The words 'tradie' and 'artist' aren't often associated, but for Duncan Rush, becoming a sculptor was a natural progression.
Originally from Yorkshire, he's learned to deal with the harsh far-north Queensland sun and the isolation of working on the mines in the Kimberleys.But the rolling hills and misty mornings in the Derwent Valley in Tasmania have stolen their hearts.
He began working at the local hardware store and luckily, there was no shortage of people willing to give advice. "The sunflowers that I make are nearly everybody's favourite because of the colours, they're made from light fittings that I found at the tip shop and immediately saw sunflowers in them," he said.Duncan's junk pile has been moved further away from the house, so it's out of his wife's sight
"I'm quite lucky now that a lot of people know that I sculpt out of steel, so if they have excess of something or something that they don't need any more, they'll ring me and say 'do you want this?' … and I'll always say yes."But since moving to Tasmania, he has found solace in the artistic process and its ability to keep his hands and mind busy.
"I admire the fact that he can wake up in the morning every morning with a smile on his face and say, 'I've got a great idea, I'm going to put it into practice.'"New Norfolk artistic community finally coming togetherHe said New Norfolk is an easy place to collaborate with other artists because it is such a small place.
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