Direct carving is for me, a passion. Increasingly I do it because I have too. My studio space is extremely important to me, not only as a place of work and a place for clients to visit but also a haven for me to reflect on my practise. I use traditional direct carving tools whenever possible and enjoy collecting traditional tools that have long been replaced by more modern equipment. This is because my work develops during the carving process and using older technology allows me the extra time to see and feel how the work is growing. Using power tools would restrict these opportunities.
The texture and patina of formal sculpture used for worship or veneration holds a particular fascination for me, specifically the heads, hands or feet that have been touched by millions over the centuries. Works abandoned in the past and rediscovered or even architectural features in Gothic cathedrals like worn stone stairways hold a deep interest for me. With the natural patina of history in mind I try to give those viewing my work a strong desire to touch the work and the feeling that it may once have had great significance to others in the past and has retained its strong emotional charge if not its original meaning.
Most of my work is presented on an angular contrasting base. This draws attention to the far more fluid, often abstract and hopefully profound exhibited form above.
2017 Mayfair. Work selected, exhibited and sold at group Summer Show The Lansdown Club Fitzmaurice House 9 Fitzmaurice Place London W1J 6JD
2018 Chelsea. Work selected, exhibited and sold at the Chelsea Art Society Annual Show. Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE, chelseaartsociety@gmail.com Tel No: 020 7228 0233
2019 Mayfair. Work selected, exhibited and sold at group Summer Show The Lansdown Club Fitzmaurice House 9 Fitzmaurice Place London W1J 6JD
2019 Chelsea. Work selected, exhibited and sold at the Chelsea Art Society Annual Show. Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE, chelseaartsociety@gmail.com Tel No: 020 7228 0233
2019 South Bank. London Ultra The Bargehouse OXO Tower. Four works accepted and exhibited. info@Freepaintersandsculptors.co.uk
2020 Conway The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Crown Ln. Conway LL32 8AN Wales Tel: 01492 593413
2021 Chelsea The Chelsea Art Society Autumn Exhibition Chelsea, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE, chelseaartsociety@gmail.com Tel No: 020 7228 0233
2021 Chelsea The Royal Society of Sculptors 10g Challenge Dora House 108 Old Brompton Road South Kensington London SW73 3RA Tel:020737338615
2022 Chelsea The Chelsea Art Society Annual Show Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 5EE, chelseaartsociety@gmail.com Tel No: 020 7228 0233
2022 Kent Under The Rainbow Bluewater Winter Exhibition Bluewater Parkway Dartford DA9 9ST
