In 1977 I undertook a furniture making and design course at the London College of Furniture. Almost immediately I started working with sculpture and over the following years my affinity for sculpture grew more apparent. Gradually, I was spending less time working on furniture and the sculpture began to take over.From the outset I realized that my process of working was, generally, one of releasing thoughts and any preconceived notions of what I was trying to achieve. This enabled me to work freely, allowing a piece to develop and unfold as making continued. By surrendering to this process it is inevitable that the work is pure abstraction.
For several years, now, I have been practicing vipassana, or insight meditation. This technique enables me to quieten my mind to a deeper and deeper level, helping to bring about a very real clarity and peacefulness which means that when I am making sculpture, fewer and fewer thoughts interfere in the process. I can just be with what I am doing in the moment; the creative process.
In a more profound way, through practicing vipassana meditation, I have discovered a real meaning for my life:
My purpose is to help to create and promote a loving and peaceful world in which all may live happily and harmoniously together. To achieve this way, I endeavour to work in a spontaneously creative manner, from a balanced centre of unconditional love, peace and harmony.
In the following pages I have tried to give an overall feel of the type of work that I am involved in. Most of my current work is with sand either as sandworks or as sandcarvings. I am also working more with bronze and aluminium.
Many of the works shown are in private collections in the U.K., Canada, the U.S.A. and Australia. For further details and information please contact me personally.
