Land Art — PETER WALKER

The Gatherwing

Installed at the 12th Palmer Sculpture Biennial, 2026.

The birds are coming back. Where have they been? Tricksters, Shapeshifters, Messengers.

TIME : SPACE

Consisting of three elements, Young Living, Seed Discs, and Windmill, the artworks were commissioned by the Adelaide City Council for the Hutt Street Entryway.Young Living symbolizes growth and transformation, inviting the public to witness the organic fusion of eucalyptus saplings over the course of time for generations to come. Seed Discs illuminate the native grass seeds, paying homage to the land's endemic flora while Windmill bridges cultural narratives with environmental awareness.

Each of the works are living artworks, with plantings of native grasses and shrubs being integral elements of Windmill and Seed Discs. In time the illuminated Seed Discs will float in a sea of native foliage.Young Living is an experimental work encouraging three dwarf lemon scented gums (Corymbia citrodora Scentuous) to fuse through the natural process of inosculation.

Collaboration with Snap Modular (Declan Walker) Fuse Fabrication (Alex Wilson) and arborist Marcus Lodge

Installed and planted June 2024.

mutant march

Installed at the 11th Palmer Sculpture Biennial, South Australia in March 2024. Sixteen mutating wooden ants crawl across the Palmer landscape.

Kontinuum

Collaboration with Yuri Kobayashi

In March 2019, at the culmination of a three week residency, Kontinuum was installed at the entrance of the Stubing Open Air Museum, Austria, as part of the World Wood Day 2019 celebrations.

KONTINUUM- 2019 - Stubing Open Air Museum Austria

Coriole Moon

Collaboration with Quentin Gore

Coriole Moon was created onsite in McLaren Flats, South Australia in 2014 as a landmark sculpture using fallen timber from the property. The work will eventually decompose and return to the land.