"Buoyansea"
"Pelicant"
Jesse Graham is a sculptor on the south coast of NSW Australia. Above are two examples of Jesses public works In Batemans Bay.
In 2020 Jesse and his wife Johanna lost everything uninsured in the Black summer bushfires.
Below shows the devastation of their house in the background, with a few surviving sculptures of Jesse's that are made of steel and were just far enough away from the house to remain in form. Little else survived the heat.
After the life changing event Jesse went about constructing a major work "2020 Vision" ;- A wall of flames constructed from the remnants of Jesse's dwellings and sculptures that suffered the blaze.
"2020 Vision" was installed at Jindabynes Lakelight Sculpture Competition in 2021 as well as Sculpture Bermagui where it won Peoples Choice Award in both competitons!
The Sculpture was lit up as part of the Lakelight sculpture festival that happens annually on the foreshore of Lake Jindabyne each Easter.