Female

Seeking Penny

June 19th, 2010 | Posted in Bone, Gallery | No Comments
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2010  |  Penny  |  135mm x 350mm x 150mm

In a Tangle

February 5th, 2010 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2010  |  Wood  |  1940 x 400 x 320

Sensual Soul

November 30th, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2009   |   Sensual Soul   |   1190mm x 370mm x 200mm

Exhale

October 7th, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | 2 Comments
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2009   |   Exhale   |   650mm x 1270mm x 220mm

Mermaid

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1995 Mermaid Human Figure female wooden sculpture mythology sea
1995   |   Mermaid   |   2700mm x 600mm x 350mm

Thandi

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1997 Thandi wooden human figure female sculpture
1997   |   Thandi   |   650mm x 830mm x 250mm

Zephyr

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1997 Zephyr female figure human wooden sculpture
1997   |   Zephyr   |   900mm x 1400mm x 70mm

Liesel’s Ava

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2001 Liesel's Ava female wooden sculpture
2001   |   Liesel’s Ava   |   2000mm x 500mm x 400mm

Bushwoman

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2006 Bushwoman wooden sculpture
2006   |   Bushwoman   |   2670mm x 2010mm x 700mm

Stilted

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2006 Stilted wooden sculpture
2006   |   Stilted   |   620mm x 720mm x 630mm

Order out of chaos

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2002 Order Out Of Chaos wooden feamle head sculpture
2002   |   Order out of chaos   |   870mm x 720mm x 470mm

Diana

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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2002 Dianna wooden female bust sculpture
2002   |   Dianna   |   610mm x 290mm x 160mm

Red head

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1995 Red Head sculpture wooden sculpture
1995   |   Red head   |   380mm x 600mm x 220mm

Miss Disintergrate

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1994 Miss Disintergrate wooden female head sculpture
1994   |   Miss Disintergrate   |   650mm x 250mm x 150mm

She sells sea shells

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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2007 She sells sea shells stone head sculpture
2007   |   She sells sea shells   |   345mm x 475mm x 45mm

The river

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1998 The River Female human figure stone sculpture
1998   |   The river   |   2000mm x 3960mm x 300mm

Stone Age

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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1992   |   Stone Age   |   100mm x 120mm x 90mm

Serpentine Suzy

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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1984   |   Serpentine Suzy   |   280mm x 180mm x 180mm

Bath babe

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Paper and ceramics | No Comments
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1983   |   Bath babe

Gun barrel girl

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Paper and ceramics | No Comments
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1988   |   Gun barrel girl   |   450mm x 270mm x 280mm

Terracota figure

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Paper and ceramics | No Comments
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1983   |   Terracota figure   |   520mm x 370mm x 320mm

Shopping in Africa

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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1999   |   Shopping in Africa   |   370mm x 105mm x 105mm

Black fairy

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Wood | No Comments
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1994   |   Black fairy   |   900mm x 350mm x 200mm

A struggle

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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1992   |   A struggle   |   1100mm x 380mm x 300mm

Collection: Durban Universtiy of Technology

Dominic’s angel

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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1987   |   Dominic’s angel   |   420mm x 190mm x 120mm

Female Figure

August 21st, 2009 | Posted in Gallery, Stone and bronze | No Comments
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Seaside lady

August 20th, 2009 | Posted in Bone, Gallery | No Comments
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1986   |   Seaside lady   |   375mm x 450mm x 125mm

Dianna the huntress

August 20th, 2009 | Posted in Bone, Gallery | No Comments
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1998   |   Dianna the huntress   |   240mm x 540mm x 100mm

Theme and meaning

January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Newsletter | No Comments
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I was asked to make jewellery for a designer living in Italy. He specifically wanted something unique in bone, but left the designs up to me. I take the view that jewellery is miniature sculpture and have enjoyed making a few necklaces.

They are a combination of bone and a contrasting dark coral. In the past I have used coral for the eyes in some works and have made one small sculpture from an unusually large piece of coral. It is an octopus and can be seen at Abalone gallery in Hermanus.

The experimentation, in this case with the jewellery and with the new material, is a way I keep my art alive, exciting and challenging. I like to find the material and it is particularly satisfying if it is detritus, discarded or dumped. The coral and whale bone were picked up on walks along the beaches whilst holiday at Kenton-on-Sea.

The necklaces have been fun and perhaps a piece will end up on the catwalks of Milan. (Milano International Design and Furniture week from April 16th to 21st.)

My new work ‘Land Ho!’ is as much about landscape as it is about women and their hair. I was thinking about an earlier work on a maritime theme ‘The Harpooner’s Wife’. They are both made from whale bone. Art works are usually more than what is on the surface. (Pardon the pun.) Similarly in writing, novels and poems are crafted words that have theme and meaning. In these sculptures there are thoughts and links between whales, sea, land and (wo)men. The ideas I have explored have been investigated in books like Moby Dick whilst landscape and women is a well know combination in painting. How well it has been explored in sculpture I am not sure, but I it is a subject I enjoy and revisit from time to time.

I was asked to do an interview on SAFM Radio. It was on those indolent days between Christmas and New Year when nothing happens and the levels of toxins in your system are higher than usual. I had not checked my emails and missed the first opportunity. Then, when given a second chance at short notice, was unprepared for the long interview.

Towards the end of the conversation I was asked about my other interest of which I have several, including fishing, orchids and bird watching. Since I was grateful for the exposure, I thought I should give back a little so began to talk of my stock market interest and the radio program Moneyweb.

My wife deftly destroyed any sense smugness and self satisfaction I was wallowing in. I thought I had acquitted my self well until she pointed out that Moneyweb is on Radio 2000 and not on SAFM ! Radio is radio and I cannot correct the blunder, but I will be drinking water and eating lettuce leaves until I have detoxified and restored some clear thinking to my brain.