Belligerent Bear
I love this piece. My first attempt at an animal and very pleased with the result. She’s an old warrior still wildly protective of her cubs and an expert hunter but she’s getting old and Read More …
Regarding Receding Rainforest
I am so proud of this piece. A chimp with piquant piercing eyes that, to use an old but very pertinent cliche, really do follow you around the room. From one angle he (or she, Read More …
One Wing-ed Angel
I have long been interested in the concept of a fallen angel. Why would she have incurred the wrath of God? Did she answer him back, convinced in her teenage years that all around her Read More …
Big Heed and Little Heed
I went through a brief stone masonry phase but realised that my forte was much more about adding on than taking away. I rather liked the two resultant gargoyles which are both grotesque and humorous. Read More …
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 …
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 …