Sculpture
Squirrel Sculpture
Squirrel – Ancaster Limestone – 8″ x 6″ x 8″ My Squirrel sculpture is one of the pieces I’ll be exhibiting at the Masham Gallery ‘Animal Magic’ exhibition – 25th July to 31st August, 2014.
Writ in stone
All around me just now there’s a frenzy of clanging and growling machinery cutting meadows, turning hay, baling and bringing in. While the sun shines. It is a good feeling to reap and stock the rewards of sowing and nurturing crops – I know from my own vegetable plot. Recently I came across this […]
Oatmill Cottage – open garden
The National Gardens Scheme – Yorkshire Gardens 2014 On Friday evening I drove out over the moors to Oatmill Cottage in Lealholm – the roads are narrow, steep in places, and winding so it is an unhurried and steady journey. I was surprised by how much colour there was in the heather for this […]
Swallow Sculpture
Sleeping Swallow – in Soapstone My sculpture is often described as being ‘inspired by wildlife’, but here with the swallow it was very directly and intensely. You’ll know from my last post, that I found a dead swallow, and have felt heart-broken about it. The result was a very strong compulsion to carve something […]
Red Grouse
I went up onto the moor this afternoon, and took Red Grouse with me, to get some photo’s of the bird in its natural habitat. It was wonderful – sunshine and beautiful clean air, I could see for miles. Curlews flew overhead with their huge downward curving bill and evocative sound, and Lapwing came […]
Animal Magic
I’ve just heard from Masham Gallery that I have been selected to show my work there in an exhibition called Animal Magic in July and August this year. I’m really pleased! And excited. I haven’t exhibited at the gallery before, but this exhibition – which the gallery describes ‘the magical animal world surrounding […]
Meet Mabel
Don’t you find it is exciting, and inspiring, when you’re introduced to new work. I’ve found it one of the many (and important) things that come of artists getting together, through a group or meeting or visiting an exhibition together. Conversations take flight and you learn such a lot. Hearing about other artist’s practice, […]
Talk and Demonstration
Here I am getting ready to do a demonstration of how I carve a sculpture in stone, checking the projector works and laying everything out. I was asked by The Vale of Pickering Art Club to give a talk and demonstration about my practice as a sculptor. They have regular monthly meetings where invited […]
Some say it’s different …
Some say weird, some wonderful, others have been unsettled! A lovely comment said the exhibition was ‘calm’. I’m talking about our show Naturally Inclined at The White Room Gallery, in York. Actually these comments refer to my pieces – and I’ve been surprised that so many visitors have said how much my work has […]
Sketching in my Greenhouse
Ideas for sculpture are always in mind, shapes being formed and worked out. Often ideas come too fast, or are only part visualised and I have an urgent need to jot them down on paper. In working towards my exhibition ‘Naturally Inclined’ over the past few months, I’ve adopted the habit of shutting myself […]