My work, predominantly in natural stone, explores how we shape and project meaning onto our environment and how, in turn, it impacts on us.  By splitting, carving, abrading, polishing and sandblasting stone I am mimicking the constant churn and change of the earth’s surface over time. I exhibit regularly, as well as undertaking residencies and symposia and I have also completed numerous commissions for public places.  This involves collaborating with local communities, experts in relevant fields and fellow design professionals and artists to create integrated artworks that animate places, deepening and enriching people’s experiences of them.  The relationships we have with the places we inhabit, be they rural or urban, are key to our well-being and to the well-being of the broader ecosystem.  As I develop work, I photograph, draw and write, gathering material and generating ideas.  Then I leave things alone to distill.  In this way, I arrive at condensed, simplified images that reflect on the significance to us of specific elements within our environment.

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