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Empress Wu' Guardians

Wu Zetian, referred to as the Sacred and Divine Empress Regnant, founded the Zhou dynasty after mounting the heavenly throne in the 8th Century. She is remembered for placing Buddhism over Daoism as the religion of state and as patroness of the arts, she commissioned many sculptures for Buddhist temples and caves. My horses whinny the unheard neigh on the “spirit path” to her tomb.
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Fat Horse Series

Horse style vessels that speak of other cultures and the feminine
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Footprints

SCU student, Valentina Palonen curated an exhibition of art that investigated complex relationships between humans and our natural environment.
NEXT Gallery
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Stanthorpe Art Prize 08

Kim-Anh Nguyen was the recipient of the Stanthorpe Art Prize 08 first prize for her porcelain work Ethereal.
I was fortunate enough to have my piece selected for the exhibition, maybe someone will love it enough to take it home!
They did.
Stanthorpe Art Prize Catalogue 2008 (PDF)
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Basil Sellers Art Prize

'Basil Sellers, philanthropist and long-time sport lover says the new prize is the first step in a long term project to change Australian attitudes to art and sport'. So, whether ‘sport’ is interpreted as two-up or tiddlywinks, or references are made more obliquely to obsession, or the concept of ‘winning at all costs’, we are encouraging artists to ask pointed questions and to explore the murkier backwaters of sporting culture.” ...

Grad Show SCU 2007

Vis Art students work was on display for two weeks at Southern Cross University ...

Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute Jingdezhen, China

I developed paper clay to build my 2&3D sculptural impressions.
The paper clay Wind Horses, Fei Ma, carry Chinese character messages as they move in the air. Impressed plates were embossed with symbols representing the three treasures of Sanbao; Bamboo, Tea and the water hammer.
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