 The
intention is to explore the energy and colour that permeates the physical
and ethereal body. Using yoga postures and mudras (hand movements that
reflect and re-create yoga postures) I am searching for the sensations
these movements create when they flow through our energetic system.
Photography and digital painting help create the vibrant strength and
depth of colour needed in this process.
 My
portraits search for a feeling, a sensation. They gently explore what
is not being said, what sits behind the mask of the sitter. Their value
is not in expressing wealth, status or fame as in traditional portraiture
but the sensuality of our spiritual being in an emotional body.
 Paradoxically
my sculptures are encased, almost imprisoned by their physical bodies.
The monumentality of their inner spiritual being strives to express
itself through the conventional and traditional references normally
related to figurative sculpture. The plinth, the figurehead, the religious
votive statue, the goddess, the virgin, I clothe them in the drama
of the Italian renaissance and other historical eras, yet they remain
rooted in the cliché of popular culture. My intention is to
reclaim, re-create and to re-place the meaning of what is monumental.
To celebrate who we are now, making the ordinary and humane statuesque
and divine.
 My
background is in comic art, pop art and a love of Bande Dessine, the
French cartoon strip. My intention was to continue to study illustration
at Chelsea School of art after my foundation course in 1979. However
I decided to study sculpture at Goldsmiths College and ended up receiving
a first class honours degree for making a collaborative film in my
final year.
 I
mainly use Illustrator and Photoshop to colour, enhance or re-draw
my pencil sketches.
This creates a clear linear feel to the illustrations. I have worked illustrating
plastic interiors of children’s toys, comics, bi-planes, furniture for
brochures, bees in flower shops and many logos and posters.
 I
work with accountants, engineering companies, advertising agencies
and individuals to represent the team spirit within the working environment.
My caricature/portraits are used on web sites, business cards, postcards
and given as gifts. Most companies I work for use the caricature designs
in their businesses for years, adding company members over time. Special
events within the company and during the year are marked with unique
and original cards.
I work with clients who want to announce
weddings, celebrate birthdays and applaud special achievements. Sometimes
clients just want to give something different that show s the strength
of their feelings!
 I
have designed many posters, adverts, leaflets and brochures over the
years. My favourite however has to be the covers for a series of interactive
cd-roms published by Heehaw and used in Scottish education to illustrate
and teach Scottish history.
 I
was a member of a Business Club for many years and found a valuable
source of clients who needed their newsletters, business cards, Christmas
cards and advertisements to have a friendlier and more attractive appeal.
The cartoons and comic strips were a good way of explaining, entertaining
and including many things that they wanted to pass on to their clients.
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