My practice ranges from abstract sculpture to painting – sometimes exploring the interface between. Sculptural work spawns paintings, an interest in bending the picture plane, the addition of 3-D elements – and sculpture can be drawing in air.

Industrial and found elements interest me and I work mainly in metal, wood, ceramics, mixed media, from small to large scale.

A major theme informing my sculpture concerns the human aspiration to fly, its kinship with the creative impetus: “Drawing in Air”; “Towers to Fly From, Clouds to Look Down On”, “Icarus”. This strand embodies a fascination with early literature. My first degree encompassed Anglo Saxon and Old Norse studies.

Another theme concerns Constructionist design practice, playing with formal elements, using found materials and minimal means. The resulting artworks are constructed in wood and pigment, and are as if created from Bauhaus building blocks.

Following a career in arts management and public art commissioning I gained a first class BA (Hons) in Fine Art.

Awards: Two Art College awards, including the Alastair Smart Sculpture Prize.

Sculpture Commission: Volvo (Scotland)

Arts Residencies:  International Student Residency Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Resident Artist, Cromarty Arts Trust.

Exhibitions in many public and private galleries of both sculpture and painting.