Granite: 6x13x5ft 11.00 tons Location: Millbrook, USA. Sold
Elephant and Calf
Carved in Kemnay granite this sculpture was inspired by the cave art at Lascaux in France where the images of animals were carved on to the natural rock surfaces.
Rae’s sculpture represents an elephant family – on one side the tusked patriarch with the baby elephant, on the other side the gentle matriarch.
The sculpture was purchased from the Regent’s Park Exhibtion, carefully packed in a container and shipped out to the USA.
Granite: 5x11x3ft. 5.00 tons. Location: Campbell Park, Milton Keynes. Unveiled by Charles Saumarez Smith CBE Director of the Royal Academy on 30th July 2015. Gifted by the sculptor to the people of Milton Keynes in memory of Edna Egochi Read 1929- 2012, artist and pacifist and active promoter of public art in Milton Keynes.
Animals in War Memorial
This poignant memorial is a requiem for all the animals that have died in wars, in particular horses that died in their millions in World War 1. The soldier in the sculpture with half an arm missing and wearing a gas mask is also a reference to the horrors of chemical warfare.
Granite: 5x5x3ft 3.00 tons. Location: Campbell Park, Milton Keynes – On exhibition. For Sale.
This life-size sculpture of a land mine victim depicts the human cost of war based on Rae’s grandfather who fought in the Battle of the Somme. The sculpture featured in the Landmine Exhibition at Leeds Royal Armouries which was dedicated to the work of Princess Diana.
Photo of sculpture from the Ronald Rae Sculpture Exhibition at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh.
Hand-carved granite sculptures in public and private collections
