Dung Beetle and Ball 32x19.5cms Copper and nitrate

Owl 100cms high Copper

Butterfly 120cms wingspan Steel rod and wire

My work focuses on steel, copper and wire sculptures, often created out of recycled materials - the concept of giving things a rebirth being an important element.  I strive to bring inert materials to life, using a fusion of colour,  texture, line and form.  Primarily, I am interested in human, animal and plant structures, particularly primeval, bulbous and elongated forms, suggesting an inner life or energy.  Nest making and insects particularly fascinate me.  My use of rich colour is a dominant theme: rusty, copper, vivid reds and oranges contrast with the play of turquoise and nitrate greens.  The woven coloured wires in some of my sculptures have parallels with the textures and marks in my drawings.  Some of my figurative pieces retain an element of academic linear form taken into 3-d, as drawings in space.  My upbringing and frequent trips to Kenya have a strong bearing on the earthy, organic, exaggerated forms with which I work.

Born and raised in Kenya, I graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Art, London ('87) with distinction, later gaining a PGCE at Exeter University.  I now live and work as a practising artist in Somerset, whilst also running Workshops part-time.  I have taught Art in schools, worked in London and Somerset as an Artist-in-Residence and exhibit widely, particularly in London, Surrey and South West England - with collections in Europe and U.S.A.  I am currently represented by the Fire and Iron Gallery, Surrey and Ginger Fig Gallery, Taunton.  I show at Art and Design Fairs, participate in Somerset Art Weeks, Art Festivals and work to commission for indoor and outdoor sculptures.  I recently won the 3d award for Wildlife Artist of the Year '09.

Past Exhibitions include RHS Rosemoor Winter Sculpture Exhibition '09-'10, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Sculpture Exhibition '09; Mythic Garden Sculpture Exhibition '09; Merz Contemporary Art, London; Tobacco Art Gallery, London; Fire and Iron Gallery, Surrey; Black Swan Arts, Frome; South London Art Gallery, London; Tobacco Factory Gallery, Bristol; Atkinson Gallery, Street; Delamore Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Devon. 

CURRENT & FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS ‘10: Black Swan Arts, 2 Bridge Street, Frome BA11 1BB  20 March-1 May; ‘Celebration’ at Air Gallery, 6 High Street, Wells BA5 2SG  27 March-24 April; Showborough House Sculpture Garden, Twyning, Gloucestershire GL20 6DN  1 April–6 June ’10; Mythic Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Stone Lane Gardens, Stone Farm, Chagford, Devon TQ13 8JU  9 May-3 Oct; Bruton Festival Art Trail, High Street, Bruton  17–29 May; ‘Nature’ at Octagon Theatre, Petter’s Way, Yeovil BA20 1UX  20 May-3 July; ‘Treading Lightly’ at Yew Tree Gallery, Keigwin Farmhouse, Keigwin, Morvah, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 7TS  6 June-mid Aug; Glastonbury Festival, Greenfields, Pilton  23–27 June; Woodland Garden Sculpture Trail, Backwell Hill Cottage, Backwell, N.Somerset BS48 3DA  2,3,4 July; Devon Sculpture TRAIL, Devon coast  18 July–5 Sept; ‘Joyride’ at Hybrid Gallery, 51 High Street, Honiton EX14 1PW  24 July-21 Aug; Binham Grange Summer Art Exhibition, Old Cleeve, Minehead, Somerset TA24 6HX  14-30 August; Somerset Art Weeks Open Studios  18 Sept–3 Oct.  

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