Anemones Sculpture

Although I have often used paint since moving back to France in 2002 I have also produced and exhibited sculptures, installations, site-specific art work, photographs, books and prints in galleries and outside in a rural context both in France, Belguim and the UK. Much of my inspiration comes from the landscape and the observations of light and form evident in the place I live and work. I often search out simple everyday materials which not only reflect my interest in ordinary things but also can equally influence or suggest the direction that I may take. Sometimes the art work begins from a simple visual or tactile interest in the material itself (even the availability of materials such as found objects). Installations have been made of cling film, aluminium foil, plastic, wood, wax, found objects and wire and the camera lens has captured and added too many of these art works, allowing me to more fully explore ideas in a way that painting could not. Fleeting moments of light and form have taken me in unexpected directions and even fed back into my installations and sculptures. I have also begun to make more of my own prints again in recent years which allows me to draw, making lines and marks which is perhaps the very heart of everything I do. Above all I seek to always surprise myself looking to discover an authentic creativity of my human experience and emotion. I am also a printmaker and make prints for myself and other artists. I have a printmaking studio just south of Tours, France. I am a specialist in large scale contemporary carborundum printing, aquatint, etching and woodcut among other techniques,(including linocut, monotype, dry point, chine collé)