Sculptures in Public Collections

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1/20 Golgotha Madonna

Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold. Golgotha Madonna One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall [ ... ]

2/20 The Deposition - The Tragic Sacrifice of Christ

Granite:5x4x2ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold. The Deposition - The Tragic Sacrifice of Christ One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ, the centrepiece of which is this deep relief of the Deposi [ ... ]

3/20 Edessa Messiah

Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold. Edessa Messiah One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. This sculpture was based on the Turin Shroud which was found in the city of Edessa in 544 A [ ... ]

4/20 The Scourging of Christ

Granite:5x4x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold. The Scourging of Christ One of five sculptures portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. This sad work depicts Christ's accepta [ ... ]

5/20 Sacred Cow

Granite: 4x9x5ft 5.00 tons. Location: Victoria Quays, Sheffield. Sold. Sacred Cow Through this work Rae shows his love and concern for all creatures - not only the cow is sacred. The sculpture was chosen by ballot from the exhibit [ ... ]

6/20 Pieta

Granite: 5x6x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Rozelle Park, Ayr. Sold. Pieta One of five sculptures at Rozelle Park portraying the Tragic Sacrifice of Christ. This more abstract work shows the body and limbs of Christ as he taken down from t [ ... ]

7/20 Elephant and Rhino

Granite: 5x5x5ft 5.00 tons. Location: Dormston Art Centre, Sedgley. Sold. Elephant and Rhino This imposing sculpture carved from a rough granite boulder depicts two endangered species, one metamorphosing into the other. This pic shows [ ... ]

8/20 O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast

Granite: 7x8x4ft 12.00 tons. Location: Station Square, Milton Keynes. Sold. Photo courtesy of Milton Keynes Council. O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast Carved in Creetown granite this sculpture celebrates one of Burns' last poems writte [ ... ]

9/20 Widow Woman

Granite: 6x9x3ft 5.00 tonnes. Location: Shropshire. Sold to The Jerwood Foundation. Widow Woman. Not only a study of old age, this sculpture expresses the grief and the loneliness of widowhood. It was carved with hand tools over a p [ ... ]

10/20 Abraham

Granite: 11x6x5ft 15.00 tons. Location: Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Gifted. Abraham A spiritual work of Abraham looking heavenwards when God told him to stay his hand from sacrificing his son. This fine-grained granite was shipped ove [ ... ]

11/20 Fallen Christ

Granite: 5x8x7ft 7.00 tons. Location: Island of Iona. Gifted. Fallen Christ Carved in pink and grey Kemnay granite this powerful work portrays the Fallen Christ on the road to Calvary with the burden of the world on his back. His arm [ ... ]

12/20 Return of the Prodigal

Granite: 10x5x4ft 10.00 tons. Location: Aviva, Cherry Bank, Perth. Sold. Return of the Prodigal. This monumental work was commissioned by General Accident for their new world headquarters in Perth in 1982, now owned by Aviva. Rae used [ ... ]

13/20 Cramond Fish

Granite 7 x 10 x 6ft 8.00 tonnes Location: Cramond Waterfront. Sold. The Cramond Fish A local community fundraising campaign resulted in the purchase of the Cramond Fish in April 2009 - a heartwarming experience for the sculptor who [ ... ]

14/20 The Good Samaritan

Granite 9x4x4ft 9.00 tons. Location: Riverside Park, Glenrothes. Sold. Unveiled by HRH The Prince of Wales. The Good Samaritan This work was commissioned by Glenrothes Development Corporation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the N [ ... ]

15/20 Baby Boar

Granite: 2x4x3ft 1 tonne. Location: Wetherspoon's Granite City Restaurant, Aberdeen Airport. Sold. Baby Boar Carved from a boulder of Kemnay silver-grey granite, Rae wanted this sculpture to look as if it had been carved by the wind g [ ... ]

16/20 Famine

Granite: 4x4x4ft 2.00 tons. Location: St. John’s Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh. Gifted. Famine An expressive sculpture of a man on the ground pleading with a begging bowl. Carved in response to the famine in Ethiopia in 1994, th [ ... ]

17/20 Mark of the Nail

Granite: 3x4x3ft 1.00 tons. Location: St. John’s Church,Princes Street, Edinburgh. Gifted. Mark of the Nail This monumental hand of Christ with the stigmata portrays the hand that suffered on the Cross. The theme of suffering not on [ ... ]

18/20 Sheep

Granite: 4x5x3ft 2.00 tons. Location: Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston. Sold. Sheep Rae has made several animal drawings. This was his first animal sculpture, of which many more would follow. The Sheep sculpture was exhi [ ... ]

19/20 Hiroshima Departed

Granite: 4x3x3ft 2.00 tons. Location: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple, Willen Lake - Milton Keynes. Sold. Hiroshima Departed A figure twists in anguish and looks upwards saying "Let this never happen again." Carved in memory of those who die [ ... ]

20/20 Insect and Celtic Cross

Granite:5x6x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Erdington Railway Station, Birmingham. Sold. Insect and Celtic Cross In this sculpture Rae tackles subjects dear to him. On one side of the stone the cross relates to his Celtic roots. On the other [ ... ]