The Real Minotaur
This one is about how history gets re-written over time. (Richard III may have been a great and benign king until his predecessors created a different persona). I decided that the Minotaur could have been Read More …
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Atlas Unrequired
You’ve probably guessed that this one is about redundancy. When I was 54 I was made redundant from my job in Media IT. Since then I have been unable to find another position. Given that Read More …
Self Portrait
I discovered something when I set out to create a happy smiling bust of a generic person. Turns out that unless you try quite hard is is natural for an artist to create many of Read More …
Jonathan Livingston Carp
I always loved the book about the seagull and am amused by the idea of a fish who likewise wishes to soar. Maybe JLC should know his limits, but just maybe he should never give Read More …
Man Down
This one is about feeling trapped. When, through no fault of your own you feel trapped, targetted or simply forgotten. Particularly a statement about mental health, where one can feel trapped within a defective mind. Read More …
Anxiety
Also on the theme of mental disease, the invisible reaper. The young man feels trapped even in the comfort of his comfortable old sofa. You’ll see that the sofa cracked in the final glazing but, Read More …
Young Man by the Pool
A life study I did with a group of artists. The use of a Blue Crackle glaze with a tendency to run created a lovely effect of his having just come out with water still running Read More …
Shallow Pool
This is a study of the result of heavy impact on the human form. This man has dived into the wrong end of the pool and hit the bottom with a resounding thump. I liked Read More …
Psoriasis and Measles
Two of my favourite pieces. Originally life studies but utterly transformed with the judicious application of glazes. They are a pair and should never be split apart. The models would have not liked each other, Read More …
Contemptuous Chicken
She’s a ceramic bust with acrylic and exterior varnish and mounted on wood from a circa 200 year-old grain warehouse (procured when I was a nipper and kept for a special occasion) and then backed Read More …