Award-winning sculptures

Artist: Peter Steller

Wood sculptures, award winners

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Dimensions: 70 x 35 x 30cm

Wood: Jacaranda with coloured dyes

Artist Statement: The sultry bluesy sounds of jazz were the inspiration for this sculpture which portrays the body in rhythmic motion moving to the music.

Awards: 2021 first prize Royal Queensland Show

Coral Sea Explorer

Dimensions: 55 x 32 x 30cm

Wood: Jacaranda with coloured dyes

Artist Statement: The sculpture was inspired by the form of a baler shell and the spiral lines of a conch shell which have been transposed to form a boat sailing the tropical seas. The coloured jacaranda reflects the tropical colours of the reef.

Awards: 2021 Ros Haydon Award Brisbane Sculpture Festival

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"Tango in the Sky' (Sold)

Wood: Australian Red Cedar

Dimensions: 73x30x30cm

Artist Statement: Watching birds fly with such grace and manoeuvrability, combined with their ritualistic courtship dance, was the inspiration for my ‘Tango in the Sky’.

Award: 2017 Second Prize - Queensland Royal National Show

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Dancing Sea Nymph (Sold)

Wood: Jacaranda from New Farm Park

Dimensions: 110x 38x30cm

Artist Statement:

When seeing the twisted form of this jacaranda branch I saw the shape of a ‘woman’ dancing, waiting to be released from the branch.

Awards: Honourable Mention; 2016 Brisbane Sculpture Festival; First Prize, 2016 Royal National Show, Brisbane

Courtship in Flight (Sold)

Wood: Jacaranda

Dimensions: 60x34x34cm

Artist Statement: The rituals of courtship are explored in this contemporary piece; the 2 birds, one flying up and chasing the other flying down are connected in the form of the ovoid egg, symbolic of their eventual mating.

Awards:
2016 Brisbane Sculpture Festival - People’s Choice

2016 Brisbane Sculpture Festival - Concept Stainless Design Award

2016 Queensland Royal National Show - Second Prize - Sculpture

"Dancing in the Wind' (Sold)

Wood: colour dyed Mango

Dimensions: 69x36x20cm

Artist Statement: This sculpture was inspired after seeing the film ‘The Dancer’ which I saw at the 2017 Brisbane French Film Festival.

It is based on a true story about Marie Louise Fuller, stage name Loie Fuller, who created a very moving and physically demanding dance for her large flowing silk costumes illuminated by multi-coloured lighting of her own design. She later became famous for her choreography.

Award: 2017 Highly Commended - Queensland Royal National Show

Where’s my Reef (Sold)

Wood: colour dyed jacaranda

Dimensions: 70x48x20cm

Artist Statement: The sculpture reflects the loss of reef habitat for fish due to sun bleaching of our reefs.

Award: Second Prize -2019 - RNA Show

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'Flamenco Fire' - Sold

Wood: Moreton Bay Fig salvaged from the construction of the Legacy Way Tunnel project.

Dimensions: 92 x 50 x 40cm

Artist Statement: This sculpture was inspired after seeing the performance of Flamenco Fire at QPAC Theatre where I was enthralled by the colour, movement and passion displayed by the dancers.

Awards: Champion Sculpture 2014 Royal National Show Brisbane; 2014 Sculptors Queensland People's Choice Award

The Dancer - sold

Wood: Cedar

Dimensions: 80x18x16cm

Artist Statement: This is my interpretation and salute to the dance world; the ability of dancers to perform with such grace, elegance and light footedness on the stage.

Awards: 2011 Champion Sculpture - RNA

'Twirling through the Forest' - (Sold)

Wood: Australian Red Cedar

Dimensions: 84 x 21 x 15cm

Artist Statement:The falling autumn leaves are a tree’s final curtain call, as its leaves twirl down to the ground in the breeze in its last dance for the year.

Awards: 2013 Second Prize Sculpture- 'Twirling through the Forest' - Queensland Royal National Association Show

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Soaring Waves

Wood: Jacaranda from New Farm Park

Dimensions: 70 x 35 x 30cm

Artist Statement: Graceful, unconventional lines are used in this sculpture to form volume and expression. Marrying the lines of the wing and the head of the Albatross to form a wave, defines the Albatross in harmony with its’ environment.

Awards: 2012 Peoples’ choice winner Sculptors Qld Annual competition

Soaring Waves

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'Flight' - sold

Wood: Colour dyed Jacaranda

Dimensions: 70 x 22 x 20cm

Artist Statement: The graceful twisting, turning and soaring movements of birds in flight are the inspiration for this sculpture.

Awards: 2012 RNA 2nd Prize; 2015 RQAS 1st Prize

Bronze sculptures, award winners

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Drifting Fragrance

Limited Edition Bronze 2/15

Artist Statement: This was inspired by the treble clef symbol, my love of sailing and the shape of sails. However as the sculpture progressed I saw it also evolving as a flower, opening, releasing an evocative fragrance drifting on a gentle breeze.

Award: First Prize - 2019 Queensland Royal National Show

Flight

Material: Limited Edition Bronze 2/15

Dimensions: 67 x 23 x 20cm

Artist statement: This limited edition bronze was cast from an original created from Jacaranda wood which has won numerous prizes.

So often we admire the plumage of birds but don’t appreciate the skills and the beauty of their choreographed acrobatic dance like movements in the sky. The graceful twisting, turning, diving and soaring movements are the inspiration for this sculpture.

Awards: 2018 First Prize - RNA

Soaring Waves - Limited edition of 7/25

Limited Edition Bronze

Dimensions: 70 x 35 x 30cm

Artist Statement: Graceful, unconventional lines are used in this sculpture to form volume and expression. Marrying the lines of the wing and the head of the Albatross to form a wave, defines the Albatross in harmony with its’ environment.

Awards: 2014 Best composition - Wildlife Art @ Discovery, Canberra

Flamenco Fire

Limited Edition Bronze of 3/15

Dimensions: 93 x 46 x 38cm

Artist Statement: The art of the Flamenco dance is one filled with emotion while capturing the expressive movements of the body and face of the dancer. While attending the concert ‘Flamenco Fire’ at the QPAC theatre, I was mesmerized by the dancers: the colour and movement of the swirling dresses and capes, the stamping of feet and the rhythm of the music.

Awards: 2015 Peoples’ Choice - Brisbane Sculpture Festival

Phoenix Rising

Limited Edition Bronze of i/20

Dimensions: 55x 30 x 30

Artist Statement: Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor.

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Regatta

Limited Edition Bronze 1/25

Artist Statement: This sculpture portrays a chaotic scene of a fleet of boats in a sailing regatta, sailing in different directions when rounding a buoy during a race. Glimpses of the many different sails are represented by the outlines with the bright bronze edging. No mater from which angle the sculpture is viewed boats are seen sailing either downwind or upwind.

Dimensions: 53x30x20cm

Outdoor sculptures, award winners

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Mr Percival

Limited Edition of 5/25

Dimensions: 190 x 70 x 50cm

Medium: Cast aluminium on corten steel base

Artist Statement: I always admire the size and grandeur of the pelican. I enjoy portraying these characteristics of the pelican in a non-traditional, abstract way to depict this beautiful, yet ungainly, loveable bird.

Awards: First Prize - 2019 RNA - Outdoor Sculpture

Wings of Dreams

Dimensions: 3.6mx1.2mx1.2m

Materials: 316 Stainless Steel and Cor10 steel

Artist Statement: Depicts the freedom of a bird soaring high in the sky. This sculpture, moving freely in the wind, is an expression of our desire for total freedom to attain personal achievements.

Every achievement starts with the freedom to Dream!

Awards: 2018 selected finalist Sculpture@Bayside, Sydney

2017 First Prize - Outdoor Sculpture Queensland Royal National Show

'Forces of Nature'

Material: Foam Sandwich Fiberglass+PVC pipe

Dimensions: 2.4mx1.8mx1.8m

Artist Statement: The solar powered water pump supplies water to make the fountain rotate and produce the mesmerizing patterns as the flower rotates.

Awards: 2013 Sculptors Queensland Perides Fine Art Award.

Mr Ibis - Sold

Medium: Stainless Steel

Award: 3rd prize 2018 Queensland Royal National Show

'Pirouette'

Material: Laminated marine ply and epoxy finish

Dimensions: 330 x 100 x 100cm

Artist Statement: The solar powered revolving sculpture demonstrates the balance of the dancer as she pirouettes delicately on the surface and symbolizes how we must maintain balance in all our activities. If we do too much or to little, we will fall or cause someone else to fall.

Awards: 2015 Sculptors Queensland Shillam Award

Volare - sold

Volare (Italian means to fly)

Medium: Steam bent Quandong, Fibreglass, Stainless Steel, Corten

Artist Statement: This wind powered kinetic sculpture, reflects the feeling of joy I experience when observing birds flying so high and freely.

The name ‘Volare’ was inspired the song, ‘Volare’, sung by Dean Martin. ‘Let’s fly way up to the clouds away from the maddening crowds …….your love has given me wings.’

Awards: 2023 first prize Moon Mountain Sanctuary Kinetic Sculpture, Northshore Sculpture by the River