Born 1971. Studied at Exeter College of Art and initially worked with pewter, completing various commissioned pieces, but in the last few years has worked exclusively in bronze.
Artist’s Statement:
“When working to commission, my designs are obviously very much inspired by the client and the details of the commission. My personal work is -rooted in the figurative tradition and the natural and man-made environment, whilst drawing on the ideas of Carl Jung, and Iain McGilchrist. The beginning point for my work is the human face & body. Ideas such as myth and the divided brain are central to my work & belief in the fundamental importance of visual art in being human. I start by working in clay from life, then through a complex series of processes end with the completed work in bronze. Unlike most sculptors I cast my own work in bronze, which allows me to use the whole process in a creative way, and so is essential to producing true beauty and fidelity.
It is the human face and body that links all my work, even when the natural and man-made imagery are seemingly disparate. Because I create the whole work from the original to the bronze casting I can control the process. As important as control is, chance and serendipity are essential to the work, breathing in a life and reality that can’t be faked.”