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Terrance Kippax Plowright (born 31 March 1949) is an Australian artist, based in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. His works include many contemporary and figurative sculptures. He has designed and created a number of large public sculptural water features and murals, substantial public cenotaphs, many commemorative cast bronze sculptures, and a large body of religious and spiritual work that includes stained glass windows, altars, lecterns, baptismal fonts and mosaics.〔Harrington, Katherine. "Archived bulletin : Terrance Plowright". The Sculptors Society. http://www.sculptorssociety.com/pagedetail.aspx?pageid=126&categoryid=9〕 == Biography and early career == Plowright was born in Paddington, New South Wales. In 1966, he worked as a copy boy for The Australian Women’s Weekly, then trained and worked as a film editor for the ABC.〔"Mountains sculptor unlocks magic in Anzac legend", Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday, September 4, 1991, page 5〕 He studied music privately for a short time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and was also the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for a number of bands.〔Harrington, Katherine. "Archived bulletin : Terrance Plowright". The Sculptors Society. http://www.sculptorssociety.com/pagedetail.aspx?pageid=126&categoryid=9〕 He developed a keen interest in science, philosophy and music and, in 1975, he founded the ‘Awareness Centre’ in Sydney, and also spent time in the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland.〔Bryant, Judy. "A master of glass shares the spirit". The West Australian, Friday 19 November 1993, page 12〕 He conducted workshops around human potential and spiritual awareness for a number of years.〔Harrington, Katherine. "Archived bulletin : Terrance Plowright". The Sculptors Society. http://www.sculptorssociety.com/pagedetail.aspx?pageid=126&categoryid=9〕 His works, in the past 30 years, have endeavoured to explore these themes and to reveal the connection between all living things.〔Harrington, Katherine. "Archived bulletin : Terrance Plowright". The Sculptors Society. http://www.sculptorssociety.com/pagedetail.aspx?pageid=126&categoryid=9〕 In 1981, Plowright pursued his emerging interest in fine art and spent nine months in New Zealand, where he furthered a growing interest in stained glass creation and, in 1983, he established his first studio at Wahroonga in New South Wales.〔Laginestra, Fay. "No need to go to church to see stained glass: Expert can put some in your home wall", North Shore Advocate, 1983〕〔"Hazel launches artists (sic) new book", Blue Mountains Gazette, October 13, 1993, page 27〕 In 1985, he created a large stained glass window for a private client 〔McClymont, Kate. "Smashing Glass", Sydney Morning Herald (), Thursday May 30, 1985〕 and, in the same year, he was selected as one of two Australian artists to represent Australian glass artists at the Sydney Craft Expo.〔〔 His first major piece, also in 1985, a commissioned stained glass window, was a memorial to the Royal New South Wales Regiment for The Garrison Church, in The Rocks, Sydney.〔〔Ainsworth, Robyn. "Grief of war told in glass", North Shore Times, Wednesday, August 21, 1985, page 5〕〔Australian Council of Churches, Volume 38, No. 1, July 1991〕 In 1988, Plowright created one of the country's then-largest stained glass windows, which was installed in Galston Uniting Church.〔"Artist completes one of country's largest works", Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday August 3, 1988, page 42〕 Another significant work was an 11 x 3m stained glass window, commissioned by St Bernadette's in Castle Hill, New South Wales.〔"Church combines tradition with new technology". Hills News, Tuesday 9 December 1997, page 33〕〔"Artist sheds new light on Jesus". Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday 19 November 1997, front page〕 His large stained glass piece 'The Gathering of the Most Sacred' was created for an exhibition for the World Council of Churches in 1990.〔 This piece and 'Living Waters' were also exhibited at the Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest 'Glass Show' in 1991.〔"A touch of glass", Western Weekender, November 15, 1991, page 4〕〔"Now a triumph in stained glass", Blue Mountains Gazette, November 20, 1991, page 55〕 In 1990, he completed a granite, aluminium and beveled glass sculpture, 'Purity of Spirit', for Neeta City in Fairfield, New South Wales (now in a private collection).〔Shields, Mark. "Solidarity and Purity", Craft Arts Number 20,1990〕 He was invited by the World Council of Churches to be the sculptor and artist-in-residence at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 1991.〔Australian Council of Churches, Volume 38, No. 1, July 1991〕〔"Leura artist shows work in Canberra", Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday, February 6, 1991〕 His works, created during the two-week conference, were televised to over 120 countries,〔Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday September 4, 1991, page 5〕〔〔 Also in 1991, Plowright was commissioned by the Penrith, NSW Returned and Services League (RSL) to design and create a bronze sculpture, a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACS) at Gallipoli.〔〔Gainsford, Jim. "Gallipoli comes to life at Penrith RSL Club", RCA Club Life News Pictorial, Vol 6, No. 11, October 1991, page 17〕〔"Ruxton graces us with his presence", Western Weekender, August 30, 1991, page 2〕〔Zuel, Bernard. Gallipoli memorial in bronze: Club unveils one more reminder", Penrith Press, Tuesday, September 3, 1991, page 15〕 His book, ''Stained Glass:Inspirations and Designs'' (ISBN 0864174950),〔〔(http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1263548)〕 was written in 1993, and launched by Hazel Hawke.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terrance Plowright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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