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Concepts
Over the years my sculpture has been concerned with a diverse range of concepts and has been made out of a variety of materials including wood, stone and bronze. The content of the work has ranged from an interest in transformation and change to its current involvement with aspects of theoretical physics. The scale ranges from small pieces to large-scale public sculptures. The public sculptures are normally figurative and are cast in bronze while the majority of my work is abstract. Recent work has used direct carving in Ancaster and Kilkenny limestones and some of the ideas have required the use of the translucent qualities of alabaster. Some of the sculptures are constructed out of laminated ash veneer which produces very light and open forms. Several of them are intended to refer to aspects mass and void and also matter and anti-matter.
Influences
Ancient Egyptian art, extensive research carried out in Egypt, construction of functional objects eg furniture; sexuality; relativity and quantum physics eg space, mass and time
Career path
Undergraduate at Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham, followed by Postgraduate at the Slade School of Art. Fellowships include Cardiff Sculpture Fellow and the Churchill Travelling Fellowship for Sculpture. Awards and bursaries from The Arts Council of England, South West Arts, Welsh Arts Council and various University Research Awards. Visiting Lecturer at several institutions including the Royal Academy Schools. Work in many private and public collections including The Arts Council of England, Dame Stephanie Shirley, The Met Office and University of Leicester. Various large-scale public sculptures completed. Works full-time as professional sculptor.
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