Heading Home

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Artist: Sam Gowing

Title: Heading Home  

Year: 2024

Materials: Aluminum, rivets, welding, paint

Dimensions: 270cm x 100cm x 600cm

For thousands of years people have watched the migration and return of humpback whales along this stretch of the Pacific. These magnificent mammals make a long, arduous journey along the eastern coastline, starting from their home in the Antarctic, up to the warm waters of Harvey Bay where the mothers give birth. Heading Home celebrates their return journey south, caring for their calves while imparting knowledge and feeding behaviours. The nighttime lighting evokes oceanic phosphorescence, creating a transparent and skeletal structure, hinting at the fragility of these magnificent creatures. 

The whales are sold as a pair - mother and calf.

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After graduating in fine art in the eighties (Sydney) Sam Gowing participated in various group shows, exhibiting painting and sculptural works, and art installations exploring the fragility of self. Her keen interest in the environment, and love of the ocean and native wildlife, recently turned this focus outwards to the susceptibility of fellow creatures on this planet. She believes in the power of art within the environment, that it can be a subconscious influencer of our feelings about place, nature and sustainability. She replicates natural forms and creatures, often at a different scale or in an incongruous colour. 

Sam has another work on display at this years BNSW - Mates For Life
We wish to acknowledge and pay respect to the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung Nation,
the traditional custodians of the land​ on which we meet and work.​​
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