England to Cyprus and back again.

This site shows a selection of sculpture
and drawings made in England and
Cyprus.
As artist-in-residence/tutor at the Cyprus College of Art and currently as a practicing artist living in Folkestone in Kent.

When I arrived in Cyprus, late September 2007, I was principally a stone carver and a maker of measured life drawing that informed my carving. Initially I was excited by the great variety of freely available stone in Cyprus, limestones and grey/green serpentanite.

Now some five years on I am still working
with stone but also with found objects, timber,
twigs, kebab sticks, plaster and colour.

My drawing has also changed from painstakingly detailed work as an illustrator through to measured observational drawing from the life model to the more instinctive oil pastels. I use them as stubs, almost my fingers...it feels somewhat like carving in colour.

More often than not, they are derived from
mythology, ancient archaeology, dreams
and increasingly day to day events,
meetings and places. This is very evident
in the oil pastels produced since 2009.

During 2011 I progressed with the use of scrap wood, lolly sticks, kebab sticks and glue gun to making a series of birds, adding plaster to the mix and colour/stains. It feels as if I have gone full circle with this new work.

As a child I began drawing seriously when I developed an interest in birds and the wildlife all around me, I would study them and draw them as realistically as I could. These new birds are different, they attempt to capture the spirit of the species without sentiment, they are rough and sculptural not detailed or illustrative.

To purchase work or for more information please email me on jscyprus@hotmail.co.uk
or call on 07577820054


Three Graces. Grey Serpentanite and Self Sacrifice. Found timber, paint and Praying Mantis.

Harvest Moon Milliner
Graphite and Colour Pencil on Paper

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