Art and Design
Art takes many forms at Moon Mountain. Layered with this is the human search for beauty through creation. Sculptures dot the land, and each piece is carefully placed with the energy and forces of the sculpture and life forces guiding the creation of the Moon Mountain sculpture park.
The collection of sculptures created by both Australian and International artists is scattered throughout the farm. The visitor is led on an exploration of art that flows with the environment and enhances the natural energy of the land and can simply bring a moment of pleasure and inspiration to people’s lives.
The sculpture park started in the social isolation of Covid. Artists invited to Moon Mountain were chosen for their whimsical approach to life to show that life could still be joyous and fun. Now the artists invited to be part of Moon Mountain sculpture park are asked to bring a different interpretation of life to the collection.
The acquisitions of future sculptures will reflect the principles of rewilding. The first acquisition reflecting this theme will be a sculpture utilising the local rocks. While creating a visual interest to the eye, the piece will provide habits for the birds, reptiles and insects reinhabiting the farm. By adding the elements of rock to the landscape, it is possible to create a greater diversity of ecosystems than now represented.
One of the questions currently being explored is: What is art? Should future acquisitions flow from the human creativity, energy and muscle? Or should something made by machines in a foundry where the artist is only in control of the initial drawings or model be the future? The energy and muscle of the artist does not create the piece in much of the work that is displayed as art.
Undoubtedly, there is more rawness in the presentation than where an artist controls the entire creative and building process. The finesse achieved by computers and machines is difficult to match within the artist studio. This is not the point of art in our view. We are not seeking perfection but a true expression of creativity and collaboration.
We are encouraging artists who see their work as a collaboration with nature rather than a collaboration with machines. Our daring vision is to acquire work where the artist is truly part of the entire process and not the supervisor of the steel workers creating the piece. The consistent theme of seeking out wilderness then underpins every endeavour at Moon Mountain.
Sculptures
Georgie Seccull
Dance of the Great Egrets aims to capture the fluidity and grace of these majestic birds in motion, as they perform their elaborate courtship mating dance.
Gillie and Marc
‘We Go Together’ incorporates two of Gillie and Marc’s most popular sculpture themes – Vespas and coffee.
Penny Hardy
Penny Hardy originally trained as a Scientific Illustrator enabling her to explore the intricacies and delicate detail of natural forms and structure
Nick Warfield
I was inspired by a conversation Lynn & myself had discussing the power of Mt Cooroy and how it would be magical to create a sculptural
Inge King
Music is an emotive expression that transcends borders and is shared by every single creature on earth.
Stephen Coburn
Flame Bird was conceived as a tribute to the power of fire and nature. As we should all be aware of, even the smallest spark
Tobias Bennett
I design and create a wide range of unique high quality decorative metalwork, specialising in, but not limited to, large abstract and...
Gabe Parker
Aves speaks to flighted forest life with its angular stance and fragility. It embraces the forms of low scrub dwellers, scaled to...
Colleen Lavender
This piece represents the process of aging as a female in our modern world. Every line and flake of rust tells a story of the journey she...
Graham Radcliffe
If we make our city centres places of interest, places of peace and tranquillity where the people feel calm, relaxed and safe, be
Finn Cossar
A series of three ginger flower sculptures, each standing as a powerful symbol of love, devotion, and eternity.
Jen Mallinsen
Moon Mountain Sanctuary is a place where the mountain serves as a constant presence, offering stability, strength, continuity..
Drew McDonald
Why is there a Shark coming out of a Banana? Sharnana makes no sense, it is a merging of a life sized great white shark, one of the
Chris Booth
Meditations is Chris Booth’s physical and spiritual response to the land, the mountain and the Kabi Kabi People, the Traditional
Lynn Scott
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