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1963: Chichester, West Sussex. 1980-82: Foundation, West Sussex College of Design. 1982-85: BA (Hons) Fine Art, South Glamorgan IHE Cardiff. I was born in Chichester in the shadow of the South Downs. I had an early interest in making pictures, which developed into the desire to become an artist when I saw a powerful Picasso sculpture in...
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Following a period working in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s conservation department, I moved across the road to the Science Museum where I was given access to their stores. It was here where the roots of my work began.  Disparate objects placed next to each other by size and material gave rise to surprising and discordant marriages....
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Concepts/themes/ideas My journey as an artist began when I gave up my business in 1990 and began to paint. In 1998 I graduated with a First Class BA with Related Arts with Honours. I have exhibited mainly in the South of England and have particular interest in the 'art and health' as well as 'art and faith arena'. I am represented by 'The art...
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Today we are surrounded by a world that consists of hyperspace, virtual reality, cyborgs, genetic engineering, germ warfare, and advances in communication technology are developing at an alarming rate. I have always been interested in science and technology and have spent the past seven years working and exploring within this field through my art...
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My paintings present the/our human condition. They are suggestive in response but not actual, a moment in a journey. Hinting at hopes and fears, evoking dreams and inducing sober reality, confusing memorable fact with fiction. Delving into lush thick paint, I travel, gouge, temper and scrape, subverting my figurative subjects with delicate...
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I am an Irish visual artist, based in Brighton, UK. My work, which is mainly photographic in nature, is concerned with the family and the relationships within it. My most recent body of work, Picture You, Picture Me, is a collaborative and explorative portrait project with my daughter Laoisha. Directing each other through role-play and...
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Carved wood figures, roughly hewn or finely carved, polychromed, from 30cm to 3.5m tall, in public or private spaces, have dominated my work since 1995.  They are made to commission for roundabouts, country parks, schools etc.  The technique is rooted in the folk art of Central Europe.  With the most simple gestures, the most...
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ConceptsI make a range of sculptural vases, dishes, candlesticks, clocks, lampbases and jewellery mainly using the slab-building technique of ceramics. Inspiration for the shapes comes from drawing in the church plate and Japanese galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Decoration comes from drawing and photographing eroding surfaces found...
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