Sculptures in the Garden

52 221 - Harrie Fasher (Portland) Title - Waiting for George - Banaby (19 x 29 x 8cm) Materials - Unique bronze Price - $4,500 Artist’s Statement - “Waiting for George” was cast in the inaugural pour at the Portland Foundry. She was made in memory of George Dixon, a young modern day Australian renaissance man, as comfortable in the company of Jazz musicians as in a shearing shed. The horse waits for George, as we hold his memory alight. Artist represented by King Street Gallery on William. 222 - Harrie Fasher (Portland) Title - Rising (14 x 11 x 15cm) Materials - Unique bronze Price - $2,700 Artist’s Statement - “Rising” was made during the regional lockdown when the Corona virus took hold of NSW. She is one of the first sculptures made entirely in my studio and the Portland Foundry; housed in The Foundations, the heritage listed former Portland Cement Works. Artist represented by King Street Gallery on William 223 - John Fitzmaurice (North Avoca) Title - Encounter (Maquette) (23 x 32 x 16cm) Materials - 316 Polished stainless steel. Base: blackbutt timber with oil finish. Price - $5,000 Artist’s Statement - Encounter is a modern interpretation of a diving whale. This is the one/tenth scale maquette of the full size sculpture that is now installed in the forecourt of the new Mudgee Regional Art Gallery. 224 - Peter Griffen (Leichhardt) Title - Red Feet Small Walking Bird (50 x 30 x 40cm) Materials - Found wood, acrylic paint, string Price - $750 Artist’s Statement - The body, found cut for a country fire place, legs and wings, twigs , paint and string, hopefully amusing but also of some intellectual value. Thank you Miro. 225 - Peter Griffen (Leichhardt) Title - Bird Yellow (90 x 50 x 20cm) Materials - Found wood, golf ball, acrylic paint Price - $750 Artist’s Statement - Bird Yellow; influenced by totems of the first peoples, folk art and fueled by a desire to create a quirkiness in art that opens new ways of thinking and seeing.