Artist Statement

My work whittles down the human figure to its simplest form enabling the exploration of the idea of the human form as a vessel. So by reducing the human body to a container or minimal shape, my creations become centred on an emotion or an expression.

The simplicity is no longer the end result and devoid of meaning but a revelation of a hidden truth and intellectual expression, therefore my works take a fine line between representation and abstraction. Stripping human nature down to its essence and then expressing it in a sculptural language is the base of my practice.

Firmly based on modernist morphology my colourful architectural forms abbreviate the human figure and nod to my background in monumental sculpture and interior design.

The candy-coated palette animates the archetypal themes I address in my work. Assisted by the use of colour to deceive the eye, flouting a sense of gravity and taking the attention away from the material also gives the work a strong optical impact. Sometimes we may feel the tension which despite their moderate size almost bears a “‘will to grow” into monuments that we could easily imagine standing in the centre of any city or landscape. Pieces balance public art, sculptural and on the border of the design.