Welcome

My main medium is wire, which I began to use many years ago as a way of liberating the drawn line into free space. Having worked two dimensionally with the material for some time, I am now far more sculptural and three-dimensional. However, ultimately all my language has its roots in drawing and I aim to maintain the sense of freedom of the drawn line in my sculptures. Drawing is the visual artist’s answer to singing.

Themes that are recurrent include, man as natural being and our relationship to the natural world. I also am inspired by storytelling and mythology often creating my own visual narrative. Over the next year I would like to develop relationships between figures and also to carefully introduce new materials like the porcelain and terracotta faces I have been using recently. Combining my interest in nature and myth, I am currently working on ideas that metamorphose birds, plants and people.

Originally, I studied illustration and although I love its language, I soon reacted to the restrictions of the business and started to make work for exhibiting. I have also worked in textile design, window display and venue dressing.

I hope that my work conveys thoughtful ideas whilst maintaining energy and humour.