This artwork presents a series of trophies that elevate and explore some of the qualities of Leadership required to guide
Humanity through environmental crises to a stable and secure planet home. The qualities I have represented here are:
Integrity, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Communication, Authenticity, Resilience, and Resourcefulness.
Of course the Leadership qualities list continues with Compassion, Humility, Humour, Sincerity, Vision and more - all possibilities for future work.
The trophy form and use of porcelain in these works is intended to elevate the qualities each work represents through its appearance of
purity. The marbled clay and classical forms of the column trophies is a reference to ancient civilisations where philosophers first
explored and noted human dilemmas and laid down existential frameworks for us to explore questions of ways of being and knowing.
There are many people working on amazing projects to mitigate climate change, species extinction, habitat protection and recovery, ocean
protection, and the many other threats to our planet. It is interesting to note that power and leadership qualities are not always paired.
Think about our most prominent world Leaders - do you see these qualities in them?
The answer is sometimes confronting.
Which leaders have these qualities?
