Perth Sculptures: Olympic Torch

Continuing on from a previous post about sculptures found in Perth, here is another one from The Burswood Park Heritage Trail, ‘Keeping the Flame Alight” a commemorative Olympic Torch Relay Sculpture.

From the Smith Sculptors Website:

This sculpture identifies and specifically celebrates the most important and key element in the passage of the Olympic Flame through the community. The essence of this concept is the transference of the Flame from person to person.

 

The drama of this unique moment is captured symbolically through the medium of two figures: one male, one female coming together in a dynamic celebration of the Olympic Spirit as expressed by the passing on of the flame.

 

These over-lifesize bronze figures are highly accurate portraits of Herb Elliot and Shirley Strickland. They are sculpted and cast in lost wax silicon bronze to the same exacting standards of detail and realism as our existing sculptures already in place on the Heritage Trail. We would like to emphasise that as artists, we have a particular ability to capture likenesses in bronze and thus have been abeled to guarantee a true and realistic representation of Herb Elliot and Shirley Strickland, captured for ever in the prime of their vigor.

The timing for this image worked well, love the setting sun’s play with the torch. (click on image for larger version).

Keeping the Flame Alight