Arabesque

Currumbin Beach,
Queensland • 2005

This piece was created for the 2005 Swell sculpture exhibition at Currumbin Beach in Queensland, and sees Andy continue with the theme of the horse. This fine Arabian was created in response to the coastal erosion which Andy witnessed during terrible storms which hit the Queensland coast that winter. Referring to the metaphor of "white horses" as crashing waves, this sculpture was deliberately sited on the sand dunes facing towards the land, with the horse pawing at the coastline.

It stands 3.5 metres tall and is made of a mosaic of thousands of small sections of 10 & 12 mm steel bar which are welded together. The sculpture was bought by Gold Coast City Council, and is now sited beside the Pacific Highway at Broadbeach.