In Legal Company

Framing the Victorian Supreme Court Building 

 I couldn't resist an exhibition opportunity - so here I have three works in a group exhibition at Studio 11, Owen Dixon Chambers East, level 11, 205 William Street Melbourne 11 July to 15 September 2023. The building is open 9-5 weekdays.

The works are Sun and Moon, Once Upon a Time and A Silver Nutmeg and a Golden Pear.

Stardust to Stardust

 A branch fell off a street tree near my place narrowly missing my neighbours' car... when it came to having it cut up and taken away they gave me two pieces. It took a long time to find the inspiration that suited the wood... but now the work is being entered in the Herring Island Summer Arts Festival Sculpture exhibition - "Connection"

"We are all stardust formed in the creation nova - so a life flows between the stars in twists and turns and pools and rapids from stardust to stardust."

the start was seeing the bridge

 

and cutting out some of the less sound wood

then the wood started to tell its own story

and there comes a time to see what the oil brings out in the grain

and the grain is captivating -
details recording the incidents of the tree's growth

more grain... more interplay between
the inner and outer surface of the branch

The work is in the Association of Sculptors of Victoria exhibition on Herring Island as well as the online exhibition and will be on show until 5 February 2023.