Exploring wood as an artistic medium

My compositions from fallen and forgotten timber are studies in the narrative beauty of wood. They are made to reveal timbers’ response to its environment over time. Its unfashioned beauty, durability and vunerability.

The origin of the material I use is central to my work. Whether it be discarded floorboards from a Victorian terraced house, a garden fence, a branch of Sycamore found on the floor of the scrub that fringes the fields of the Sussex Downs or a 40 year old Oak gate post, the sense of place is very important.

I have worked with wood for the last 25 years. Since studying at the London College of Furniture I have worked as a furniture maker in Sussex, Ireland and London I left London to manage the family farm on the Sussex Downs and this has become an important source of inspiration for my work. After returning to Art College I co founded Blue Monkey Studio with three fellow graduates of Brighton University and spent several years as a model maker and tutor at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. I have now returned to wood as my medium, and increasingly I find myself reluctant to intervene. It has its own story to tell.

This website is intended to be a an introduction to me and my work. Please get in touch to discuss availability, prices, CV’s, etc.