Sculptures in Public Collections

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1/20 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 [ ... ]

2/20 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 [ ... ]

3/20 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 [ ... ]

4/20 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 [ ... ]

5/20 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 [ ... ]

6/20 O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast

Granite: 7x8x4ft 12.00 tons. Location: Station Square, Milton Keynes. Sold. O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast Carved in Creetown granite this sculpture celebrates one of Burns' last poems written for music played by Jessy Lewars who nurs [ ... ]

7/20 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 over [ ... ]

8/20 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 [ ... ]

9/20 The Good Samaritan

Granite 9x4x4ft 9.00 tons. Location: Riverside Park, Glenrothes. Sold. The Good Samaritan This work was commissioned by Glenrothes Development Corporation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the New Town. Rae based his sculpture on [ ... ]

10/20 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 [ ... ]

11/20 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 [ ... ]

12/20 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 [ ... ]

13/20 Hiroshima Departed

14/20 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 [ ... ]

15/20 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 [ ... ]

16/20 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. Sited at t [ ... ]

17/20 Widow Woman

Granite: 6x9x3ft 5.00 tons. Location: Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire. Sold. Widow Woman A study of old age, this sculpture expresses the loneliness of widowhood. Purchased from the Regent's Park Exhibition by the Jerwood Foun [ ... ]

18/20 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 [ ... ]

19/20 Cramond Fish

Granite 7 x 10 x 6ft 8.00 tonnes Location: Cramond Waterfront. 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 spent [ ... ]

20/20 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 [ ... ]