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September 27, 2009

Beach Art Gallery: Sculpture by the Sea

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 9:02 am

by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

A special local event each September for the past few years has been the Swell Sculpture Festival http://www.swellsculpture.com.au/ . Over ten days, as our southern hemisphere summer is in the wings, we join the throngs of people studying the sculptures all along the shorefront at beautiful Currumbin Beach.

This year, one sculpture which we both thought rather special was Richard Howie’s Wind Totems, made from oxidized recycled mild steel and recycled hardwood. The turning of the timber was absolutely masterful and the balancing of each work superb. The wooden vanes turned slowly, gracefully in the breeze.

windtotems



We loved the harmony of place, materials, artistic vision and execution. Much simpler than some of the other works on display, illustrating the old expression “art that conceals art”.

It’s easy to find complexity, dissonance and stress in the world today. Works like Wind Totems can encourage us to take the knowledge and skills we have in our businesses and our lives and focus our creative and productive energies in the direction of elegant, harmonious, inspiring simplicity.

The other work that appealed to us and had a fun element was Creation’s Heart by Wendy Johnson & Katrina Kelsey.

creationsheart


What inspires you?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh





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2 Comments to “Beach Art Gallery: Sculpture by the Sea”

  1. September 28th, 2009 at 11:24 am
    Dape said

    Love the site specific art it reminds me of Japanese based work I looked at back in college days. The more I look at the image the more they seem to move, strong lines and fine lines.

  2. September 28th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
    Suzie said

    Hi Dape,

    wow it is amazing the emotion a photo can evoke. There were we felt the most beautiful work

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