about the artwork

My art practice includes sculpture, installation and works on paper. I use the language of reductive abstraction to explore themes of stillness, expansive awareness, and the nature of change itself. Often the work references transitions of time, such as twilight and the turning seasons, while precise geometries and alignments such as the tilt of Earth’s axis or angles of latitude locate the work to a specific place.

I usually work with everyday materials - wood, plaster, cardboard - alongside an intuitive approach to traditional construction and casting techniques. Sometimes I select materials which reflect and absorb light in order to generate optical dialogues between light and darkness. More recently I’ve used jesmonite resin to cast a contemplative series of wall reliefs based on squares, circles and basic symmetries.

My art influences span the Neolithic stone alignments of the Scottish Highlands where I grew up, to the glass and steel of urban Manchester, my current home. My interest in Eastern philosophy and phenomenology is interwoven with the concepts and idioms of minimal art and geometric abstraction. For me sculpture has more relevance than ever; providing a touchstone to concrete realities amidst the overwhelm and distraction of the fast-paced contemporary world.