Woburn Art Gallery

In my past career I worked in the Animation Industry and have received several Awards for the films I have been involved in. I was responsible for the script development of the English Christmas Classic, “The Snowman” on which I was an Animator and Storyboard Artist.
I boarded and Directed “The Bear” another Christmas Classic and also co-wrote and directed the sequel to “The Snowman”, “The Snowman and The Snowdog”.

My work has also been Nominated for an Oscar and three times for the English BAFTA awards.
I received the prestigious Peabody Award in New York for my film, “The Bear”

After retiring from Animation, I started sculpting, re-kindling a love made when at Art School, but which had to be set aside when the economic facts of life intervened!

When producing hand drawn animation, one is deceiving the eye, making a two-dimensional drawing appear to be three-dimensional. It is a natural progression from this to produce three-dimensional sculptures. I find that my experience of animation helps in my sculpting, as I have a good understanding of anatomy, movement and line.

I work in stoneware ceramic. All my pieces are hand-built using the traditional coil technique. They are all based on The Natural World, especially that of birds.
In some of my pieces I uses the technique of sgraffito – drawing directly into the slip before the first firing.

All the profits from the sales of my sculptures are given to conservation charities, notably The RSPB and WWF, a decision I made when I realised that many of the animals, I was sculpting were on the endangered species list.

I am member of both The Oxfordshire Craft Guild, and The Buckinghamshire Craft Guild.