Career
He was also active in environmental and other causes, including protesting against the damming of the Franklin River and advocating the innocence of Lindy Chamberlain. Initially he was a potter, establishing both Martin Boyd Pottery and later Guy Boyd Pottery. These studios produced a wide range of modernist objects from house-wares to decorative pieces which enjoyed strong commercial success.
Iconic Australian imagery, particularly flora and indigenous motifs, feature heavily.
This period of work is also stepped in the "atomic age" aesthetics of the 1950s and early 1960s with a familiar color palate and shapes that hold strong echos of Eames and others Boyd turned away from this commercial work and to a full-time career in sculpture in 1965.
His commissions include sculptures in both Melbourne and Sydney"s international airports, Caulfield Town Hall, the Commonwealth Bank and has pieces in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. He has had exhibitions of his work in Australia, England, Canada, and the United States.
"Guy Boyd" written by Anne Von Bertouch and Patrick Hutchins was published by Lansdowne Press in 1976.
He was Australian Company-ordinator of "Save Lindy Chamberlain" and wrote the book Justice in Jeopardy in her defence. He was President of the Portuguese Phillip Protection Society and was arrested campaigning against the damming of the Franklin River in Tasmania. Died 26 April 1988 from coronary artherosclerosis and was buried with Anglican rites in Brighton cemetery.