BOB GILMOUR

As a young kid, I attended painting and drawing classes ... piano lessons, even. I made model boats and aeroplanes ... and tried hard to record everything around me with water colours in a jumbo blotter pad. I viewed the world around me as an infinite source of inspiration ... I still do.

Some 30 years later, after an education in science and a decade and a half of self-employment, the urge to revisit my artistic roots became too strong to ignore any longer. I had an insatiable desire growing to make objects and artforms of beauty ... a process in which the creative journey is as important to me as the outcome.

Since 2000 I have created a range of sculptural organically inspired homewares - utensils, bowls, platters - and artistic works and sculpture for display. My primary medium has been wood, both naturally finished and painted, although I’ve also worked with stone, cement products and plastics.

The underlying theme through
my work, functional and artistic, is
one of curvaceous simplicity ... minimalism ...
and I achieve a fine level of finish. I am drawn to
balanced, fully resolved organic form and
derive much inspiration from the
natural world around me.

I live and work in a rural environment on top of a mountain range and border heritage-listed wet tropics, with the south seas only a few kilometres away. The harmony and energy of this place together with a lifestyle of ultimate freedom assists me in every aspect of my work.

Inspired by the eagles living nearby, my art forms appear to be in flight ... spreading their wings ... celebrating their freedom.

... February 2012

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Wood Works

In the heartwood
secret sap flows
rising from soil sucked
through xylem rows
ebbing back in phloem
sweetened where green glows
through pores breathing
curved lips, open, close
nourishing down the distance
as armoured bark grows
to hide from prying eyes
what the heartwood knows

On the bench
a curved line flows
rising unmarked
through grain rows
ebbing back in knife strokes
softened where sheen glows
through sanded planes
dropping to the lip's close
curled back down to base
as silent the mind grows
while the soul whispers
what the heart would know

© Helen Ramoutsaki 2003

A 'pome' by Helen Ramoutsaki.

"The money is given gratefully
but the real debt can only
be repaid in like energy

I hope this goes at least
part of the way ...

Helen"

In 2002 my friend, poet Helen Ramoutsaki,
asked ... uhm, persuaded ... me to create
a special 'spoon' for her sister in the UK who
was turning 40 in 2003. The result was styled
as a Celtic love spoon.

It's lucky Helen gave me a long timeframe
to complete the project ... because it
took me a long time ... in fact, I think
the parcel still had to be sent by courier
just days before Jules' birthday.

Although I had been making some carved
pendant jewellery in wood and bone for a
couple years, I hadn't attempted anything as
complicated as this ... so, there were a few
challenges to overcome.

Anyway, all concerned were happy with the
end result and Helen penned "Wood Works"
... as the opening quote suggests.