Curriculum Vitae

2003-07 Studio Foundry: Casting editioned bronzes with Peter Penfold. This has lead to a body of work which can be viewed at the newly converted studio from 2007.
1999 Elected Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce (RSA).
1995- 2007 Commissioned work: ie: lifesize bronze garden features; unusual portraits. New work for exhibitions.
1994 Public work: 'Mrs. Hedges' - bronze on a concrete bench. (Countryside Properties plc). Great Notley, Essex.
1993 Public work: 'The Birmingham Man' - bronze and concrete. Collaborative work with Fiona Peever (Presented to the City by Priscilla Mitchell). Chamberlain Square, Birmingham.
1992 Public work: 'Elephant's Waterworks' - bronze water feature. (Funded by Private and Corporate sponsorship). Children's Courtyard, Basingstoke District Hospital, Hampshire.
1991-95 Elected member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Subsequently elected: Member of Council and Trustee 1991; Treasurer 1994-95; made a Fellow 1995.
1991 Teaching drawing/sculpture at Down House School, Berks.
1990 Public work: 'Sundial' ('Tempus Fugit'). bronze and stone. Collaborative work with Alec & Fiona Peever. (British Rail Board). National Garden Festival '90, Gateshead. Permanently sited Templecombe Station, Somerset.
1989 Public work: 'The Jolly Fisherman' - cast Ferro-cement and bronze. (British Rail Board). After John Hassell's poster 1908. Skegness Railway Station, Lincolnshire.
1988 Small bronze work: editioned whilst in Italy studying foundry techniques.
1987 Public work: 'The Beeston Seat' - Ferro-cement, cast reinforced concrete and bronze.
1986 Public work: 'The Gardener and the Truant Lion' - Ferro-cement, re-con stone and bronze. (British Rail). Chelsea Flower Show 1986; and the National Garden Festival '86, Stoke on Trent. Permanently sited at Stoke Mandeville Railway Station, Buckinghamshire. (Notts.C.C. and Broxtowe Borough Council). Beeston High Road, Nottinghamshire.
1984-85 Portraiture for Waxworks, including: Alfred Hitchcock; Mick Jagger; & Charlie Chaplin.
1983 Public work: 'Man & Sheep on a Park Bench' - Ferro-cement and concrete. (Notts. C.C.; East Midlands Arts; Arts Council of Great Britain). Rufford Country Park, Nottinghamshire.
1977-84

Freelance work: Figure-making; Prop-making - including the BBC &the ICA Theatre.

Assistant Sculptor to Robert Glen, Morris Singer Foundry. Responsible for enlarging nine larger than life-size horses for bronze: 'Las Colinas Mustangs', Las Colinas, Texas.

Commissioned work including: medal for the Royal College of Surgeons, and portrait commissions.
Teaching part-time: Sculpture / Architecture - Newbury College of Further Education, Berkshire.

1974-77 Studied Sculpture at Bath Academy of Art. (B A Hons)
1955 Born abroad, childhood spent overseas.
  • BOWLED OVER - Sterling Silver Vessel - made of hand prints
  • IVY JIVE - SHOE LEAVES V
  • ... spring bonking frogs ...  (Click to enlarge)
  • ... a sow met whilst staying on a farm near Clitheroe ...      (Click to enlarge)
  • ... when the wind blows - it can leave you in a spin …      (Click to enlarge)
  • A serene but haunting mask with a flowing sash ...