Terrance Plowright Figurative Art
Tayla Harris cast bronze is one and a half, life size, so around 3 metres high.
It is cast bronze, and weighs around 400 kilos.
The work is to be installed at Docklands in Melbourne later on this year.
Sam Male – life size cast bronze – to be installed in Broome, 2021.
The work is a tribute to Sam’s substantial contribution to the Cultured Pearl industry in Australia.
Inseparable From Nature” 5 – Cast bronze, 1 metre high.
This work is born from a continuation of my “Inseparable From Nature” series, a series I began back in 1989.
‘Inseparable From Nature’ 3 – Cast Bronze + Sandstone – 1.5 Metres High.
‘Inseparable’ 4 – Cast Bronze + Sandstone – 1.4 metres.
This is another ‘Inseparable from Nature’, inspired by a new budding of plant life, housing and nurturing representative human forms, indivisible from all life.
Cast bronze on sandstone plinth, 1.4 metres high.
‘Brolgas’ Cast Bronze – 1.6 metres high.
Beethoven, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aristotle & Newton are part of a series of 21 sculptural busts currently being created, celebrating those human beings who have been responsible from bringing about a positive paradigm shift in the consciousness of humanity.
These 2 contemporary figures have been installed at Peak Hill Gold Mine Museum NSW, they are made from over 2,500 pieces of steel and have been patinated with a Japanese bronzing chemical. Slightly larger than life size, they will form part of an interactive “information” point
Many years ago, Peter Carroll, dressed in his kilt or skirt, along with his trusty dog Aurora, would be seen every day, rain, hail or sunshine, theatrically poised at the side of the Great Western Highway, hitching to Katoomba, Penrith, or on his way home. Peter had been an artist, fruit picker, designer of CD and record covers, with a stint on Tasmanian fishing trawlers. However, Peter succumbed to a dreadful injury, where on losing his footing, he plunged into the steel hold of a ship, suffering significant brain injury. The accident affecting his speech and cognitive function, and substantially reduced his life choices.
He was colourful, mysterious, and given his injuries, remained exceptionally perceptive. When he died, quite young, many in the community so valued him and his presence along the highway, they believed it would be fitting to create a sculpture of Peter hitchhiking. So I offered this maquette as a fitting tribute to his life and his unique presence in our lives.
Unfortunately, a number of loud and significant figures in our community thought the whole idea was dreadful, for in their opinion, they considered that Peter was a dropout, had not contributed to society, and was definitely not deserving of a statue. I/we were all deeply disappointed for we believed in celebrating difference, in characters that provide our community with colour and uniqueness. Moreover, that Peters presence on the highway was a wonderful symbol of steadfast courage of human beings, particularly when challenged by dreadful injuries, do not only survive, but with the little they have, make the very best of it, and also became deeply imbedded in the life of our upper mountains community. Many of the statues around the world pay tribute to mass murders, to self-obsessed ambition at any cost, so why not celebrate this gentle human being who gave us so much pleasure. Nonetheless, it never got past first base.
About twenty years ago my wife and I were in the Northern Territory. It was hot and we needed water, so we called into a small tin shed shop in the middle of the national park. looking at a shelf filled with tin food, suddenly, the flyscreen door was flung open and in walked, well, almost danced, this very tall, most striking indigenous women. She was wearing a very colourful floral dress and no shoes, and her radiance filled the room. Following behind, were two small children. She spoke to the shopkeeper in her native language, took a bag filled with some food and water, and as she turned to leave, she gave me the biggest smile. Rarely had I witnessed a human being so filled with pure joy. A smile that I never forgot, and as soon as I got back to my studio, I attempted to capture her and that wonderful smile. I also used her face and smile on a figure that I created for an indigenous water feature for Skyway at Katoomba, but when the CEO retire, the project was dropped. This cast bronze is the result.
