Passage
Michael Francis Cartwright
Bronze, granite & concrete · Singapore Expo Building, VIP entrance
Nunan & Cartwright
Sculpture
and painting.
Monumental works created between Australia, Tuscany and Provence.
View selected worksAustralia · Italy · France
Four decades of practice
Studios in Australia · Italy · France
Public & private collections worldwide
Art from the studios
NC Studio
From the artists’
studios.
Every work begins with the artists and passes through the hands of trusted artisans before entering a landscape, an interior or a collection.
Shona Nunan and Michael Francis Cartwright have worked together for more than forty years. Their sculpture draws on mythology, nature, memory and the enduring power of authenticity.
Meet the artists ↗Selected monumental works
Works in the world.
Sculpture
A selection of works conceived for architecture, landscape and lasting collections.
Arrival
Shona Nunan
Now in the collection of Kilchoan Gardens, Argyll, Scotland
Guardians
Shona Nunan
Bronze · Real Martin Winery, France
Journey of the Sage
Michael Francis Cartwright
Bronze · Gabarron Museum Sculpture Park, Germany
Moondance
Michael Francis Cartwright
Citadelle Museum, Saint Tropez, France
Leaf
Shona Nunan
Now in a private collection, St Paul de Vence
Reclining Figure
Michael Francis Cartwright
Marble on granite · Private collection, Mt Macedon, Australia
Guardians
Shona Nunan
Bronze · Warrnambool Art Museum, Australia · Unveiling, 2012
Painting
Painting.
From works on paper and major paintings to commissioned mosaics, painting has always been central to the work of both artists.
Sunrise
Michael Francis Cartwright
Goldin Metropolitan Hotel, Tianjin
In the studio
Shona Nunan
Working on the commission for Kuan’s Living, Taiwan
Lost in the Cosmos
Michael Francis Cartwright
Hand-cut glass mosaic with ceramic and marble tiles · Yew Chung Foundation, Hong Kong
Journey
Michael Francis Cartwright
Painting · Capital M restaurant, Beijing
Availability and edition details are shared personally by the studio.
Enquire about a work ↗The studio offer
Three ways to
begin.
Each relationship is handled directly and discreetly by the studio.
Studio Collection
Completed sculpture, paintings and works on paper held across the studios. A private selection is prepared around your interests, setting and preferred scale.
Request a private selection ↗Works for a Particular Setting
A significant existing work considered for a particular residence, garden or architectural setting, with scale, patina, plinth and siting considered as one. The studio can collaborate with your architect and appointed specialists.
Discuss your setting ↗Original Commission
An original commission begins with a conversation about the setting, scale and nature of the work. The collector then entrusts the artists to develop it through drawings and maquettes. The artists oversee each stage—from material and production to surface finish, siting and preparation for transport and installation—while keeping the collector informed throughout the process.
Begin a commission ↗The studio provides the technical information required for transport, siting and installation. Freight, engineering, foundations, lifting and installation are arranged separately with the collector’s appointed specialists.
The making
From hand,
through material.
Works move from drawing and maquette to clay, plaster, bronze, marble and steel. Bronze sculpture is cast in Pietrasanta with Fonderia Versiliese, continuing a relationship with a town shaped by generations of sculptors and artisans.
Discover the process ↗Made to endure
“A work is complete when it finds its place and begins a life beyond the studio.”
Direct studio provenance
Edition record & certification
Siting guidance & technical coordination
Ongoing collector relationship
Private discovery
The collection
beyond the website.
The works shown publicly are an introduction to a much wider collection of sculpture, paintings and works on paper held across the studios. It ranges from intimate studies to substantial works.
Tell us what draws you. The studio will prepare a considered, private selection for you, or welcome you by appointment in Correns.
The studios
Australia
Outdoor studios set within the Australian bush. Worldwide studio administration is also based in Australia.
Pietrasanta
The sculptors’ creative and production anchor in Tuscany since the 1980s.
Correns
Working and exhibition spaces in a restored village house in Provence.