Artist Statement

I have always had an innate curiosity about constructing forms from clay. The inspiration for my passion comes from a feeling of extracting a "living" creature from an amorphous blob.

My sculpting process and drive comes, in part, from my experiences as a rock climber. In both sculpting and climbing one must devise a plan, negotiate challenges and disasters en route, all in pursuit of the final exhilaration of achievement - even if the accomplishment is simply what I learned throughout the journey.

Exhibitions & Awards

2025
The Art of Form: Perspectives from the West, Sausalito Center for the Arts / National Sculpture Society
”Persophone” (bronze) and “Blue Blood” (bronze)

2012
National Sculpture Society's 2012 79th Annual Awards Exhibition
"Spanish Stallion" (bronze)
WINNER - The C. Percival Dietsch Prize

2011
National Sculpture Society's 2011 78th Annual Awards Exhibition
"Urban Pharaoh" (bronze)

2008
National Sculpture Society's 2008 75th Annual Awards Exhibition
"Dip" (marble)
WINNER - The Agop Agopoff Memorial Prize

2006
National Sculpture Society's 2006 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition
"Shadowfax" (alabaster)

2004
National Sculpture Society’s "Stallions Ponies & Unicorns" New York City exhibition
"Connemara Mare”

Commissions

2012
“Fresian Stallion” (bronze)

2008
A portrait bust in bronze of legendary mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California.

2004
A posthumous portrait bust in bronze of award-winning violinist, Berl Senofsky at Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California

Affiliations

National Sculpture Society

Education

2001-04   Master class: sculptors Bela Bacsi; Richard MacDonald
1988/91   College of Marin, Ross, California; Bill Abright
1983/86   Academy of Art, San Francisco, California
1974/75    Master class: NZ painters Gerry & Jan Nigro
1969          John Cass School of Art, London UK
1964/66   Auckland University of Technology (AUT) NZ