2012

Stainless steel, mild steel (powder coated, plated, painted and galvanised) and ball bearings

h: 3300 w: 2300 d: 2500 (mm)

Fabrication:  Rod Nash

flying horse is intended to work on a number of levels. 

On one level, it represents the beauty, elegance, and power of the horse. 

On another, it seeks to evoke the feeling of wellbeing that comes from being associated with such a precious animal (though not if you get too close!).

On a more abstract level, it hints at chaos: when the pieces of horse are whirring in space. And ultimately, it symbolises spiritual freedom or peace: when the pieces coalesce (physically before you, or in your mind's eye), like a flock of starlings, into the mythical creature that was so revered by many ancient cultures.

The spiritual freedom or peace that flying horse symbolises is that moment with God, Nature, or the Unconscious Mind, which is so sublime, yet (like the complete image of the horse itself) is so transitory... for most of us mortals at least!

flying horse was commissioned by Meringo Stud Farm on the NSW South Coast.