John Lynch. B.A. Fine Arts (UNE). Grad. Dip Ed in Art Education (UNE) Grad. Cert. Design (UTS)

Sculptor and director of Central Coast Sculpture School

Learn from my over forty years experience as a sculptor and twenty-five years experience as an art teacher. I am a practicing sculptor who works in a wide range of media including marble, sandstone, wood, bronze, ceramic, metal and found objects. I am a master carver of stone having a trade qualification as a restoration stonemason. I am also highly proficient in clay modelling, mould making and casting, construction in wood, welding metals and assemblage of mixed-media. My work is represented in both private and public collections and I am a member of several arts organisations including the National Association of Visual Artists (NAVA) and the Visual Arts and Design Educators Association (VADEA). My work can be viewed and purchased from my gallery at the sculpture school. I am also happy to work with your ideas for commissioned indoor or outdoor sculpture.

John working on a sandstone piece titled “Environmental Warrior”

Here Comes the Sun (3)
Here Comes the Sun (3)
Here Comes the Sun (2)
Here Comes the Sun (2)
Sculpture by John Lynch
Here Comes the Sun. 55x50x30. Gosford sandstone. 70 x 40 x 45. The title appears to reference the beautifully mellow Beatles song but the sculpture is actually appealing to the audience to take action on climate change. The title acts as a folly to provoke the audience. I have used elements of the Baroque style such as expression, body language, hyperbole, movement and space and appropriated the face of Daphne from Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne to instil drama and create a sense of urgency. The sun is represented as menacing and threatening, just as Apollo is portrayed in Bernini’s masterpiece. Art in the Baroque period was designed to appeal to the human emotions. I am using it for just such a purpose in the 21st century.
Cultivator5 is a sculpture by John Lynch
Cultivator 5. Found object and recycled Oregon. 60x40x40
Cultivator 5 is a sculpture by John Lynch
Cultivator 5. 40x50x30. Found object and recycled Oregon. 60x40x40
Stargazing. 40x35x20. Carrara statuary marble. Stargazing reflects on the stillness and being of laying back and gazing at the night sky. There is a rock formation where I live that inspired me. Stone is of the earth but holds the ancient histories of the universe in its minerals. The veining of the marble somewhat resembles a galaxy or gas clouds. The head is simplified to the point of it being just a large pebble.
Stargazing. 40x35x20. Carrara statuary marble. Stargazing reflects on the stillness and being of laying back and gazing at the night sky. There is a rock formation where I live that inspired me. Stone is of the earth but holds the ancient histories of the universe in its minerals. The veining of the marble somewhat resembles a galaxy or gas clouds. The head is simplified to the point of it being just a large pebble.
Barren is a sculpture by John Lynch
Barren in wood and steel by John Lynch
Sculpture by John Lynch for sale
'Tectonic'. Chillagoe marble, terrazzo.
Sculpture by John Lynch for sale
'Font'. 45x25x20. White Beech. We all know about water, but much of our continent’s fresh water is under the ground. Subterranean. I imagined that environment and created Font. A font is a vessel and a giver of life. Both physical, and for some, spiritual. Water refreshes, cultivates life, heals and cleanses. I like the idea of a subterranean vault feeding back to the surface. I have also been influenced by Istanbul’s mysterious underground cavern of water, Basilica Cistern. An underground cathedral of water with columns and arches supporting the ceiling.
Portrait of Patrick White in wood and found objects
Portrait of Patrick White in wood and found objects
Bundjalung by John Lynch
Bundjalung in black Bathurst marble
Communion by John Lynch
'Communion' in wood
Sandstone sculpture by John
Sandstone sculpture by John
The gallery at Central Coast Sculpture School
The gallery at Central Coast Sculpture School
Sculpture by John Lynch for sale
'Diprotodont Emerging'
Environmental Warrior (detail)
Environmental Warrior (detail)
Environmental Warrior
Environmental Warrior
'Dolce Vita' Carrara statuary marble
'Dolce Vita' Carrara statuary marble
Sculpture by John Lynch for sale
High Country. 35x50x15.Chillagoe marble, steel.High Country is made from Chillagoe marble used sensitively to represent a landscape. It has the format of a landscape painting and uses mark making and texture to represent the country in a similar way to brush strokes. The stacked, shallow perspective builds to the crown of polished marble at the top. In addition, the nature of the material is acknowledged as once being part of the earth in the Atherton Tablelands. It is a mineral. The robust, brutal, rusted steel base provides a strong horizontal and anchors the work. The steel I-beam reminds us that mining is also part of our landscape in Australia and may bring to mind contentious issues around conservation and indigenous land rights.
'The god, Gravity, fallen' in Carrara statuary marble
'The god, Gravity, fallen' in Carrara statuary marble
John with 'The god, Gravity, fallen' at the Tom Bass Sculpture Prize
John with 'The god, Gravity, fallen' at the Tom Bass Sculpture Prize
Three-month Lockdown. 80x40x35. Wood, acrylic paint.Three Month Lockdown is a record of that time when we all adapted and looked inward. It was also a time when I was able to make more art and spend time with nature … and not get my hair cut. Yes, that’s a Willy Wagtail. When you are working with a mallet and chisels, animals come around.
Three-month Lockdown. 80x40x35. Wood, acrylic paint.Three Month Lockdown is a record of that time when we all adapted and looked inward. It was also a time when I was able to make more art and spend time with nature … and not get my hair cut. Yes, that’s a Willy Wagtail. When you are working with a mallet and chisels, animals come around.
Three-month Lockdown. Wood, acrylic paint. 75x40x20.
Three-month Lockdown. Wood, acrylic paint. 75x40x20.