James Lamar Peterson

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Please note - 
Not all the artworks shown here are on site at the gallery at any given time. 
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07-5429 6404
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Many Thanks, Jane and Tony

Ceramic, Steel, Techno Sculpture 


Born - Utah, USA
Resides - Brisbane Qld.

James Lamar Peterson’s studio is like a cross between a scrapyard and a taxidermist’s workshop. Sculpted bird carcasses are lined up, row after row, bellies up, while their welded claws are stranded on a separate bench.

Nearby is a messy tip of computer innards, old radios, wires and printers. In effect , this is the palette James uses for the extraordinary techno sculptures he creates out of discarded electronics.

From his moody oxidised ceramic birds and animals to the cyber-structures shaped like living things, James’ creations as a professional sculptor are as far removed from each other as his new life is from his old.

For before discovering he might want to be a professional artist at about forty, when he took a few art classes in Perth, James had been a research psychologist and psychology lecturer and teacher.

While the initial few years as a semi-professional artist were lean, James has no doubts that he has made the right choice.

These days, his days works are exhibited in galleries throughout Australia. 

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"Sweet As" - Ceramic - 45cm high x 45cm x 45cm

Clive the Palm Cockatoo - Ceramic & Steel - 74cm high

"Budgie Smugglers" - Ceramic - 68cm high x 33cm x 35cm

"Cocks in Jocks" - Ceramic - 39cm high

"Can you keep a Secret" - Ceramic - 25cm high

Two Story No Dory - Ceramic - 16cm high

Marine Iguana - Ceramic - 15cm high

Piggy Back - Ceramic - 20cm high

Fish n Boat - Ceramic - 14cm high

Chook Ahoy - Ceramic - 19cm high

"Fish Trap" - Ceramic and Steel - 28cm high x 37cm x 25cm

Owling Good Time - Ceramic - 12cm high

Did you say Fish - Ceramic - 20cm high

Hide and Seek - Ceramic, Steel & Wood - 27cm high

King of the Castle - Ceramic, Steel & Wood - 33cm high

Hop to It - Ceramic, Steel & Wood - 30cm high

Below is a selection of available birds and animals by James Peterson. Other works may be available but not listed here...

Chooks.

"Cecil" - Ceramic & Steel - 40cm high

"Phinaeus" - Ceramic & Steel - 44cm high

Long Legged Chook (Aspect 1) - Ceramic & Steel - 42cm tall

Long Legged Chook (Aspect 2) - Ceramic & Steel - 42cm tall

Chicken Little - Ceramic - 15cm high

Real Red Rooster - Ceramic - 33cm high

Chicken Little V - Ceramic - 12cm high

Yellow & Red Chicken - Ceramic - 16cm

Birds & Animals

Albatross I & II - Ceramic & Steel - 40cm high

Pied Oyster Catcher - Ceramic & Steel - 26cm high

Macaroni Penguins - Ceramic - 18cm high

Magpie Myra & Maxwell - Ceramic & Steel - 17cm high

Galah - Ceramic & Steel - 21cm high

Cormorant I & Cormorant II - Ceramic & Ceramic & Steel - 20cm high

Scrub Turkey I - Ceramic & Steel - 22cm high

Not a Maleny Cow - Ceramic - 18cm high

Clarabelle Cow - Ceramic - 18cm high

Passing Pelican - Ceramic - 22cm high

Pumicestone Pelican - Ceramic & Steel - 36cm high

Coochin Creek Dweller - Ceramic - 35cm long

Phillip the Fish - Ceramic - 25cm long

Green Fish - Ceramic - 25cm long

Felicia the Fish - Ceramic - 25cm long

Puffer Fish Freddy - Ceramic - 20cm long

Yellow Finned Puffer - Ceramic - 18cm long

Lizard & Gecko - Ceramic - 27cm long

Small Cockatoos - Ceramic & Steel - 10cm high

Small Kookaburras - Ceramic & Steel / Ceramic - 10cm high

Ducks - Ceramic - 10cm high

Small Owls - Ceramic - 8cm high

Small Possums - Ceramic - 9cm high

Bluebirds - Ceramic - 6cm high

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS;
2016              "Chirpy, Chirpy, Squeak, Squeak", Art on Cairncross, Maleny, qld.
2013             “A Ceramic Legacy”, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Qld.
2012             "One for the Birds", Art on Cairncross, Maleny, Qld.
2011             “Creaturetivity”, Art on Cairncross, Maleny, Qld.
                      "15 Artists" (invited artist), Redcliffe City At Gallery, Qld.
2009             “Surface Tension”, University of the Sunshine Coast Gallery, Qld.
2008             Art on Cairncross, Maleny, Qld.
2007            “Fish & Chips”, Kinokuniya Gallery, Sydney
2006            “Soft Targets”, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane
2005            “What War?”, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane
2004            “There is Life”, Artours, Brisbane
2003            "Welcome to Cyberaria", Brisbane City Library, Qld.
2002            "Have You Seen This Chicken?", Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
2001            "Watermark", Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Qld.
                     "The Futurz Market", Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
2000             "The Big Australian", Fusions Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
                     "Bird on a Wire", Earth Sea Gallery, Mackay, Qld.
1999             "Time & Tide", Contemporary Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane
                      "Insekts", University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld.
1998             "Birds, Beasts & Boats", Austhetica, Sydney, NSW.
1997             "Techno- Nation", Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
                     "Dogs", Contemporary Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
1996              "Not a Painting in Sight", Tony Gill Galleries, Montville, Qld.
                      "Aqueous Art Festival", Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld.
1995              "Ship of Fools & Other Dreamers", Vision Arts Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
1994              "Mixed Feelings", Warwick Art Gallery, Qld.
1992              "State of the Portrait", Arts Council of Australia, Brisbane, Qld.

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS;

1999              Admiralty Towers Foyer - Brisbane, Qld.
1998              Brett's Wharf Apartments Foyer - Brisbane, Qld.
                      Southport Hospital - Gold Coast, Qld.
1997              Coffee Culcha - Toowoomba, Qld.
1995              Shoe Business - Hobart, Tasmania.