Sculptures in the Garden

59 256 - Rebecca Pierce (Neutral Bay) Title - Eau De Rubbish (50 x 60 x 50cm) Materials - Found and recycled objects Price - $2,500 Artist’s Statement - Many countries export their plastic problems offshore without focusing on the long-term negative effects. The discarded materials used could be seen as ‘rubbish’. The diversity of colours reflects the smorgasbord of coloured plastics found in tips, waterways and land fill. 257 - Sallie Portnoy (Queenscliff) Title - Pinky’s Polka (23 x 20 x 18cm) Materials - Cast lead glass crystal Price - $2,900 Artist’s Statement - Cheeky ‘Pinky’ is almost jumping out of her skirt in joyous abandonment to the delight of the dance. 258 - Sallie Portnoy (Queenscliff) Title - My Octopus Feature (38 x 45 x 18cm) Materials - Cast lead glass crystal Price - $3,950 Artist’s Statement - ‘My Octopus Feature’ is a humorous play on the documentary ‘My Octopus Teacher’ (Netflix 2020) where the filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world and way of living harmoniously within her environment. 259 - Sallie Portnoy (Queenscliff) Title - Pina Coleena (25 x 38 x 18cm) Materials - Cast lead glass crystal Price - $3,800 Artist’s Statement - Pina Coleena is COVID free! A play on the infamous cocktail Pina Colada, she is simply about embracing frivolity, fun and folly in these serious times. 260 - Alan Rose (Sydney) Title - Strange Attractor No 2 (80 x 80 x 8cm) Materials - Acrylic Price - $2,900 Artist’s Statement - This work investigates the properties of acrylics, how they mysteriously project images and how they create fascinating shadows and reflections.