely hand crafted and twisted.
ARTIST BIO: Ian is a local artist who works with barb wire which has been reclaimed from bush fires that passed through the area a few years ago. He recycles the wire and makes something beautiful out of something that would have been thrown away.
165. 'Small Barb Wire Dragonfly' by Ian Barker (Gulgong)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed barb wire from the St Ivan’s fire
SIZE: 20 x 3200 x 8700 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This beautiful barb wire dragonfly is made out of reclaimed barb wire from a bush fire that went wrought our area a few years ago. Ian has made something beautiful out this terrible time. Each dragonfly is uniquely hand crafted and twisted.
ARTIST BIO: Ian is a local artist who works with barb wire which has been reclaimed from bush fires that passed through the area a few years ago. He recycles the wire and makes something beautiful out of something that would have been thrown away.
166. 'Barb Wire Chain of Hearts' by Ian Barker (Gulgong)
MATERIAL: Reclaimed barb wire from the St Ivan’s fire
SIZE: 20 x 3200 x 8700 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This chain of hearts is made out of reclaimed barb wire. Each heart is hand crafted and twisted to make it unique in its own right. Join together they make a statement.
ARTIST BIO: Ian is a local artist who works with barb wire which has been reclaimed from bush fires that passed through the area a few years ago. He recycles the wire and makes something beautiful out of something that would have been thrown away.
167. 'The Dancer' by Elke Wohlfahrt (Dundas Valley)
MATERIAL: Welded metal
SIZE: 550 x 290 x 360 (mm)
PRICE: $550
STATEMENT: I bent, squashed and welded metal pieces aiming at the light-footed look of a dancer.
ARTIST BIO: Elke Wohlfahrt is an Australian artist with German background. Her Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) is from University of Sydney College of the Arts. Her work focuses on sculpture, installation, video, painting, and drawing. She has been exhibited widely and is in public and private collections in Australia and overseas.
168. 'The Walker' by Jeffrey Hallinan (Dubbo)
MATERIAL: Found items
SIZE: 400 x 100 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Other man stops and talks but the walking man walks.
ARTIST BIO: Jeff Hallinan trades a Manor Art 2830 and is based in Dubbo. A welder by trade and a artisan at heart. Jeff specialises in recycling discarded metal and metal objects and creates unique handcrafted art and sculptures for in and outside the home and for repurposed use.
169. 'Glide' by Peter Kasper (Emu Swamp)
MATERIAL: Stainless steel and granite
SIZE: 600 x 700 x 700 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A gentle wind driven sculpture.
ARTIST BIO: Peter Kasper lives at Emu Swamp and his background is engineering. He is mainly interested in kinetic sculpture. He has exhibited locally and sold pieces to Sydney, country NSW, Queensland, NZ and Switzerland. One of his sculptures is in Lawson Park, Mudgee.
170. 'Twist Of Fate' by Joseph Bartolo (GIRRAWEEN)
MATERIAL: Steel with patina and clear lacquer finish
SIZE: 745 x 160 x 350 (mm)
PRICE: $1,600
STATEMENT: Many believe in making their own destiny, however, has their efforts shaped their fate? What of those who do their utmost to achieve their goals though the opposite is true? A twist of fate that seems luck of the draw.
ARTIST BIO: Sculpting is more than a process, a piece of me goes into each sculpture as a feeling, mood or memory. It helps me decide the form of my work as well as the medium, as each medium requires a different method the challenge and achievement boosts my inner essence.
171. 'Scorched' by Adam Humphreys (Duri)
MATERIAL: Copper wire, hard wood fencing rail
SIZE: 600 x 450 x 400 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A stark reminder of a country burning, the skeletal remains of tree held in motion like a dancer mid step. The mental beauty of green creeping back into landscape healing the charred remains in a perpetual cycle of re birth and starting again.
ARTIST BIO: Humphreys was born in Wales but has evolved world wide creating sculpture in Africa and NewZealand as well as Australia. Starting his creative path as a chainsaw sculptor he has progressed with his mediums according to his surroundings, from tree limbs, copper wire to a unique take on mild steel.
172. 'Flight' by Michael Ferris (Mudgee)
MATERIAL: Copper feathers, steel armature
SIZE: 2500 x 500 x 500 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A contemporary copper garden piece that entices the viewer’s imagination using repetition in an organic form. This is a bold piece that would stand out in any modern garden. This sculpture feels like it has grown and challenges the idea of a living structure.
ARTIST BIO: My work focuses on simple botanical form, challenging traditional methods to transform ordinary materials into something eye catching whilst revealing an unexpected form in a previously unseen way. I want my creations to look like they could have lived or grown somewhere.
173. 'Chooks x 2' by Roshelle Mckillop (Girilambone)
MATERIAL: Recycled Netting
SIZE: 300 x 350 x 300 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
ARTIST BIO: Roshelle is a self taught artist and sculpture who enjoys mainly creating animals and capturing there individual personality out of recycled materials and galvanized wire making them ideal for outdoor sculpture.
174. 'Jack Russell' by Andrena Smith (Nyngan)
MATERIAL: Bird netting
SIZE: 360 x 150 x 500 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
175. 'Garden of Hope (x-lg)' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Recycled furnace made kiln cast glass, recycled polyurethane, resin, fibre glass, paint ,LED light
SIZE: 870 x 580 x 460 (mm)
PRICE: $5,980
STATEMENT: 'Garden of Hope' is a tribute to our reefs: an ode to our oceans. These luminous blooms stand as a beacon of hope for the bleached corals that they may recover and flourish once again provided we re-establish a healthy environment for them to do so.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
176. 'Garden of Hope (lg)' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Recycled furnace made kiln cast glass, recycled polyurethane, resin, fibre glass, paint ,LED light
SIZE: 640 x 340 x 360 (mm)
PRICE: $5,750
STATEMENT: 'Garden of Hope' is a tribute to our reefs: an ode to our oceans. These luminous blooms stand as a beacon of hope for the bleached corals that they may recover and flourish once again provided we re-establish a healthy environment for them to do so.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
177. 'Garden of Hope (med)' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Recycled furnace made kiln cast glass, recycled polyurethane, resin, fibre glass, paint ,LED light
SIZE: 580 x 300 x 400 (mm)
PRICE: $4,900
STATEMENT: 'Garden of Hope' is a tribute to our reefs: an ode to our oceans. These luminous blooms stand as a beacon of hope for the bleached corals that they may recover and flourish once again provided we re-establish a healthy environment for them to do so.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
178. 'Garden of Hope (sm) x 2' by Sallie Portnoy (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Recycled furnace made kiln cast glass, recycled polyurethane, resin, fibre glass, paint ,LED light
SIZE: 450 x 330 x 260 (mm)
PRICE: $750 (each) (1x SOLD)
STATEMENT: 'Garden of Hope' is a tribute to our reefs: an ode to our oceans. These luminous blooms stand as a beacon of hope for the bleached corals that they may recover and flourish once again provided we re-establish a healthy environment for them to do so.
ARTIST BIO: Portnoy is a prolific interdisciplinary artist, working in glass, clay, metals, & mixed media. Her background in ceramics informs her work in glass, which has earned recognition and representation internationally in private and permanent collections. Portnoy teaches workshops worldwide and lives, works & teaches on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
179. 'Guardian of the West' by Geoff Ireland (Sutherland)
MATERIAL: Phosphorus Bronze and Patina
SIZE: 355 x 680 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $6,500 (Plinth Incl.)
STATEMENT: I travel extensively in the West of NSW and thought that this is my symbolic 'guardian' of the West. The sculpture gives just a 'nod' to our Wedge Tail Eagle and "The Angel of the North".
ARTIST BIO: Over 80 exhibitions including 13 solo shows, 10 Awards including 2 VAB and Dyson Bequest. included in collections; BRAG, Penrith Regional Gallery, William Dobell Foundation, TAFE Project Fellowship to Johnson Institute Princeton USA, a number of Commissions and Public Works: UNSW and Macquarie University, USA Malaysia etc
180. 'Untitled (gesture)' by Felix Feneley (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Coated mild steel
SIZE: 290 x 450 x 250 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: This sculpture seeks to highlight the delicacy and strength of its materials. the crushed, ripped and torn steel touches delicately on its base, hovering above the ground. the work is gestural, the steel distorted as if it’s been picked up and twisted by the wind.
ARTIST BIO: Felix Feneley creates works that explore the relationship between matter and form. Using industrial and structural materials Feneley imbues that weight with energy or a sense of flight. Feneley finds inspiration for his work in natural and man-made disasters, demolitions, dancers and boxers.