Sculptures

Intersections: ​Elements of landscape juxtapose to denote spatial differences. Physical intersections in the landscape define space through fences, gateways and tracks. Management systems of farms connected through propinquity but separated by a boundary fence are the focus of these works.
​Equally the intersection can refer to place through time. Such a place in time could be marked by the impression of hoof prints or trampled grasses as animals congregate around a feed or water trough, or as they cross land by established desire lines through routines of locating feed and shelter.

Dimensions Height X Width X Depth

​Cycle,  2019, sheep fleece and steel, ​80 X 400 X 600 cm 
Photos Keith Maxwell

Land: Place: Site:- Variation 1,  2019, Belconnen Art Centre, sheep fleece, steel, found fencing wire, 700 X 530 X 530 cm 

Land: Place: Site, 2018
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, Transfield Invited Artist Commission, sheep fleece, steel, found fencing wire, sand bags, 800 X 530 X 530 cm 

Cross-Trough,  2003, wire, oats, salt, ​corrugated iron, ​ ​72 X 520 X 520 cm 

Hill Fence line, 2000
steel, grass, paint
​80 X 400 X 250 cm

Cross Trough and Hill Fence Line refer to land use and demarcation within the farmed environment.  Each define edges of activities.  Fencing Wire is fashioned to support a trough structure made from corrugated iron which is reminiscent of structures found on farms to feed stock. The trough contains a diagram of oats and salt. Oats is a fodder crop and refers to the tending of domestic animals, and salt is essential to life. However, too much salt can be poison to both land and animal. The grid-like structure of the trough and the cross intersection, support and  reference the meshed logic of land containment and ownership in Cross-Trough. Similarly the cross- form dominates the iconography of Hill Fence Line, here it is made of grass painted with a linear pattern and supported by a steel frame. Fence lines can be seen clearly from a distance as vegetation builds up along them and different management systems can be identified by the shifts of vegetation and grazing or farming practices from one side of the boundary fence to the other.

Daily Trace,  2004
wire, timber, sheep fleece
​130 X 300 X 150 cm. Photo Wendy Teakel

Daily Trace, 2003
corrugated iron, fencing wire, oats, salt
​80 X 120 X 120 cm. ​Photo Wendy Teakel

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