Sculptures
Granite: 4x5x3ft 2.00 tons. Location: Almond Valley Heritage Centre, Livingston. Sold.
Rae has made several animal drawings. This was his first animal sculpture, of which many more would follow.
The Sheep sculpture was exhibited at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 and afterwards auctioned by Christie’s and purchased by Livingston Development Corporation for the entrance to the Almond Valley Heritage Centre.
Granite: 9x10x6ft 12.00 tons. Location: Private Collection. Oxon. Sold.
When Rae found this stone in Kemnay Quarry in Aberdeenshire, he knew straight away it would be an elephant. It is significant that the drill hole in the stone is where the tusk would have been, also that a pink striation in the stone runs down from the eye suggesting a tear.
This work is Rae’s direct response to the plight of the African elephant.
Granite: 4x5x4ft 3.00 tons. Location: Private collection, Peak District. Sold.
A craggy sculpture of a shepherd and his sheep. This work was exhibited at St. John’s Church, Princes Street, Edinburgh and at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. The sculpture has two levels of meaning – it could be an ordinary shepherd or The Good Shepherd. It is now appropriately sited in the fields of the Peak District where the sheep nestle and rub against it patinating the stone.
Granite: 5x4x3ft 2.00 tons. Location – The Falkirk Wheel. For Sale.
Carved in a beautiful pink granite from Corrennie quarry in Aberdeenshire the stone is 460 million years old. This gentle work epitomises motherhood, the mother bent over her child like a protective shield. It is interesting to note that when it rains the baby’s head doesn’t get wet.
This sculpture has been on private loan for the past two years. It is once again available.
To see more footage of Ronald Rae with his sculptures at The Falkirk Wheel go to the right margin of this page and under Latest News on Video, click Ronald Rae at his Falkirk Wheel Exhibition Part One, Two and Three.
Granite 9x4x4ft 9.00 tons. Location: Riverside Park, Glenrothes. Sold. Unveiled by HRH The Prince of Wales.
This work was commissioned by Glenrothes Development Corporation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the New Town. Rae based his sculpture on the King’s Cross tube disaster after seeing firemen carry the victims to safety. The sculpture symbolises the community spirit of the town.
Granite: 4x9x5ft. 5.00 tons. Location: The Falkirk Wheel. For Sale. Photo in the Queen’s Garden, Holyrood Park Exhibition.
A poetic and dynamic work of a boy leaning over a calf. On the other side of the stone he pulls a blanket up to his face, perhaps in remorse for the past. Rae does not plan his sculptures – he just carves what is within each stone. He says it is a mystery.
Carved in Creetown silver-grey granite which is 391 million years old.
To see more footage of Ronald Rae with his sculptures at The Falkirk Wheel go to the right margin of this page and under Latest News on Video, click Ronald Rae at his Falkirk Wheel Exhibition Part One, Two and Three.
Granite: 4x4x3ft 2.00 tons. Location: Private collection, Lanarkshire. Sold.
A mother elephant and her calf lovingly entwine. The title for this work expresses the power and gentleness of God which is also in elephants. This was Rae’s first elephant sculpture. He would carve many more. Purchased from the exhibition at St. John’s Church, Edinburgh.
Granite: 6x6x3ft. 4.00 tons. Location: The Falkirk Wheel. For Sale.
This sculpture is titled after the Holy Family showing Mary holding baby Jesus with Joseph at the other side of the stone. It is also a metaphor for all families who are dispossessed today. A mother tenderly holds her child in her arms while the father at the other side of the stone protects them. His naked torso depicts their vulnerability.
To see more footage of Ronald Rae with his sculptures at The Falkirk Wheel go to the right margin of this page and under Latest News on Video, click Ronald Rae at his Falkirk Wheel Exhibition Part One, Two and Three.
Granite: 2x3x1ft 0.25 ton. Location: Cramond Kirk Hall, Edinburgh. Gifted.
Ronald Rae has had the support of Cramond Kirk since 1989, providing him with an area to work in their grounds. Rae was delighted when he was asked to carve a sculpture to celebrate the new Millennium Kirk Hall.
“The ancient Christian symbol of the fish, Ronald Rae’s generous gift to the hall, provides an ideal focal point for the gathering area.” – the Rev Dr Russell Barr.
Granite: 4x3x3ft 2.00 tons. Location: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple, Willen Lake – Milton Keynes. Sold.
A figure twists in anguish and looks upwards saying “Let this never happen again.” Carved in memory of those who died in Hiroshima, this sculpture warns of the tragedy of nuclear war. Every year on 6th August, Hiroshima Day, candles are lit around the sculpture.
Purchased from the Ronald Rae Exhibition at Milton Keynes 1995-1999 and gifted to the Temple by art consultant, Edna Read who died tragically in a car crash in October 2012. She is greatly missed.