Artist Statement

The motif of works are 3 dimensional representations of symbols of ancient Chinese culture. These sculptures are inspired by ancient Chinese philosophy of the “Tao” – the notion of the resolution of conflict and disharmony through the balancing of opposites.

These works also constitute creative responses to the transformative power and rejuvenating quality of the ocean and the surf experience.

I create works as a evocative response to simply being alive at the turn of a millennium in the calendar of the western world. This rare historic milestone, the ancient concept of universalism and the powerful oceanic surf experience, compel me to design, mould and carve sculptures. Through this pursuit, I also seek to explore abstract representation of the idea of conflict resolution. This is attempted as a personal journey seeking resolution to perceptions of the current human predicament and my own past.

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Some of the artwork also provides a unique three dimensional “blank canvas” for multi-disciplinary and intercultural artistic expression.

Websters New World Dictionary -monument (n).

Something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or an event…
A work of enduring significance.

Some of the comments received in response to the exhibition the sculpture publicly in 1999 and in 2013 are listed below:

"A fitting tribute to the very rare event of a turn of a millennium"

"...it appears to me as a visual melody of curves, reminiscent of the stretching and twisting of tai chi or yoga"

"I see it has something looking like an elephants foot..."

"Timeless- yet without a place in the present"

"This sculpture I see here seems to display from a certain angle the balance, dynamic and beauty, these are the things are expected of classical art"

"When lit up properly it looks like quite a substantial three-dimensional wave and light mandala"

"Looks like a tooth to me"

"Artistically it appears as series of wave forms and skewed arches throwing sweeping shadows and silhouettes everywhere"

"It is to me a big wave with some undertow"

"...it’s a bit like a giant lotus flower".

"...succeeds at being simultaneously beautiful AND thought provoking... a reaffirmation of what sculptors were once capable of"