I've been up in Wanaka at the opening of Sculpture in Central Otago - 36 artworks in dialogue with earth and sky in the spectacular Rippon vineyard. Have a look-see. . .
details from Thunderhead by Gary Baynes
2400 x 1200 x 350MM - Corten steel
(My name for this piece. . . Cloud Spill)
Tall Poppies (details x 2) - Jane Downes 2011
800 x 1200 x 1200MM - Powder-coated steel
Autumn Perception - Russell Beck 2011
1350 x 1750 x 315MM - Galvanized mild steel
I spent a long while lying on the grass inside this transparent cathedral -
Cathedra Domine - Rosie Petterson 2006
5000 x 8000 x 6000MM - steel rod & tube
A woman I met whilst walking the 1.5km trail told me her thirty-six-year-old daughter was in need of a man in her life. She decided to buy her daughter one of these well-dressed Lego fellows 'to get by with in the meantime'. . .
Fit the Mould - Hamish Jones 2010
920 x 490 x 260MM - Fibreglass, acrylic paint & resin
920 x 490 x 260MM - Fibreglass, acrylic paint & resin
Vineyard hilltop overlooking Lake Wanaka.
When I arrived home, the simple pleasure of finding a dozen or so ripe cherry tomatoes in my glasshouse. . .
