Saul Shepherd

Wheel

14 -25 May 2025

G2

Opening Night

Friday 16 May | 6 - 8 pm

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Wheel

Through the car window,
I stare—
hermetically sealed within,
watching the world pass
like a cinema screen.
You take me on a journey—
within and without.

You spin.
Where you stop, no one knows.
Where do you take me?
To my nocturnal lover,
or back home?
To the present or the past?
Am I moving forward,
or running away?

Eternity’s metaphor,
you have no beginning,
no end.
Power surges through you—
driving turbines, feeding great machines.
Yet you are stillness too,
potential awaiting release.
In motion, you are action.
You are freedom—
the open road unfolds before us.

Still, I’m trapped in your cycle:
summer, autumn, winter, spring—
then again.
Each revolution, one year older.
My fate chained to your momentum,
bound to your endless turning.

Like Sisyphus, I push you
up the mountain’s peak—
only to watch you roll back
with the night.

A triumph of human hands,
your endless curve
inevitable, eternal—
the engine of change.
The possible and the impossible
both reside in you.

Artist Statement

Wheels hold symbolic power across cultures and eras. They represent destiny, as in the ever-turning Wheel of Fortune; eternity, as in the ouroboros—the snake devouring its own tail; and the steady rhythms of daily life, from the turning of seasons to the revolutions of car wheels carrying us toward (or away from) our destinations.

In this show, I invite you to consider where we're going, what propels us, and what it means to be caught in motion.

Artist Bio

Saul Shepherd is a visual artist (sculptor, photographer and illustrator) and writer.

He is a regular exhibitor with the Red Gallery, the Association of Sculptors and the Contemporary Sculptors Association. 

He is a published poet and has written a novel and a collection of short stories pending publishing.

Contact
Phone : (03) 9482 3550
mail@redgallery.com.au

Address
157 St Georges Rd
Fitzroy North, Victoria, 3068
Map

How to get here
Tram: Route 11
Stop 21 just north of Edinburgh Gardens

Melway Ref: 30B12
Parking in nearby streets

Bus: 504 (Reid Street)