Gyre Sculpture

Artist Violet Cooper has a love for sea shells and creates works of art collected from across the seas to our very own Brighton Beach. The lettering has been made by hand from clay (with love) and reads 'I see the sea & the sea sees me'

The artwork invites viewers to see the sea from a different perspective and to see the sea looking right back at you.

More than ever, we need to remember to 'Hang Loose' and connect with the ocean, with nature and with each other. It's good for the soul.
This sculpture was purchased by Council from the 2015 Brighton Jetty Sculptures Event and installed along the Esplanade as an iconic beachside work of art.

This sculpture is a memorial work to acknowledge Kathleen Duncan Campbell known as Kitty Whyte. Kitty lived on Yadkanulka Station, north of Port Augusta with her family. She would return to Brighton annually for the summer and taught the children of Brighton to swim. At the conclusion of one of her classes in 1926, Kitty dived from the Brighton Jetty and was fatally attacked by a large shark. Kitty was buried in the St. Judes Cemetery Brighton in the family plot.