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 Deposition of Christ – Christ being taken down from the cross.

The deposition is a complex work which Rae began at the age of eighteen and partly carved during his time at Edinburgh College of Art when he was influenced both by Michelangelo and cubist forms. He finished the piece twelve years later at Rozelle Park, Ayr.

The granite for this sculpture came from Kirkmabreck Quarry in Creetown.

To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.

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 AD believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth.

The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall in Ayr. The project was funded by Kyle and Carrick District Council and opened in 1979 by George Younger then Secretary of State for Scotland.

To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.

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 acceptance of being beaten on the way to the Cross. The other side of sculpture shows his naked torso.

The granite blocks for four of these sculptures once formed part of the Old Harbour wall in Ayr. The project was funded by Kyle and Carrick District Council.

To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.

Granite: 3x4x1ft. 0.25 ton. Location: Private Collection. Shropshire

The stone for this sculpture was once part of the Fallen Christ stone. It broke off at a natural fissure forming a tondo shape which was perfect for this small relief sculpture of a figure kneeling in supplication being healed by Christ who is in ascendency.

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 the cross. This project was sponsored by Kyle and Carrick District Council. The granite stone came from the Old Harbour wall in Ayr that was being demolished – recycling par excellence!

To see a short video about this sculpture go to Latest News on the right hand column of this page and click on Ronald Rae visits his earliest sculptures at Rozelle Park Ayr.

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 from the Gran-Quartz quarry in Georgia USA. Rae carved the sculpture in the hospital grounds much to the interest of the patients and staff. On completion he donated it to the hospital.

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 the parable of the prodigal son to depict the company’s motto “I warn and I protect”. The composition for this work was influenced by one of Rae’s favourite paintings, Rembrandt’s
Return of the Prodigal Son.

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 written for Jessy Lewars who nursed him during his final illness. The sculpture shows a couple comforting each other in times of trouble. In Milton Keynes the local people call it “the cuddling couple.”

O wert thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee;
Or did misfortune’s bitter storms
Around thee blaw, around thee blaw,
They bield should be my bosom.
To share it a’, to share it a’.

Robert Burns

A plaque of the poem in braille accompanies the work. Purchased by Commissions for the New Towns following a major exhibition of Rae’s work in the city from 1995-1999.

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, the bowl fills with water when it rains and dries up when there is a drought.

Rae donated the sculpture to the Church.

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 only features in many of Rae’s sculptures but also in his drawings of Inmates and Down and Outs. Rae donated this sculpture to St. John’s Church.