‘‘I did know Peter Nicholls: he was quite a supporter of mine,’’ the Australian-born artist said.
Peter Nicholls was a New Zealand artist who created large outdoor works and died in Dunedin in 2021.
After seeing the plinth created in his memory, Ms Page-Smith contacted project co-ordinator Stuart Griffiths and the result was her first bronze, In the Blue Sky of the Wind, which was recently put on display.
The piece depicts three outward-facing cats — inspired by the artist’s own cats.
Mr Griffith said each artwork was displayed on the sculpture plinth for six months.
‘‘We’ve had quite a range of work, which is great and we like to leave it to serendipity.
‘‘There is no prescriptive other than being able to [have] the work in the public domain for six months,’’ he said.
Knox Church minister the Right Rev Graham Redding, who works closely with Mr Griffiths and works with the chosen artists, said the sculptures were years in the making.
He described the watchfulness of the cats as reminders to slow down.
