This work explores the contrast between the brutal mass and weight of the stone block, and the sensitivity of its grain, the visible strata and its crystalline nature. The worked block reveals the geological markers reflected in the exposed layers and the softly shifting tones of ice-like translucent stone.
I am a sculptor working in a variety of earth based mediums, (clay, stone, concrete, brick0 for near on 50 years. I taught at the Victorian College of the Arts for 30 years in both the Ceramic department as well as Sculpture.
I have a number of large public art works, Ephemeral Lake, at the Australian Botanic Garden in Cranbourne, North on the Geelong Foreshore, The River Runs Through It in Docklands and the Westgate Bridge Memorial under the Western span that collapsed during construction in 1970.
I also have work in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia and numerous private collections here in Australia and overseas.
I now work in a small sculpture studio in Seaford.