Public Art Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

BORN              1957, Dartford, Kent, England                           

 

 

EDUCATION   1976-79 B.A. Honours Degree in Fine Art, Canterbury College of Art, Kent

 

                       1987-88 City & Guilds in Carpentry & Joinery, Gillingham Skillcentre, Kent

 

 

COMMISSIONS

 

2024    Whitstable Fishermen’s Memorial Bench (sculptural seat)

             Whitstable, Kent

             Funding :

 

 

2023    The World in our Hands (sculpture)

            Banbury, Oxfordshire

            Funding : Cala Homes (section 106)

 

 

2022    Oak Oke Ac (sculptural seat)

            Bishops Lydeard, Somerset

            Funding : David Wilson Homes (section 106)

 

 

2021    Park Farm Thornbury (three sculptural seats)

            Thornbury, South Gloucestershire

            Funding : David Wilson Homes (section 106)

 

 

2019    In Our Hands (sculptural seat)

            Arncott, Oxfordshire

            Funding : Cherwell District Council (section 106)

 

 

2018    Eynsham Waterways (sculptural seat)

            Eynsham Weir, Eynsham, Oxfordshire

            Funding : Eynsham Parish Council (section 106)

 

 

2017    Courtyard Seat

            Boots Courtyard, Farnham, Surrey

            Funding : Farnham Town Council

           

           

            Little Trees Cemetery Seating

            Peas pottage, West Sussex

            Funding : Crawley Borough Council

 

 

2014 -16 Composing/performing/recording own original scores/music

 

 

2013    Kilnwood Vale Village Green Seating (three sculptural seats)

            Kilnwood Vale, Nr Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding : Crest Nicholson Ltd

 

 

2012 - 2013    Pingle Brook Seating (nine sculptural seats)

            Kingsmere, Bicester, Oxfordshire

            Funding : Countryside Properties Ltd (section 106)

 

           

            Time (sculpture)

            Riverview Junior School, Gravesend, Kent

            Funding : Riverview Junior School

 

 

2010 - 2012    Self Build Project

            Design, project manage and build own home in Whitstable, Kent

           

 

2011    Tilgate Waterlife (Unda vita) (sculpture)

            Tilgate Dam, Tilgate Park, Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding : Environment Agency

 

 

2009    Sounds of the Valley (environmental art)

            The Medway Gap, Kent

            Funding : Heritage Lottery Grant/Valley of Visions

 

           

            Miracle of the Leg (wood carving)

            King’s Wood, Challock, Kent

            Funding : Stour Valley Arts

 

           

            Darent Seat (seat)

            Farningham, Kent

            Funding : North West Kent Countryside project

 

 

2008    Heart of Oak (environmental art)

            Victory Wood, Kent

            Funding : Arts Council England

           

           

            The Nature of Change (environmental art)

            Whitstable, Kent

            Funding : Arts Council England

 

           

            Ramsgate Sea Garden (seat & interpretation panel)

            Ramsgate, Kent

            Funding : Southern Water

 

 

2007   Southam Stories (sculpture)

            Southam, Warwickshire

            Funding:  Warwickshire County Council

 

           

            Southam Holy Well Trail (various)

            Southam, Warwickshire

            Funding:  Heritage Lottery Grant

 

 

2006    Ashford Community Woodland (various)

            Ashford Community Woodland, Ashford, Kent

            Funding: Ashford Borough Council/BTCV

 

           

            Continuum II & III (2 sculptural seats)

            Horsebere Meadow, Longlevens, Gloucester

            Funding: 

 

 

2005   Hollingbourne Seats

            Hollingbourne Primary School, Kent

            Funding: Medway Valley Countryside Partnership

 

           

            Turnaround (sculpture)

            The Goods Shed, Canterbury, Kent

            Funding:  Stour Valley Countryside Project

 

           

            Tilling Green Seat

            Tilling Green Infant School, Rye, East Sussex

            Funding: 

 

           

            Succession (3 sculptural seats)

            Queen Mother’s Park, Ashford, Kent

            Funding:  Stour Valley Countryside Project/Sustrans

           

           

            Bequest (sculptural seat)

            Park Farm Orchard, Lynsted, Kent

            Funding:  Heritage Lottery Grant

 

 

2004    Tilgate Oaks (sculptural seat)

            Tilgate, Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding:  Crawley Borough Council

           

           

            Lenham Quarry Interpretive Seat

            Lenham Chalk Quarry, Lenham, Kent

            Funding:  Kent County Council AONB Unit

           

           

            Passage & Place (sculpture/planting and seat)

            Tilgate Park Environment Centre, Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding:  Crawley Borough Council

 

 

2003    Wiveliscombe Seats (3 seats)

             Jubilee Gardens, Wiveliscombe, Somerset

             Funding :  Wiveliscombe Arts Consortium

           

            

             Seed of Hope (sculpture)

             Orchard Edge, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent

             Funding :  Hillreed Homes Ltd

 

            Millenium Carving  (wall tryptych)

            Saint Edmund King & Martyr, West Kingsdown, Kent

            Funding :  West Kingsdown Millenium Planning Group

 

2002    Courtyard Seat

            Mosaic Courtyard, Farnham, Surrey

            Funding :  Farnham Town Council/Lottery/Private Patrons

 

           

            Bequeath  (sculpture)

            Roughtalley's Wood, North Weald Bassett, Essex

            Funding :  English Nature/Epping Forest District Council

 

           

            Becoming  (seat & planting)

            Roughtalley's Wood, North Weald Bassett, Essex

            Funding :  English Nature/Epping Forest District Council

 

 

2001    Gratton's Park Bridge (railings & posts, stile & gate)

            Gratton's Park, Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding : Arts Council Regional Lottery Award

 

           

            Ash/Elm/Hazel (3 seats)

            Bath to Bristol Cyclepath, Bristol, South Gloucestershire

            Funding : South Gloucestershire Council

 

           

            Conduit & Continuum (sculpture & seat)

            Tilgate Park, Crawley, West Sussex

            Funding : Arts Council Regional Lottery Award

 

           

            Table & Ward Signs

            Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

            Funding : NHS Funds

 

 

2000    Trinity Gardens Memorial Bench (collaboration with Julian Coode)

            Trinity Gardens, Margate, Kent

            Funding : Thanet District Council/SRB

 

           

            Crataegus Monogyna/Grassland Seat/Woodland Seat (3 seats)

            Lower Lees Coastal Park, Folkestone, Kent

            Funding : Shepway District Council/Sustrans

 

           

            Rouse Kent Public Art Award Chair

            Rouse Kent Ltd, Kings Hill, Kent

            Funding : Rouse Kent Ltd

 

           

            Alnus & Salix Seats

            River Stour, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent

            Funding : Stour Valley Countryside Project

 

 

1999    Soil & Sky (seat)

            Brierley Forest Park, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

            Funding : Ashfield District Council/Groundwork Ashfield & Mansfield

 

           

            Oaklore (seat)

            Cuckoo Trail, Horeham, East Sussex

            Funding : Wealden District Council

 

           

            Regeneration & Return (sculpture)

            Crab & Winkle Way Cyclepath, Canterbury, Kent

            Funding : Sustrans/South East Arts

 

 

1997    Healing Herbs (bas relief wall sculpture)        

            Jubilee Wing, General Infirmary at Leeds, West Yorkshire

            Funding : Special Friends

 

           

            Heart & Mind (bas relief wall carving) 

            Jubilee Wing, General Infirmary at Leed, West Yorkshire

            Funding : Special Friends

 

           

            (Series of carved wall panels/reliefs)  

            Cardio-Neuro Dept, General Infirmary at Leeds, West Yorkshire

            Funding : Special Friends

 

           

            Perch Seat Coventry Canal, Coventry, Warwickshire

            Funding : Groundwork Coventry

 

           

            Seed Seat (seat/earthworks/planting) 

            College Le Trion, Samer, France

            Funding : French Education Dept

 

 

1996   Seven Ages (sculpture)                        

            Kent County Library, Springfield, Maidstone

            Funding : Kent County Council

 

           

            Quercus Robur & Ulmus Procera (seats)

            Bath to Bristol Cyclepath, Bristol, South Gloucestershire                                       

            Funding : Sustrans

 

 

1995    Native & Exotic (seat)  

            Royal Botanical Gardens, Wakehurst Place, Sussex

            Funding : Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew  London

 

           

            Seating & Table                                   

            Wood Green Mental Health Centre, London

            Funding : NHS Supplies

                                                                                     

           

            Pediastrum (bas relief wall carving),   

            Wood Green Mental Health Centre, London     

            Funding : NHS Supplies

 

           

            Seating & Tables                                 

            Northgate Hospital,  Morpeth, Northumberland

            Funding : Northgate NHS Trust

 

 

1993    Winderbeck Seat         

            Whitehaven to Sunderland Cyclepath, Frizington, Cumbria     

            Funding : West Cumbria Groundwork Trust/Sustrans

 

           

            The Living Tree (wall mounted sculpture)

            Sittingbourne Library, Kent

            Funding : Kent County Council/South East Arts

 

 

1992   We Free Kings & King’s Table (2 seats)

            Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria

            Funding : The Grizedale Society/Northern Arts

 

 

1991    Cobtree Bench                        

            Museum of Kent Life, Maidstone, Kent

            Funding : South East Arts/Kent County Council/Cobtree Trust

 

 

1990    Memorial Bench                                  

            Seafront, Whitstable, Kent

            Funding : Peter Cushing O.B.E.

 

 

1989    Oyster Bench  

            Seafront, Whitstable, Kent                                                                              

            Funding : Canterbury C.C./Canterbury Festival Committee/ South East Arts /KCC

 

 

RESIDENCIES

 

2005    Southam

            Four Southam Schools

            Funding: Heritage Lottery Grant

 

2004   Tilgate

            Tilgate Middle School, Crawley, East Sussex

            Funding: Crawley District Council

 

2003    Iwade

             Iwade County Primary School, Nr Sittingbourne, Kent

            Funding: Hillreed Homes Ltd

 

2002    Environmental Sculpture         

            Thomas Willingale and North Weald Bassett Schools, Nr Epping, Essex

            Funding: English Nature

           

2001    Environmental Work    

            Veranka Island, Bacs Kiscun, Hungary

            Funding: Kent County Council

 

1997    Environmental Sculpture         

            College Le Trion, Samer, France

            Funding: French Education Dept

 

1994    Environmental Sculpture         

            Hardelot, Nor Pas de Calais, France

            Funding: Kent County Council

 

            Artists & Craftspeople in Schools Scheme

            Beauherne CP Infants School, Canterbury, Kent

            Funding : South East Arts

 

1993    Sculpture                    

            Sittingbourne Library, Kent

            Funding : Kent County Council/South East Arts

 

            Artists & Craftspeople in Schools Scheme      

            Deanwood CP Infants School, Wigmore, Kent

            Funding : South East Arts

 

1992    Craft                           

            Grizedale Forest Park, Cumbria

            Funding : The Grizedale Society/Northern Arts

 

1991    Wood                          

            Museum of Kent Life, Maidstone, Kent

            Funding : South East Arts/Kent County Council/Cobtree Trust

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2008    The Nature of Change - Whitstable Museum Gallery, Kent 

 

2004    Just in Time – Maugham Gallery, Whitstable, Kent

 

2001    Iron & Wood - Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library, Kent

 

2000    Wood & Iron - Two Elements Explored - Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent

 

1999    Kent Contemporary Craft - Romney Marsh Craft Gallery, Lydd, Kent

 

1996    Wood with a Life - Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent

 

1993    Residencies - Maidstone Library Gallery,Kent

 

1992    The Furnished Landscape - Crafts Council, London            

 

1991    Shades of Public Art – Maidstone Library Gallery, Kent

 

            Sea Benches - Herbert Read Gallery,Canterbury, Kent

 

1989    Sea Bench Project - Whitstable Museum,Kent 

 

 

 

AWARDS

 

2008    Arts Council England, Canterbury City Council, Swale Borough Council funding towards ‘Heart of Oak’ living sculpture project

 

2001    Kent County Council funding of International Creative Arts Workshop at Veranka, Hungary

 

            South East Arts Small Award towards creation of website & presentation of new work

 

2000    South East Arts Small Award towards presentation of new work

 

1999    South East Arts Direct Support Grant towards development of a new body of work

 

1994    South East Arts Travel Bursary to Hungary                             

 

 

PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES

 

2009    Sounds of the Valley (DVD)

 

2008    The Nature of Change (DVD)

 

2008    Southam Stories (booklet)

 

2006    Hidden Delights (booklet & DVD)

 

2005    Feature in R H Review (August 05)

 

2002    5 1/2 miles of art   ISBN 0-9541185-1-0

 

2001    Public Art in Coventry

 

1997    Feature in Woodcarving Magazine (No 36) 

 

            PUBLIC ART  People  Projects  Process  ISBN 0 907730 36 1

 

1996    Natural Order  ISBN 0 9525450 5 5