On a visit back to my native north east last weekend, I called into the Baltic to have a peak at the Daniel Buren exhibition. Fortunately the sun was shining which allowed the coloured glass ceiling panels to project stunning coloured reflections onto the floor of the gallery space. The colours are bounced around the [...]
To commemorate the extraordinary life of Sir Bobby Robson, the Football Association have declared today as Sir Bobby Robson Day as it is 5 years since his death. The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is still going strong today and continues to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for cancer research and treatment. Needless to say, [...]
The Naval Service Memorial was dedicated yesterday by Prince Michael of Kent in front of around 2500 people at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It was a fantastic occasion that was marked by a fly past, a band, over 100 standards and 1500 veterans. It is the culmination of over a year of hard [...]
It has taken the best part of 18 months to get to this point but I am delighted to say that the coloured glass Naval Service Memorial was finally installed this week at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The memorial sculpture which consists of 13 panels of coloured glass, a carved Kilkenny Limestone figure [...]
Although on display in the Leicestershire market town of Lutterworth for the best part of a year, the horse sculpture that I worked on last year was finally unveiled this week. The giant art installation which consists of 4 galloping white horses stretches 22m along an embankment which is visible for some distance as you [...]
I am delighted to announce that I have been working with the Richard III society with a view to creating a tomb for the former King. You will remember that his remains were recently recovered from the Social Services car park in Leicester. It is almost certain that he will be interred in Leicester Cathedral, [...]
What a busy few days. Last week I travelled to Llandudno in North Wales where I worked in Marl Hall woods carving 11 way markers. I did cheat slightly, managing to carve 5 in the workshop before installing them in the woods. The others were carved into existing limestone rocks (of varying quality) and walls in the [...]
As you can see I have been very busy lately completing these 2 sculptures. The foreground sculpture is for the Church of the Holy Nativity in Newcastle and will be installed in the next week or so. It is carved from Portland Limestone and represents peace through the carving of the olive branches, if you [...]
As I come to the end of one project, so another begins. In the coming months I will be installing a new artwork for Regents Court Embankment in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Over the last few weeks, I have been developing designs for the steep enbankment which can been seen from a considerable distance as you approach [...]
The sculpture that I created for a site in Hollingwood near Chesterfield was unveiled last week. The piece reflects the changing nature of the village from its former industrial, coal mining past to a village which now proudly boasts a beautiful, regenerated stretch of the Chesterfield canal. The piece was unveiled by the mayor of Chesterfield [...]
