Paralympians

Commissioned by the Australian Paralympians through the Tali Gallery in Sydney, Wayne was asked to do an interpretation of the team mascot Lizzy, who was presented to the Paralympic Village Mayor, Eva Loeffler, whose father Ludwig Guttmann is also considered the founder of the Paralympics movement. Several dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony, including Australia’s Governor General Quentin Bryce, sport minister Kate Lundy and Australian Paralympic Committee president Greg Hartung. Below is Margaret McLennan, the General Manager of Corporate Services with the Australian Paralympic Committee, with Lizzie at Tali Gallery ready to go off to her new home in London.

I have used Aboriginal Steel Art’s work as corporate gifts for visiting international media and travel trade over the past 12 months. The joy of our international visitors receiving an indigenous handmade metal native animal is something they value highly. The interest in Australia’s Indigenous culture is high on the list for most international visitors to Australia. The size of the small handmade gift allows for easy transportation home.
-- Andrew Sinclair, Director Western Markets International, Tourism and Events Queensland