 "My interest in sculpture dates back to the l960s and l970s when I attended classes at an Art School in Hertford, Herts, UK, and also at the Camden Art Centre, Finchley, London.
Two of my instructors were the established sculptors Mark Harvey and Jesse Watkins, and three others had worked as assistants to Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Eduardo Paolozzi.
I have worked with stone, wood, clay and plaster. I also obtained instruction in art metalwork, and I have experimented with mixed media. My work is mainly abstract, but I sometimes bridge the gap between representational forms and abstract ones. This is in part due to the influence of organic shapes on my sculpture.
At present I am working mainly in plaster, built up on wire armatures. By a combination of adding plaster and carving or wearing it down I achieve the final form. This is then finished with a bronze patina, or caste in bronze. In Sydney one of my abstract pieces, known as "Diad", has been caste in bronze at Alan Crawford's foundry. I am now working on another piece and have sketches or clay maquettes for at least two others.
I have been influenced strongly by the established British school of abstract sculpture, particularly Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, but also Lynn Chadwick and Reg Butler. My interest in organic forms can be related to the paintings, drawings and prints of Graham Sutherland.
As well as a part-time sculptor, I am also an author and I earned my living until retirement in l997 as a scientist, specialising in genetics and cell biology. I now have much more time available to involve myself in sculpture. I have joined the Sculpture Society and plan to exhibit pieces for sale at the various exhibition organised by the Society or by others."
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