 am a mostly self-taught sculptor adhering to humanoid, facial, animal and robust "art-brut" figures. I find any clay to be my main medium to work with-it is such a simple and beautiful material. My sculpture embodies many influences including anatomy, spiritualism, mythology, zoology, supernature, classical and ancient, art-deco , erotica and taboo subjects. While I generally retain a little figurative and traditional feel to my work, a consistent and habitual thread running through it all comprises of blatant or oblique warping or distortion strategies while sculpting. There is rarely any plan or forethought unless for a "basis" image or a commissioner's specific requirement. |
| Education & Training |
| 1960 |
Born in Rochdale, Lancs |
| 1977-1978 |
Rochdale art college : A-level sculpture
(theory + practice) |
| Recent Exhibitions |
| 2000 |
"Erotica 2000" Olympia, London |
| 1996 |
Oldham art gallery local artists show october 1996: four pieces of work ( in local press also) |
| 1993 |
Two large polystyrene heads as projection installations at the Liverpool Tate gallery ( part of the "video positive" "men of vision" exhibition 1993) |
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