SPOTLIGHT ARTWORK
AIMING FOR THE STARS
WITH YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND
(A sculpture about evolving into being a better person) Version No. 8
We're coming down to earth with a thud presently.
So finally feet meet the ground.
Note the addition of the shining star...silver not gold.
We do so want that gold.
Perhaps that is all part of the learning process?
Learning to accept silver is not necessarily a bad thing in the journey along our pathway.
Would you better appreciate the gold when yoo finally arrive?
I found this silver star while cleaning out my Mother's room at her aged care village following her passing recently.
While I always saw the perfect in Mum she did suffer because of the very high standards she set for herself and yes sometimes too of others.
Another friend also passed recently. Amongst many memories I will fondly remember that he had the fantastic ability to accept other peoples shortcomings.
Acceptance and surrender are things we might all do better. N.
10 Jan. 2026
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Version No. 7
TOWARDS PIERROT [free(me)]
ARTIST: Neville Williams©️Arts Law Australia
MEDIA: Fired Clay, lacquer, polished brass,
indelible ink on wooden base.
SIZE: 72cm(H) Base: 20cm square
Above is the seventh evolution of this particular sculpture.
This is in fact a self portrait that parallels the journey of the artist's life.
But it could also be a portrait of all of us.
We are all walking the path of life with its many ups and downs.
It is noted in this particular version there is some hope.
He has dropped his club (see the base of the sculpture).
His feet appear to need to come down to earth.
That rod up his arse doesn't help!
The ties that bind him are breaking away
so there is more freedom in his life.
He is reaching for the stars
but still needs to understand that the stars he is looking for
are not in the heavens but within inside himself.
The universe inside us all is waiting for discovery. 19 Aug. 25
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TOWARDS PIERROT (Version 6)
ARTIST: Neville Williams©️Arts Law Australia
MEDIA: Fired Clay, lacquer, gold leaf,
polished brass, indelible ink on wooden base.
SIZE: 63cm (H) Base: 20cm square
(On connection)
What is life without connection?
A shell of emptiness
An existence without purpose
Ambitions without foundation
A story without direction
Like waiting for Godot
I knew connection
A freedom from weighty thoughts
A quiet happiness
A peaceful bliss
The absence of internal struggle
Swimming amongst the stars inside
Out you go into the wild jungle
the oceans depth, the empty desert
the crazy world
So where to from here?
A new journey has begun
To overcome fear
Of the good inside.
Do we make a trial of it
Or a conscious adventure
towards celebration?
Time for the never-ending circle
To become a whorl of life.
YOU discovering YOO.
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[click on pics to enlarge]
...the history follows
CHANGE, DISAPPOINTMENT
AND BEING FLEXIBLE
IN OUR LIVES
Chameleon Harlequin
(DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTWORK)
This original sculpture has been reworked
using the same sculpture.
Each time he has either been knocked down,
dropped accidentally, deliberately broken
or pulled apart I have needed to rebuild him.
Each time he has been reworked he evolves …a bit.
When we are broken we can put the pieces back together
in a more interesting, fluid and creative way…
...or we can stay broken. There's a choice.
We can either be flexible, learn and grow or stay rigid
placing ourselves behind defensive barriers and not budging
from our small pond mindset.
Stay rigid though and sooner or later
there'll be an almighty crack!
This is the voice of lived experience here.
Don't waste it. Live it and learn. NW☺︎
It has something to do with
appreciation, acceptance, flexibility, humility and surrender. 🌈
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Chameleon Harlequin
MEDIA: Fired Clay, lacquer, gold leaf,
polished brass, indelible ink on wooden base.
SIZE: 63cm (H) Base: 20cm square
This Harlequin is still in a process of change.
He is feeling bound up.
This is not uncommon to many at present.
It feels like a rationalisation is in process.
We are being made to look at ourselves and decide
what is important to us and what is not.
Quite a difficult time. NW☺︎ 3 Feb. 2023
