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
SELECTED
COMMISSIONS
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
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
Darent Seat (seat)
Farningham, Kent
Funding : North West Kent Countryside project
2008
Heart 0f Oak (environmental
art)
Victory Wood, Kent
Funding : Arts Council England
The Nature of Change (environmental art)
Whitstable, Kent
Funding : Arts Council England
Portside Park
(landscape design)
Whitstable, Kent
Funding : Whitstable Improvement Trust
Ramsgate Sea Garden (seat
& interpretation panel)
Ramsgate, Kent
Funding : Southern Water
2005/07
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
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
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
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