181. 'Rachel' by Squirrel Bowald (Rochester)
MATERIAL: Australian white marble
SIZE: 670 x 400 x 350 (mm)
PRICE: $14,000
STATEMENT: This is my first attempt at working marble. It is also the biggest sculpture I’ve completed at this stage, and my first using a model. My work can sometimes have a dark twist but I am truly inspired by Europe’s Masters and human form.
ARTIST BIO: I have been involved in art one way or another all my life. For a long time, it was only in the way of drawing and painting in all mediums. 2 years ago, I began sculpting. I am self taught but rapidly acquiring mentors and contacts within this field.
182. 'They're Always Watching' by Stephen Hogan (Bathurst)
MATERIAL: 100% recycled steel
SIZE: 400 x 530 x 300 (mm)
PRICE: $750
STATEMENT: In our present world it pays to remember that someone is always watching you.
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.
183. 'A charred offering I' by Ben Tooth (Walcha)
MATERIAL: Burnt Stringybark
SIZE: 440 x 90 x 90 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: It is hard to separate Tooth’s artistic practice from his everyday interaction with the natural world. "A charred offering" is a comment on the fragility of our eco systems, Tooth has used traditional Japanese burning techniques to create an aesthetic object that reflects upon the horrific year of fires.
ARTIST BIO: Ben Tooth is a Sculptor based in Walcha, NSW. Tooth focused on Sculpture in a BFA at National Art School in Darlinghurst, Sydney. After graduating Tooth moved to Walcha to assist his artistic mentor Stephen King full-time. Tooth was awarded the Moolarben Acquisition Prize at last years SIG.
184. 'Running on Time' by Anne Palmer (Frenchs Forest)
MATERIAL: Bronze-plated Forton on a concrete base with copper coating
SIZE: 1340 x 520 x 520 (mm)
PRICE: $3,600
STATEMENT: "If time speeds up when we rush or race around,
and if time slows down, when we slow down,
what would happen if we all simply stood still together?
Take a moment now to pause.
Take a deep breath.
Take your time to find out."
ARTIST BIO: "Anne has been contributing to the arts in many ways for over 15 years, through community event
coordination, hosting workshops and exhibiting. Anne now focuses on the creation outdoor pieces, which examine esoteric themes such as the concepts of time and the creative process itself."
185. 'Rohan Chilling' by Michael Bremner (Waterloo)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 400 x 250 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $2,650
STATEMENT: A handsome young man resting on a fence which Germaine Greer notes as The Beautiful Boy is a modern statement. Make him naked and extend the fence post and it becomes many other things.
ARTIST BIO: I am a Sydney and Culburra Beach based sculptor and architect. I principally undertake accessible figurative works which look at contemporary issues of modern society.
186. 'I am Rohan's Equal' by Michael Bremner (Waterloo)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 40 x 25 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $2,650
STATEMENT: For a woman to be in an art gallery it overwhelmingly helps to be nude. This artwork is a statement about the slow rate of equality for modern women and the way we view women
ARTIST BIO: I am a Sydney and Culburra Beach based sculptor and architect. I principally undertake accessible figurative works which look at contemporary issues of modern society.
187. 'High Country' by John Lynch (Lisarow)
MATERIAL: Chillagoe marble, steel
SIZE: 450 x 600 x 100 (mm)
PRICE: $4,700
STATEMENT: High Country is made from Chillagoe marble used sensitively to represent a landscape. It has the format of a landscape painting and uses mark making and texture to represent the country in a similar way to brush strokes.
ARTIST BIO: John has been a sculptor for over forty years and is represented in public and private collections. He is the owner and head teacher at Central Coast Sculpture School. John works in a broad range of materials but mostly in marble, sandstone, bronze, wood, ceramic, metals, paper and mixed-media.
188. 'The Complexity of Theresa' by Michael Bremner (Waterloo)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 45 x 28 x 23 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Somewhere between an anvil and a praying figure lies a picture of solace, contemplation and hope.
ARTIST BIO: I am a Sydney and Culburra Beach based sculptor and architect. I principally undertake accessible figurative works which look at contemporary issues of modern society.
189. 'Tick Tock' by Nigel White (Mudgee)
MATERIAL: Oregon
SIZE: 2320 x 230 x 90 (mm)
PRICE: $15,000
STATEMENT: Boom
ARTIST BIO: "I have been trying to make art for more than 40 years. Sometimes it's a battle, other times it's not.
The best thing is trying."
190. 'Emergence I, 2020' by Sonia Payes (Melbourne)
MATERIAL: Bronze black patina on a burnt wooden base
SIZE: 550 x 300 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $14,800
STATEMENT: These two gestating beings, the Adam and Eve of a new humanity. Rather than heralding an end, are awaiting the right conditions for life to start over, continuing to manifest Payes’s fascination with mutability, transformation and life’s knack for adaptation.
ARTIST BIO: Themes of mutability, interdependence of humanity with nature and regeneration are central to Sonia Payes’s practice. Winner of the McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery Achievement Prize in 2014, Payes’s sculptures have been collected by many prestigious collections including the City of Melville, Western Australia & Private collections, NSW & Victoria.
191. 'At the Window' by Ros Auld (Borenore)
MATERIAL: Ceramic on Wood base
SIZE: 560 x 300 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $2,500
STATEMENT: A glazed ceramic portrait of a woman at the window, inspired by the painting," Woman at the Window" by Ian Fairweather, from the Orange Regional Gallery collection.
ARTIST BIO: "Ros Auld is a ceramic artist from Borenore near Orange. She recently had a major retrospective exhibition at the Orange Regional Gallery. She is represented in Sydney by Art Atrium."
192. 'Our Lady Of The Various Sorrows' by Claire Tennant (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Cold cast bronze
SIZE: 800 x 400 x 300 (mm)
PRICE: $3,500
STATEMENT: Our Lady of the Various Sorrows is an insight into the many mental barriers that hold us back from our full potential in life. Finished in cold cast bronze, this piece was a direct life-cast, taken from a real person.
ARTIST BIO: "With a degree in industrial design, Claire has made a career pushing the boundaries of materials and techniques in the realm of sculpture.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, this multidisciplinary artist makes the viewer question 'how did she do that?'"
193. 'Mother Earth' by Amanda Harrison (Greenwich)
MATERIAL: Ceramic
SIZE: 360 x 320 x 300 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: The mother figure sits firmly on the ground, encircling and encircled by adoring children, radiating trust and love. The earthy colours and contour lines of the sculpture add strength and security, and suggest a weathered stoney landscape, ancient and permanent.
ARTIST BIO: Largely self-taught, I’ve developed my practice whilst working in other art careers, until I finally acknowledged sculpture as my true calling. I create figurative sculptures, exploring balance, texture and natural colours, whilst searching for the holy grail of the simplified human form - and sometimes dipping into whimsical political comment!
WINNER: Simon & Susie Bennett Artistic Merit Acquisition Prize for Small Sculpture
194. 'Metascape' by Hui Selwood (Hill End)
MATERIAL: Painted steel
SIZE: 1500 x 1000 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $11,000
STATEMENT: A topographic composition in the form of Bas-Relief.
ARTIST BIO: "Hui Selwood graduated from the National Art School (BFA) in 2000.
Exhibiting annually since 1996, including in Europe.
Awarded the Sculpture in the Garden Sculpture Prize 2018, Sawmillers Sculpture Prize 2010. Public and private collections (national and international)."
195. 'Horse and Rider' by Nigel White (Mudgee)
MATERIAL: Oregon
SIZE: 1470 x 190 x 70 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Floating.
ARTIST BIO: "I have been trying to make art for more than 40 years. Sometimes it's a battle, other times it's not.
The best thing is trying."
196. 'City Scape "The fork in the Road"' by Alison Dent (Gulargambone)
MATERIAL: Scrap metal
SIZE: 600 x 600 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: How often are we told to take the left fork or the right fork, or with GPS "keep right"/ "keep left"!
ARTIST BIO: I am a farmer and sculpture artist using mainly old and found objects to create sculpture for gardens. I also makes lamps from vintage finds to re-purpose them so they are beautiful and useful.
197. 'Gabion Horse' by Nicole O'Regan (Sodwalls)
MATERIAL: Mild steel, rock
SIZE: 420 x 630 x 190 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Horses reign strong, solid and powerful. By the use of rocks I have seeked to emulated the sense of this characteristic.
ARTIST BIO: "For almost 7yrs I've been working as an art fabricator.
Participating in the art world has made me realise what art gives to the people and communities. It has inspired me to create my own works. I’ve been creating works, local and regional exhibitions and also represented by GangGang Gallery."
198. 'The Preacher' by Paul Bacon (Avalon)
MATERIAL: Stainless steel
SIZE: 280 x 200 x 60 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A memento mori.
ARTIST BIO: Diploma fine arts. National art school. Represented Watters gallery. Public and private collections. Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Sculptures in the Garden, Harbour Sculpture and Sculpture at Sawmillers.
199. 'Music for a foyer' by Paul Bacon (Avalon)
MATERIAL: Stainless steel
SIZE: 340 x 200 x 16 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A drawing of a moment waiting in a foyer.
ARTIST BIO: Diploma fine arts. National art school. Represented Watters gallery. Public and private collections. Exhibited Sculpture by the Sea, Sculptures in the Garden, Harbour Sculpture and Sculpture at Sawmillers.
200. 'Wombat' by Wendy Black (Laguna)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 75 x 100 x 60 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Wombats are part of life in the Wollombi valley. Whether you’re dodging them on the road, cursing the new burrow entrance that appeared overnight or trying to hang a burrow flap to combat mange. There’s no avoiding them, long may it last.
ARTIST BIO: Wimbledon Art School Uk, Exeter Art School Uk, Mentored by Tom Bass currently teaching part time at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Portrait commissions for Cootamundra Council, University Queensland, Sunbury public Art project. Finalist Tom Bass Prize 2020, North SydneyArt Prize 2015, Sculpture in the Gardens 2013- 19
201. 'Mans best friend' by Wendy Black (Laguna)
MATERIAL: Wire
SIZE: 400 x 430 x 130 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: Who is happy to go into lock down with you? Who is happier the more cuddles you give them? A mask is not required? Dogs, mans best friend even during a pandemic!
ARTIST BIO: Wimbledon Art School Uk, Exeter Art School Uk, Mentored by Tom Bass currently teaching part time at Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Portrait commissions for Cootamundra Council, University Queensland, Sunbury public Art project. Finalist Tom Bass Prize 2020, North SydneyArt Prize 2015, Sculpture in the Gardens 2013- 19
202. 'Cashed Up' by Mary Boland (Camperdown)
MATERIAL: Wood, ink, acrylic paint
SIZE: 640 x 490 x 180 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: "This nostalgic work references a time long gone when wooden cash trays held coins and an old industrial pattern really was used in Australian manufacturing.
Can you remember that?"
ARTIST BIO: Mary has completed a Diploma in Fine Art at the See St Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE. Committed to recycling, she works in discarded material and found objects. Her work focuses on the notion that things are rarely as they seem.
203. 'Playtime' by Mary Boland (Camperdown)
MATERIAL: Wood, metal, rubber wheels, acrylic paint
SIZE: 330 x 250 x 100 (mm)
PRICE: $480
STATEMENT: I play with objects and colour in my work, trying to conjure up Kandinsky!
ARTIST BIO: Mary has completed a Diploma in Fine Art at the See St Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE. Committed to recycling, she works in discarded material and found objects. Her work focuses on the notion that things are rarely as they seem.
204. 'In the West McDonalds' by Mary Boland (Camperdown)
MATERIAL: Wood, acrylic paint
SIZE: 300 x 290 x 230 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: The country west of Alice Springs is breathtaking. I surround myself with images of that inspiring place and I've tried to capture something of it.
ARTIST BIO: Mary has completed a Diploma in Fine Art at the See St Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE. Committed to recycling, she works in discarded material and found objects. Her work focuses on the notion that things are rarely as they seem.
205. 'The Aorian Slug' by Kerry Cannon (Warialda)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 460 x 360 x 260 (mm)
PRICE: $5,800
STATEMENT: A lone Aorian Slug on its annual two week vacation. The Centre of the Universe seems like a good option and is.
ARTIST BIO: I’ve been a full time sculptor since 1996. Comics were a big influence on me growing up and comics and humour influence my sculpture. My big project is Ceramic Break Sculpture Park by Warialda, NSW which opened in 2003. I show annually in Victoria, NSW, QLD and abroad.
206. 'The Aorian Slugs' by Kerry Cannon (Warialda)
MATERIAL: Bronze
SIZE: 160 x 160 x 200 (mm)
PRICE: $650
STATEMENT: Three Aorian slugs on their annual vacation to the centre of the universe. It should be around here somewhere but something is not right. Luckily they have a built in GPS that will soon point them in the right direction.
ARTIST BIO: I’ve been a full time sculptor since 1996. Comics were a big influence on me growing up and comics and humour influence my sculpture. My big project is Ceramic Break Sculpture Park by Warialda, NSW which opened in 2003. I show annually in Victoria, NSW, QLD and abroad.
207. 'Lazy Sunday' by Rhonda Castle (Wyong)
MATERIAL: Bronze and granite
SIZE: 100 x 150 x 300 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: A lazy Sunday reading in the sun, immersed in another world, in another time.
ARTIST BIO: My practice is based on observations in nature, the parallels drawn between animal behavior and human relationships. These observations are expressed through the use of metals, timber and sandstone. The juxtaposition of materials capture the kinetic energy of the subject, to evoke an emotional response, or symbolize a metaphor.
208. 'Letting Go' by Felicity Cavanough (Mudgee)
MATERIAL: Tie Wire
SIZE: 1200 x 2400 x 2 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: "Grief and parting, saying goodbye, devastation and permanence of loss, the memory of touch, the warmth of a hand still lingering, slipping away.
I need to honour the sadness for it is without sadness that I would never know happiness. Acknowledgement to Orana Arts for featuring me during the making."
ARTIST BIO: "I draw lines with wire, hoping they run away with my thoughts and feelings along a path of discovery toward yours.
Felicity Cavanough creates moving sculptures, inspired by everyday moments with her 3 children. Completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of NSW with a Major in Painting"
209. 'Maritime I (noir)' by Minuella E Chapman (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Copper/lead/metal finish
SIZE: 800 x 260 x 150 (mm)
PRICE: $1,600
STATEMENT: These multimedia artworks, entitled 'Maritime' form the latest series of an interrelated group of sculptures. Inspired by a mythical journey to Byzantium and WB Yeats poems, exploring the poet's thoughts and musings on the complex nature of ephemeral life.
ARTIST BIO: Minuella E Chapman employs a combination of multidisciplinary techniques in her artwork to create poetically assembled sculptures and evocative multi-media installations. Based in Sydney, the artist + designer was awarded The Denis Diderot Grant in 2019 and undertook Artist-in-Residence programs with Chateau d' Orquevaux, France and FaveLAB Athens, Greece.
210. 'Vo Vo (byzantium)' by Minuella E Chapman (Sydney)
MATERIAL: Corrugated iron/hand coloured pigments
SIZE: 800 x 260 x 150 (mm)
PRICE: SOLD
STATEMENT: These multimedia artworks, entitled 'Maritime' form the latest series of an interrelated group of sculptures. Inspired by a mythical journey to Byzantium and WB Yeats poems, exploring the poet's thoughts and musings on the complex nature of ephemeral life.
ARTIST BIO: Minuella E Chapman employs a combination of multidisciplinary techniques in her artwork to create poetically assembled sculptures and evocative multi-media installations. Based in Sydney, the artist + designer was awarded The Denis Diderot Grant in 2019 and undertook Artist-in-Residence programs with Chateau d' Orquevaux, France and FaveLAB Athens, Greece.