About me

 I started my career as a chef eventually owning and outside catering business, a French Restaurant and while an artist a smootthie bar and cafe.          

I studied ceramics and glass at Plymouth University College of Art (HND and Design, and glass at Farnham University College of Art and Design (BA). I have been a practising artist for 26 years mainly making colourful glass lamps, bowls, and abstract sculptures until I changed to ceramics Ten years ago. While at Plymouth I invented a new technique in fusing glass together, one of the few last century who invented different techniques.

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My ceramic sculptures have two sides to them, like a two-page book and each one has a true story behind them. Some of my ideas come from various people I have known over the years, or something that has stuck in my mind that made me laugh.

My sculptures are mainly ceramic, but I also use acrylic, gold and silver leaf, liquid gold and silver, resin, paper, and jewellery. My ceramics sculptures have been described as philosophical quirky Pop Art, which are mostly humorous. But some have a more serious theme, reflecting what I think of our spiralling out-of-control world.

After losing my workshop, I have moved on to collage and paint.

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I have passed my phase of making humorous art, I have moved on to a more serious topic of politics.

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And this is what I can’t fathom out, every three years we vote for an MP who all tell us what they are going to do to make our country better. Once in, we find out that they have told us a pack of lies to become our leader. It happens every time. It totally mystifies me. I think it is because the Health secretary isn’t experienced in health, the defence secretary isn’t experience in defence, and so on, it’s like a bunch of numpties, fumbling around and guessing decisions that they think might work.  

 

 Instead of making bombs we should be talking, our NHS should be fantastic, so should OAP care, and our schools, our universities, our police force, OUR SOCIETY. And sadly, we just except it, and complain, I cannot see it ever changing.

Each piece of my art has a life span, after ten or fifteen years then UV paint will eventually start to fade, like the promises from our governments. It will still be a picture but not the picture in its full glory like a new electrant with lies up her/his sheeve.

My mixed media collages are made from acrylic paint, coloured fluorescent card, and paint which break down and deteriorates over time. These colours only show up under an ultra-violet light.

You can buy a smaller print on a USB stick which has the image of the picture on it when under UV light. Each for a print is numbered 1-100 which is accompanied by a signed certificate.

 To cheer myself up, I sometimes steer away from politics.

I have also had three children's books published.

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                                 Waiting for The Mosh