SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Basking in the Sun – Eastern Water Dragons On Sam’s first day on the Gold Coast, she walked to the top of Burleigh Hill (Jellurgal), where she felt something touch her big toe. It was a dragon’s welcome to her new home, and the moment she fell in love with

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Sovereign ‘Sovereign’ is a series of works based on the form of a crown, fashioned from obsolete farming equipment. Each is presented on a ‘cushion’ made of rammed earth, referencing the European tradition of presenting the Crown Jewels on a velvet cushion. However, there is a stark contrast between the

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Méduse Oceans no longer breathe. ‘Dead zones’ exist, where animals die. Oxygen-depleted spots in the ocean that come about because of pollution. Warming oceans, coupled with the dead zones provide the terrain for the proliferation of jellyfish, such that has never existed since the beginning of time. ‘Méduse’ is a

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Gelato Girls I’ve seen these girls a few times and was stimulated by the vision of them, to record this moment in bronze. Pistachio, cream caramel, mixed berry and lemon curd are regular favourites of the Currumbin Gelato Girls. They can be seen every Friday, sitting on the bench in

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Alberto’s 121st Birthday Alberto’s 121st Birthday is the result of a surprising combination of collected pieces assembled somewhat spontaneously. The artist works in an intuitive field of imagination realising sculptural projects commenced sometimes years before. This assemblage work was unwittingly completed on the birthday of Alberto Giacometti and vaguely references

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Windborne (small) Leaning forward and standing strong to counter the wind’s mischief that is trying to push me back and have me fall, I stand majestically with arms outstretched like the wings of the mighty condor. The crisp chilled stream of air rushes past my body, exiting behind me in

SWELL Smalls Gallery 2023 Artwork – Mini Dance The materials in this work have had many incarnations from plantation timber, pallet timber and cardboard packaging to artwork. Use and re-use goes only so far until its current form can no longer function as intended, then it can be recycled. Small contributions by each of us