John Lynch Sculpture

John is a sculptor and art teacher and lives just north of Sydney. John works mainly in sandstone, marble, wood and bronze. You can visit his studio.

I studied Architecture and then trained as a stonemason before gaining my Bachelor of Visual Arts and teaching qualifications. I am currently Head Teacher of a secondary senior college art faculty and enjoy a balance of teaching and making my own sculpture. I have been a sculptor for over thirty years and a teacher for about fifteen years. I live in a very beautiful bush setting on five acres where my studio /gallery is a 1920s weatherboard house.
I have a broad skill base and believe that good, sustainable art has a craft component. A knowledge and empathy for materials and processes strengthens concepts and provides aesthetic pleasure. As a teacher, I enjoy working with other peoples’ ideas and helping them to find the media and techniques to create; or alternatively, teaching skills and allowing the student to play with materials and see what comes about! I am also happy to work with your ideas, beliefs or philosophies and make sculpture that will take its place in your home and life. I have a strong material aesthetic – so don’t ask me to make something in materials like fibreglass or plastic! I believe that materials have innate qualities that the sculptor works with to create.