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Terrance Plowright

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Terrance Kippax Plowright OAM (born 31 March 1949[citation needed]) is an Australian sculptor, based in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales[citation needed]. His works include contemporary and figurative sculptures. He has designed and created large public sculptural water features and murals, substantial public cenotaphs, commemorative cast bronze sculptures, and a large body of religious and spiritual work that includes stained glass windows, altars, lecterns, baptismal fonts and mosaics.[1]

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Biography and early career

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Plowright was born in Paddington, New South Wales. In 1966, he worked as a copy boy for The Australian Women's Weekly, then trained and worked as a film editor for the ABC.[2] He studied music privately for a short time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for a number of bands.[1] He developed a keen interest in science, philosophy and music. In 1975, he founded the Awareness Centre in Sydney, and also spent time in the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland.[3] He conducted workshops around human potential and spiritual awareness.[1] His works, in the past 30 years, have endeavoured to explore these themes and to reveal the connection between all living things.[1]

In 1981, Plowright pursued his emerging interest in fine art and spent nine months in New Zealand, where he furthered a growing interest in stained glass creation. In 1983, he established his first studio at Wahroonga in New South Wales.[4][5]

In 1985, he created a large stained glass window for a private client.[6] In the same year, he was selected as one of two Australian artists to represent Australian glass artists at the Sydney Craft Expo.[3][5] His first major piece, also in 1985, a commissioned stained glass window, was a memorial to the Royal New South Wales Regiment for the Garrison Church, in The Rocks, Sydney.[3][7][8] In 1988, Plowright created one of the country's then-largest stained glass windows, installed in Galston Uniting Church.[9] Another significant work was an 11 x 3m stained glass window, commissioned by St Bernadette's in Castle Hill, New South Wales.[10][11] His large stained glass piece The Gathering of the Most Sacred was created for an exhibition for the World Council of Churches in 1990.[3] This piece and Living Waters were also exhibited at the Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest Glass Show in 1991.[12][13]

In 1990, he completed a granite, aluminium and beveled glass sculpture, Purity of Spirit, for Neeta City in Fairfield, New South Wales (now in a private collection).[14] He was invited by the World Council of Churches to be the sculptor and artist-in-residence at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1991.[8][15] His works, created during the two-week conference, were televised to over 120 countries.[16][3][5] Also in 1991, Plowright was commissioned by the Penrith Returned and Services League to design and create a bronze sculpture, a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli.[2][17][18][19]

His book, Stained Glass:Inspirations and Designs,[20][3][21] was written in 1993, and launched by Hazel Hawke.[5]

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Works

  • 2020: Plowright is currently[citation needed] working on a life-size Sam Male Project with cast bronze figure and contemporary Corten Steel sculpture to be installed in Broome, Western Australia.[citation needed]
  • 2019/2020: Plowright has completed a 3m high, cast bronze sculpture of Tayla Harris - "Not just a kick" - to be installed at Docklands Stadium, Docklands, Melbourne[22]
  • 2019: He created a 2.2m high, cast bronze and glass sculpture with sequenced lighting - Eternal Flame - for Bathurst City Council.[23]
  • 2013/2014: He has completed a 15m/50foot high contemporary sculpture, a national project celebrating 60,000 years of nationhood. This is to be installed in the River Torrens, near the Adelaide Oval.[24]
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Other works

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Plowright has created many figurative and contemporary works, and water features, from both public and private commissions, including:

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Published works

  • Stained Glass:Inspirations and Designs Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press. 1993, reprinted 1995. ISBN 0864174950

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