PAUL KAY | CONTINUATIONS
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Sunday, February 22, 2026
Frances Keevil at Studio W - 6 Bourke St, Woolloomooloo Wed - Sun, 11 - 5
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Continuations brings together a collection of sculptural reliefs made over a four-year period, all produced in my home studio which I have come to call the ‘Bunker’.
This is my third body of work, and during it’s development, I became increasingly aware of how my responses to social and environmental change have evolved over time. Alongside this outward attention, I’ve also found myself drawn back to the domestic – it’s spaces, routines, quiet tensions, and the long tradition in art of interpreting everyday interiors.
An ongoing engagement with mid-to-late Modernism continues to shape my work, offering a framework through which these broader concerns can coexist.
Most of these pieces are shaped from a single block of wood, mechanically reduced in stages and finished by hand, a process that allows for both control and variability.
Paul Kay
She
Made from three pieces of Malaysian Jelutong
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
74.5 x 56 x 7.8 cm
“She” is an homage to women. Below the face becomes a bowl, vase or heart design that is a metaphor for the beauty of the female figure.
It has been inspired by the growing independence, education and confidence of modern Australian women to take control of their lives.
Paul Kay
Shifting Sands
Made from single piece of Australian White Beech
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
37.5 x 60 x 5.4 cm
Paul Kay
To Give is to Receive
Made from a single piece of Pacific Maple
Sealed with Clear Polyurethane and coloured acrylics
41.5 x 29.2 x 5.3 cm
Paul Kay
Continuation
Made from two pieces of Malaysian Jelutong glued together on edge
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
43 x 31 x 5 cm
Paul Kay
Coral to White
Made from a single piece of Malaysian Jelutong
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
30 x 32 x 7.8 cm
Paul Kay
Caught
Made from single piece of Malaysian Jelutong
Sealed with Clear Polyurethane and Coloured Acrylics
31.5 x 71 x 7.6 cm
Paul Kay
Without Boundaries
Made from two pieces of Malaysian Jelutong from the same plank, glued together on edge
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
64 x 46 x 7.6 cm
Paul Kay
Half Full
Made from Malaysian Jelutong as two pieces glued together on edge
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
42 x 56.5 x 7.9 cm
Paul Kay
This Life
Made from a single piece of Malaysian Jelutong
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
31.5 x 47.5 x 7.8 cm
Paul Kay
Embryotic
Two pieces of Malaysian Jelutong, sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
43 x 31 x 5 cm
Paul Kay
Transformation (stela)
Made from a single piece of Damar Minyak (Species of Kauri Pine).
Sealed with Clear Polyurethane and Coloured Acrylic
89 x 30 x 4.9 cm
Paul Kay
Humility (stela)
Made from a single piece of Damar Minyak (Species of Kauri Pine).
Sealed with Clear Polyurethane and Coloured Acrylic
89 x 30 x 4.9 cm
Paul Kay
Poise
Made from two pieces of Malaysian Jelutong, glued together on edge
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
41 x 52 x 7 cm
Paul Kay
Peripheral
Malaysian Jelutong
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
31 x 87 x 5.5 cm
Paul Kay
Plateaus & Plains
Made from a single piece of Malaysian Jelutong.
Sealed with clear polyurethane and coloured acrylics
30.6 x 87 x 5.5 cm