He comes, he comes, who loves to hear Soft sunny hours and seasons fair The swallow hither comes for rest His sable wing and snowy breast. The swallow is almost universally seen as the herald of Spring. The above poem is from a song that children on Island of...
A few recent commissions I've worked on...
I'm so excited my work is featured in April's edition of Elle Decoration. Have you go your copy yet? They feature my monkeys. You can see it below. Click here, here and here to read more about the Monkeys. They're made from acid etched stainless steel and I...
Yet we drove their ranks before us, ere the fall of eventide, As we closed in, an owl flew o'er us and the gods were on our side. The Wasps by Aristophanes The Ancient Greeks considered the site of an owl and a good omen. If they saw...
There is a myth that eagles can look directly at the sun without blinking. The female eagles make their young look at the sun and if they can't do it they were not considered real eagles and were thrown out of the nest. Nay if thou be that...
How is it with you ravens, whence are you come With gory beak at the dawning of day? You lodged last night I ween [suppose] Where you knew the corpses were lying This comes from an old Viking song. The raven was worshipped and revered by the Vikings, it...
Here's my lovely little wren. You can see him framed up and looking gorgeous above. He is cut from a map of Mount Kilimanjaro. I love the way he looks like he has a ruff. The inspiration for this piece came from the quote He that hurs...
I'm happy to say I have some work in the exhibition, Forming Words, which is taking place at Clotworthy House, in Antrim, Northern Ireland. The exhibition runs from 10 March to 10 May. Unfortunately there isn't much information online about the exhibition but you can...
I went on a Zap Art Tour last week (I've written about a previous one here) last week. It's a great way to catch up with some exhibitions and to chat with some fellow artists. We visited 7 galleries. I'm always exhausted after a tour and have...
I went on a trip to the V&A to look for more faces. And here they are. You can see my previous inspiring faces post here. I'm still in the thinking phase for this new work. I like this phase, it feels like nothing is happening...