The Artist Trebor

Sea Jellies 2022–23

Acrylic, various ropes, ribbons and cords, fishing tackle, aluminium and solar lights approx. 250 x 90 x 90 cm

$2,000 each (negotiable)

About the Work

Far North Queensland. The Tropics. Where nature’s diversity flourishes in myriad ways both on land and in the sea.

That natural beauty can be a friend, foe or just plain freaky.

Think of jellyfish.

Do your thoughts immediately jump to the Irukandji or box jellyfish? Then pause for a moment and realise that those are just two of the hundreds of species of jellyfish found in the waters around Townsville and the thousands of species found worldwide.

Jellyfish developed over 500–700 million years ago, and now present themselves in a multitude of shapes, colours and diversifications.

Sea Jellies are abstract expressions of that diversity. They take on a life of their own swaying and moving in the breeze as if caught in the tides and currents of the sea. At night they light up, showing off their pseudo bioluminescence in a rainbow of colours.

About the Artist

The Artist Trebor (Rob) grew up just outside Wellington, New Zealand.

As a boy, he would draw and paint on anything and everything, much to his parents’ dismay. Walls. Doors. Windows… even paper sometimes.

He studied VCD & Photography at Wellington Polytechnic, graduating in 1984.

From there he became an Art Director, working in some of the world’s biggest multinational ad agencies, creating many award-winning campaigns.

For the past 20-odd years, he has been running The AD Man-Rob Stephenson, a design consultancy.

He is a truly creative thinker and has recently turned back to the ‘art world’, creating in both two and three dimensions.

Since early 2021, he has exhibited sculptures in Swell Sculpture Festival, Sculptures on the Edge, Sculptures in the Vines and many other exhibitions in South-East Queensland.

Trebor draws inspiration from everywhere and creates interesting, witty, satirical, and thought-provoking sculptures and artworks.