PHOTO: Brian Campbell with Charles Sturt and his steed, ready to load onto a trailer for their trip ‘home’ to Milparinka. Coincidentally, Mr Campbell shares a birthday with the explorer (28 April).
Coonamble-based artist Brian Campbell has finished possibly his most ambitious wire sculpture yet paying homage to the great Australian explorer, Charles Sturt.
The piece will feature as the finale at the end of the “Sturt’s Steps” touring route in far western NSW, and depicts Sturt walking alongside his trusty horse.
Brian wanted to create emotion in the piece and show the viewer how Sturt and his horse felt on their arduous journey.
“I wanted to create an image of what it was like on their journey,” he said. “I tried to make the horse look a little scrawny and tired, he’s got his head low, ears up and he’s just looking straight ahead.”
“I like for the art to tell a story, and it’s an amazing story – the man carted a boat all the way out there on a bullock wagon looking for the inland sea!”…