About Me

My practice is rooted in a deep connection to material, memory, and form — shaped by a childhood, immersed in the arts and a family of makers and performers. I work primarily in wood and plaster, creating abstract relief sculptures and paintings that explore structure, rhythm, and transformation.

Wood has been part of my visual and emotional language since childhood. My uncle, a renowned sculptor, filled our home with large wooden forms, while my father, a South African actor and carpenter, taught me to use tools in his workshop. I’ve always been drawn to wood’s sensual surface and responsive nature — it can be carved, bent, split, or coaxed to reveal hidden forms and histories.

Plaster became central to my painting practice after some early experience working in the building trade. I’ve developed a contemporary reinterpretation of fresco, carving directly into dry plaster and embedding pigment-rich plaster into the surface. This process brings both control and unpredictability, echoing the physicality of construction and the fluidity of drawing.

Music — especially my study with the classical guitar — informs my work’s architectural and lyrical qualities. Drawing is at the foundation of all my compositions.

I studied Fine Art Painting at Winchester School of Art (BA, 1995), and went on to complete my MA at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London in 1997. For nearly three decades I have continued my practice privately — steadily working in the studio, developing a deeply personal vocabulary through years of making, with few opportunities to show. At 54, I remain fully committed to my path. My dream — to exhibit in a serious gallery and live through my art — remains undiminished. I still believe I can do it.