Overview

My initial training was in painting and printmaking, but after taking a pottery evening class run by Greta Berlin (sculptor), I undertook a Fine Art Degree at Southampton (specialising in sculpture).  I have exhibited widely in Britain, with exhibitions also in France and Germany.

My work is on Southern Arts visual Arts and Craft index.  Commissions have included work for a Caribbean cruise liner and Hampshire County Council Total Theatre Awards.

I was chair of Southern Ceramic Group for many years and then Membership Secretary for three years.

Since obtaining a post graduate diploma from West Dean, I have also been working as a conservator/restorer of Ceramics and related materials.

The Work:

A combination of thrown, coiled, extruded and slab.

The Clay:

A grogged, white firing, stoneware body fired to earthenware temperatures.

Influences:

Paintings by Matisse and David Hockney; pots by Mick Casson and Jeff Mincham.  Bideford Harvest jugs, medieval pottery and early Chinese earthenware.

Inspiration:

Ageing buildings, scars on the landscape, reflections and shadows.