Category: art

  • Making a life-size portrait of Phillipe

    Process of modelling a life-size portrait  in terracotta clay. Here is a link to the finished piece.

  • The studio needs a tidy-up

    What a mess! I am halfway through too many things …

  • Reclining figure of Mikelina: plaster cast

    This figure of Mikelina has been cast in plaster and coated with dirt mixed with shellac varnish. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 40cm x d: 25cm. Completed 2013. Private collection. Here is a link to the process of modelling this figure of Mikelina in terracotta clay.

  • Making reclining figure of Mikelina

    Process of modelling reclining figure of Mikelina in terracotta clay. Here is a link to a cast of the finished piece in plaster.

  • Scribble texture colour series

    This series of images were an experiment in colour. The first picture is the original, created by physically building up layers of paint and crayon to create a multicoloured, rich texture. This image was then scanned and digitally manipulated in Photoshop to create the other versions.

  • Process: making the portrait of Mathew

    Process of modelling a small portrait of Mathew in soft terracotta clay. The last photos are of the biscuit-fired piece before any patination was applied to the surface. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 25cm x d: 15cm. Here are some photos of the finished piece.

  • Man with flat cap – portrait

    Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 20cm x d: 25cm. Completed 2009. Private collection.

  • Richard sitting with head resting on knees – bronze cast 3

    Bronze cast No 3 / 12 of a small figure of Richard sitting with head resting on knees. This cast was given an unpolished sand stone base and a traditional pattination finish as the request of the buyer. Approximate size including base: h: 30cm x w: 20cm x d: 30cm. Completed 2011. Private collection. Here are links to cast 1 and cast…

  • Laura with knee raised

    Small clay figure of Laura with knee raised. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 30cm x d: 25cm. Completed 2011.

  • Mathew – portrait

    Small portrait of Mathew. Fired clay. Given a further smoke-firing. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 25cm x d: 15cm. Completed 2012. Private collection. Here are some photos of this piece in the process of being made. Here is a figure sculpture of the same model.

  • Richard sitting with head resting on knees – bronze cast 2

    Bronze cast No 2 / 12 of a small figure of Richard sitting with head resting on knees. This cast was given a matt slate stone base and a modern pattination finish. Approximate size including base: h: 30cm x w: 20cm x d: 30cm. Completed 2011. Private collection. Here are links to cast 1 and cast 3.

  • Christine – development of a sitting figure

    Development of a sketch of Christine sitting with her arms wrapped around her knees. Modelled in clay.

  • Alice looking up

    Small clay figure of Alice looking up. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 35cm x d: 20cm. Completed 2010. Private collection.

  • Pattination process: Richard bronze cast 1

    Process of patternating a bronze cast at the foundry where it was cast.

  • Richard sitting with head resting on knees – bronze cast 1

    Bronze cast No 1 / 12 of a small figure of Richard sitting with head resting on knees. This cast was left freestanding at the customer’s request and given a high contrast finish. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 20cm x d: 30cm. Completed 2011. Private collection. Here are links to cast 2 and cast 3.

  • Alice – small portrait sketch

    Small portrait sketch of Alice. Modelled in clay.

  • Alice with full skirt – quick figure sketch

    Quick 1-day sketch of Alice in a full skirt. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 40cm x w: 20cm x d: 20cm. Completed 2010. Private collection.

  • Little bird sketch

    A little sketch of a bird made in chavant at a friend’s place when I was trying to give up smoking.

  • Alice looking down

    Small clay figure of Alice looking down. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 20cm x w: 30cm x d: 25cm. Completed 2010.

  • Christine – development of a reclining figure

    Reclining sketch of Christine. Modelled in clay.

  • Richard, head in hand – portrait

    Life-sized portrait of Richard. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 30cm x d: 35cm. Here is a figure of  Richard. Completed 2010.

  • Man reading newspaper – quick figure sketch

    Quick 1-day sketch of a man reading a newspaper. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 10cm x d: 20cm. Completed 2009. Private collection.

  • Christine – small portrait sketch

    Small portrait sketch of Christine. Modelled in clay.

  • Building a standing male figure in Chavant

    Development of a small standing figure made on an armature in soft chavant modelling wax.

  • Judith reclining

    Small clay figure of Judith reclining. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 15cm x w: 45cm x d: 20cm. Completed 2010. Private collection.

  • Blue figure of Judith sitting

    Small clay figure of Judith sitting with her head resting on her knee. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 25cm x w: 20cm x d: 35cm. Completed 2010. Private collection.

  • Hollowing out a clay head

    The process of hollowing out a life-sized clay head before it is fired.

  • Ronald – portrait

    Life-sized portrait of Ronald. Fired clay. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 45cm x w: 45cm x d: 40cm. Completed 2010. Private collection.

  • Gwen sitting

    Small clay figure of Gwen seated with her left knee raised. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 25cm x d: 25cm. Completed 2009. Private collection.

  • Half figure of Ronald

    Half figure of Ronald. Fired clay. Sealed with metal powder suspended in shellac. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Approximate size: h: 30cm x w: 30cm x d: 30cm. Completed 2009.

  • Saturn Moon Samara

    Illustration of my niece taking the reflection of the moon out of the River Thames. Medium: Digital collage printed and mounted on a lightbox. Private collection.

  • Blue Mike – portrait

    Life-sized portrait of Mike. Fired clay. Patinated with oil paints and soft wax. Completed 2008. Private collection.

  • Multimedia kaleidoscope

    These are a few stills from a multimedia kaleidoscope I made in Flash/Director in 1999/2000 as part of studying for a Masters degree. It had a number of layers with visibility control, each one displaying animations from a library. I think I still have the .exe file but I doubt it would run on my computer. I always…

  • Angelfest ’99 stills

    Images created for the Angelfest projection collaborative performance and installation commissioned by the London borough of Barnet, 1999.