about
I am a sculptor working in clay, glass and mixed media. My subject is the human being, fearfully and wonderfully made. I love the human form and want to capture it in its various stages of life.
I am a sculptor working in clay, glass and mixed media. My subject is the human being, fearfully and wonderfully made. I love the human form and want to capture it in its various stages of life.
I started working in clay in 2018 driven by an urgent necessity to sculpt, after many absent years. I love the expressive, tactile nature of clay and the beauty and frustration of working with this material. What excites me is the process of forming something out of nothing and bringing it into existence.
Drawing and dance were a passion of mine from childhood. A shy child, who struggled with reading and writing, I would escape into a world of drawing ballerinas and horses. During my adolescence I became depressed, drifting from unemployment, to jobs that left me feeling empty, without any aim or purpose. It was only after I started drawing again that I took the brave step and enrolled onto an evening class in art. These classes were important because they helped me to express myself, and most importantly, dream again. I would eventually learn to use line, colour, clay, mixed media on a Foundation course in Art and Design.
My tutors saw something in the way that I drew that suggested to them that “I drew like a sculptor”. With growing confidence and an adventurous spirit, I left London in 1985 and all that was familiar to me to pursue my dream of becoming an artist. Cheltenham helped nurture and develop my art skills and enabled me to engage in the world in ways I had never done before. I traveled to France, Barcelona, Holland, Cuba and Italy, living life to the full.
Going to art school was one of the most valuable experiences in my life. It opened my eyes to the importance of art and education and visual art as a valuable form of communication and expression, especially to those who were under-valued in society and who had no voice. It also opened my eyes to different ways of seeing and understanding who I was and my relationship with others in society. I will always remember one of my tutors imploring me to pursue my desire of becoming an artist and not give up after I graduated. He looked at me earnestly and said, “You will carry on won’t you? Don’t give up.”
So here I am, on my journey of not giving up. Having gone through many transforming experiences, since graduating in 1988, emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual, see Visualising Faith, I returned to my first love of sculpture in 2018. I am older but I feel like I am just embarking on my path, pursuing my dreams as a Fine Artist. Come and join me on this continuing adventure as I create works of art that are ‘Fearfully and Wonderfully Made’ Psalms 139.
