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Introduction

Statement

There’s no better feeling than when we experience a lift of our spirit. When captured, that exquisite moment can transcend our external environment. To make people smile inside is the driving force behind the creatures I create.
I embark on a journey to capture the essence of an animal, deliberately leaving detail to be filled-in by the viewer. Rather than create anatomical studies of my subjects, I observe behaviour, stance and character. Character is the essence of an individual. Whether mouse or elephant, character prevails.
I’ve been good with my hands since I was six – you should have seen my highly acclaimed papier-mâché totem pole at junior school! After gaining a design degree at York College of Art and spending twenty five years as a designer, creative director and business consultant, sculpture came back into my life. I was in my garage. I was forty-two. It’s funny, forty years after the totem pole and I am still playing with plastercine and animal forms and still enjoying every minute!
A new world opened up before me and within two years I was putting my work into bronze. Now, I feel that I am still at the foot of the stairs. So, I will continue my quest, to take commissions and to tickle the insides of my audiences.

Biography