FIGURATIVE

Oils • 50cm x 40cm • Linen Board

Griselda's oil painting on a linen canvas board measuring 50cm x 40cm, is an artistic portrayal that began on the 1st of January 2024.

Her delicately rendered features portray a certain mystique. The initial strokes in titanium white carefully establish the focal points with highlights. Primarily, a balanced array of tonal values is set through the application of grisaille, paving the way for the infusion of colour. Transparent glazes, combined with linseed oil, contribute to the gradual buildup of subtle tonal variations with each layer.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Cerulean Blue

• Yellow Ochre

• Viridian Green

• Transparent Oxide Yellow

• Transparent Oxide Red

• Raw and Burnt Umber

• Titanium White and Lamp Black

CREATION DATE

FROM THE COLLECTION

Jan 2024

Ladies of The World

STATUS

GRISELDA • PORTRAIT

Available to buy

Oils • 75.5cm x 50.5cm • Canvas Board

Unquellable Elga is an oil painting that unveils the spirit of female empowerment. In this striking portrait, Elga's sidelong gaze exudes both resilience and defiance, a testament to her unwavering spirit.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Yellow Ochre

• Cadmium Red and Orange

• Crimson Red

• Transparent Oxide Red

• Transparent Oxide Yellow

• Lamp Black

• Raw Umber and Burnt Umber

• Lead and Titanium White

• Ultramarine Blue

CREATION DATE

Nov 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

December 2023

Private Collector • London

Unquellable Elga • PORTRAIT

Oils • 75cm x 50cm • Canvas Board

Inspired by moods of science fiction, a striking Lady from a not so distant future, turning her head with a smouldering side-long glance.

This painting began with a Raw Umber canvas, the highlights and forms are firstly added with white oil paint. Glazes of colour mixed with Linseed Oil follow, and the tonal values are balanced gradually and allowed to dry before the next coating. The translucent applications of colour allow Lead White high tones to reflect light back at the viewer, adding a subtle luminance and reflectivity.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Cerulean Blue

• Cadmium Orange

• Transparent Oxide Red

• Lamp Black

• Raw Umber

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION DATE

Jan 2023 - Mar 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

INSUPPRESSIBLE ZELGA • PORTRAIT

Mar 2023

Private Collector • London

Oils • 75cm x 50cm Inspired by moods of science fiction, a striking Lady from a not so distant future, turning her head with a smouldering side-long glance. This painting began with a Raw Umber canvas, the highlights and forms are firstly added with white oil paint. Glazes of colour mixed with Linseed Oil follow, and the tonal values are balanced gradually and allowed to dry before the next coating. The translucent applications of colour allow Lead White high tones to reflect light back at the viewer, adding a subtle luminance and reflectivity.

IRREPRESSIBLE HELGA

Oils • 40cm x 24cm • Canvas Board

Turning to face the world with underlying contumacious rationale, Irrepressible Helga poses an innocuous glance.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Alizarin Crimson

• Cadmium Red and Yellow Ochre

• Transparent Oxide Red and Yellow

• Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

• Lamp Black

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Oct 2022 - Dec 2022

EXHibitED

Dec 2022

Winky Wonky Gallery, Wincanton

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

Available to buy

STATUS

Oils • 40cm x 24cm Turning to face the world with underlying contumacious rationale, Irrepressible Helga poses an innocuous glance.

JOAN OF ARC

Oils / Acrylics • 50cm x 40cm • Linen Board

Turning to face the world with underlying contumacious rationale, Irrepressible Helga poses an innocuous glance.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Alizarin Crimson

• Cadmium Red / Cerulean Blue

• Transparent Oxide Red / Yellow

• Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

• Lamp Black

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

July 2023

Private Collector • London

Oils / Acrylics • 50cm x 40cm Turning to face the world with underlying contumacious rationale, Irrepressible Helga poses an innocuous glance.The delicate and soft visage of Joan of Arc is painted in oils. With a sublime glance and clad in armour, this picture addresses both the aesthetic beauty and strength of this famous historical martyr and heroine. The image began with chalk and charcoal outlines on Burnt Umber underpainting. The forms of the face are brought to light with Lead and Titanium White highlights. Super imposed glazes of colour mixed with Linseed Oil are added in stages and allowed to dry, beginning with the lighter yellow tones, then adding oranges, reds browns sequentially to create the final flesh tones

The delicate and soft visage of Joan of Arc is painted in oils. With a sublime glance and clad in armour, this picture addresses both the aesthetic beauty and strength of this famous historical martyr and heroine. The image began with chalk and charcoal outlines on Burnt Umber underpainting. The forms of the face are brought to light with Lead and Titanium White highlights. Super imposed glazes of colour mixed with Linseed Oil are added in stages and allowed to dry, beginning with the lighter yellow tones, then adding oranges, reds browns sequentially to create the final flesh tones

ETHEL

Oils • 40cm x 30cm • Canvas Board

Commissioned by a private collector, Ethel pays homage to the ideal of timeless beauty and the Art Deco style. The canvas starts with a brown underpainting, adding chalk and charcoal outlines to map in the details. Once the features are in place, white highlights are super imposed until the image is tonally balanced. Subsequently glazes of brown tint are applied in low concentration with Linseed Oil and finally a coat of varnish.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Burnt and Raw Sienna

• Burnt and Raw Umber

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

Mar 2023

Private Collector • London

Oils • 40cm x 30cm Commissioned by a private collector, Ethel pays homage to the ideal of timeless beauty and the Art Deco style. The canvas starts with a brown underpainting, adding chalk and charcoal outlines to map in the details. Once the features are in place, white highlights are super imposed until the image is tonally balanced. Subsequently glazes of brown tint are applied in low concentration with Linseed Oil and finally a coat of varnish.

Commissioned by a private collector, Ethel pays homage to the ideal of timeless beauty and the Art Deco style. Firstly a dark acrylic background on the canvas is applied to create a subtle texture that dries rapidly. Then follows an oil paint layer which takes that texture. This technique is in a way similar to the old black and white Grisaille technique. The difference with this style is that I start with a dark tone as opposed to a mid-tone and then using white oil paint, create the forms and contours. The shadows remain in the image from the original underpainting. Finally transparent glazes and subtle colourings in acrylic paint occur over the oil.

AVe MARIA

Oils • 75cm x 50cm • Canvas Board

A renaissance inspired painting, expressing the pious gaze of a classical and serene Virgin Mary.

Numerous layers of individually applied tints are overlaid on the grisaille underpainting of dark brown. The lighter white and yellow tones are added to begin and followed by oranges, then reds and finally browns and blacks.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone, highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Burnt Sienna

• Burnt Umber

• Raw Umber

• Lamp Black

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Nov 2022 - Mar 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

Available to buy

This renaissance inspired painting, expresses the pious gaze of a classically beautiful and serene Virgin Mary. She looks upwards in a state of grace, full of sentiment and aglow with humble contemplation. The image is focused on the face of the character, as if the composition were taken from portrait photography.

AVe MARIA II

Dec 2022

Private Collector • Liverpool

Oils • 40cm x 30cm • Canvas Board

Mary Magdalene is portrayed as beautiful, in a state of lament and contemplation. Painted for a private collector.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Burnt Sienna

• Burnt Umber

• Raw Umber

• Lamp Black

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Nov 2022

FROM THE COLLECTION

Ladies of The World

STATUS

Mary Magdalene is portrayed as beautiful, in a state of lament and contemplation. Painted for a private collector.

HELLENISTIC TORSO

May 2022

Private Collector • Romania

Oils • 75cm x 50cm • Canvas Board

The atmosphere of this oil painting is as cold as it is attractive, simultaneously voyeuristic and discrete. In that respect, nakedness becomes a kind of clothing.

In a technical way this blue based painting has bright areas as well as hollowed shadows. Firstly adding a glaze of purified linseed oil with the colours blue and umbra. Then spraying an alcoholic nebula on the painting so that the colour body becomes bubbly. In that way this artwork oscillates between opaque and translucent colour impressions from tonal valuing in a Grisaille fashion.

METHOD

• Blue tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone, highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Cerulean Blue

• Lamp Black

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

2016

EXHibitED

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

STATUS

Oils • 75cm x 50cm The atmosphere of this oil painting is as cold as it is attractive, simultaneously voyeuristic and discrete. In that respect, nakedness becomes a kind of clothing. In a technical way this blue based painting has bright areas as well as hollowed shadows. Firstly adding a glaze of purified linseed oil with the colours blue and umbra. Then spraying an alcoholic nebula on the painting so that the colour body becomes bubbly. In that way this artwork oscillates between opaque and translucent colour impressions from tonal valuing in a Grisaille fashion.

Jesus of nazareth

• Cadmium Red

• Alizarin Crimson

• Burnt Umber, Raw /Burnt Sienna

• Transparent Oxide Red and Yellow

• Lead and Titanium White

CREATION

Mar 2017

EXHibitED

Mar 2017

Candid Arts Trust, London

Dec 2022

Private Collector • Liverpool

Oils • 50cm x 40cm • Linen Board

Jesus of Nazareth is simultaneously worldly and supra mundane, showing transcendence and sensuality as he gazes upwards, in this carefully layered oil painting.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• Chalk and charcoal sketch

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

STATUS

Jesus of Nazareth is simultaneously worldly and supra mundane, showing transcendence and sensuality as he gazes upwards, in this carefully layered oil painting.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Oils • 75cm x 50cm • Canvas Board

Characterised by Romanesque elegant curves, with an aristocratic and god-like touch. This image of the historical Emperor, Alexander the Great is painted in blue grisaille.

The painting seems archaic and modern at the same time, we see the sensibility and empathy in the features. The message of this artwork is: emperors as well as powerful people and even gods should take care of their power, working with scrupulousness as opposed to brutishness and violence.

METHOD

• Blue underpainting

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone, highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Cerulean Blue

• Lamp Black

• Lead White and Titanium White

CREATION

EXHibitED

Sep 2017

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

Mar 2017

Candid Arts Trust, London

STATUS

Dec 2022

Private Collector • London

This visage is characterised by Romanesque elegant curves, with an aristocratic and god-like touch, for the image of the historical Emperor, Alexander the Great pained in blue grisaille.

ABSTRACTION…

for the freedom of thought, unrestricted expression and open interpretation

ABSTRACT DANCE • ABSTRACT PAINTING

Oils • 30cm x 40cm • Canvas Board

The curiosities of life interact as simplified natural waveforms. Contrasting highlights and shadows engage in Abstract Dance.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• White oil highlights

• Varnish

CREATION

Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

STATUS

Available to buy

PALETTE

• Lamp Black

• Lead White

FROM THE COLLECTION

Abstract Reality

ABSTRACT

The curiosities of life interact as simplified natural waveforms in a symbolic representation, where contrasting highlights and shadows engage in an abstract dance. Carefully painted in Titanium and Lead White, with Linseed Oil glazes on black, the lighter areas are vibrant with subtle reflective qualities, whilst the darker areas deepen the movement and mood of the painting.

Waters of Avalon • ABSTRACT PAINTING

Oils • 30cm x 23cm • Canvas Board

Here the colourful creative expressions of different sized palette knives give abstract, watery, turquoise hues in the background. Strong reds and blacks are overlaid, with mixtures of yellow ochre and orange. High quality oil paints are used in generous amounts for texture, applied in strokes with scraping, smearing to blend the tones.

METHOD

• Turquoise underpainting

• Palette knife strokes and scrapes

PALETTE

• Yellow Ochre

• Cerulean Blue

• Alizarin Crimson

• Cadmium Red and Orange

• Titanium White

• Lead White

• Lamp Black

CREATION

Feb 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Abstract Reality

STATUS

Available to buy

Oils • 30cm x 23cm Here the colourful creative expressions of several different size palette knives give abstract, watery, turquoise hues in the background. Strong reds and blacks are overlaid, with mixtures of yellow ochre and orange. High quality oil paints are used in generous amounts for texture, applied in strokes with scraping, smearing to blend the tones.

The Salute • ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING

EXHibitED

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

STATUS

Mar 2021

Private Collector • London

Oils • 59cm x 42cm • Canvas Board

The empty, seemingly endless spaces wherein the painted sculpture floats weightlessly, are metaphysical abstractions.

Broaching the exciting game of three-dimensional, concave and convex surfaces, The Salute results in volume and archaic force with the celebration of female form.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

• Cerulean Blue

• Yellow Ochre

• Lamp Black

• Burnt Sienna

• Titanium White

CREATION DATE

Mar 2015

FROM THE COLLECTION

Abstract Reality

Based on abstract sculpture “The Salute”, broaches the exciting game of three-dimensional, concave and convex surfaces, irregularly and sharply set against each other, resulting in volume and archaic force, as if generated by carving stone with flints and hand axes from prehistoric times. On the other hand the forms are also reminiscent of Cubist sculptures. The empty, seemingly endless spaces wherein the painted sculpture floats weightlessly, are metaphysical abstractions in the tradition of Giorgio de Chirico. In this image, kept in a cool, gray-blue, despite all the abstraction, anthropomorphic proportions of human figures still echo. There are heads, limbs and bodies in prismatic fragmentation and celebration of the female form.

Oils • 59cm x 42cm • Canvas Board

The Bow, a painted sculpture poised in the sparse, dreamlike landscape of a tranquil setting, with cubist forms curling into smooth three dimensional surfaces. The metaphysical abstraction remains with a posture of recognition, reverence and respect.

METHOD

• Dark tone underpainting

• White oil highlights

• Colour and Linseed Oil glazes

• Dark tone and highlight finishes

• Varnish

PALETTE

STATUS

CREATION DATE

Mar 2015

FROM THE COLLECTION

EXHibitED

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

Abstract Reality

• Cerulean Blue

• Yellow Ochre

• Lamp Black

• Burnt Sienna

• Titanium White

The BOW • ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING

Mar 2023

Private Collector • London

In this oil painting “Abstract Figure, The Bow” the artist represents a sculpture poised in the sparse, surrealist landscape of a tranquil setting, with cubist forms curling into smooth three dimensional surfaces. The metaphysical abstraction remains with the suggestions of woman, that reifies the subject of the celebrated female form in a posture of recognition, reverence and respect.

ABSTRACTION…

creating on impulse with spontaneous decisions on colour, tone and balance

ARCHAIC REMNANTS OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE • ABSTRACT

Oils • 30cm x 23cm • Canvas Board

This picture creates a teeming tide pool of psychogenetic memory flashes with its masks, animals, architectural fragments and symbolism.

METHOD

Automatic painting

PALETTE

• Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Yellow

• Cerulean Blue

• Alizarin Crimson

• Cadmium Red and Orange

• Lamp Black

• Titanium White

CREATION

Mar 2015

FROM THE COLLECTION

STATUS

Aug 2019

Private Collector • Whitstable

EXHibitED

Abstract Reality

May 2016

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Painted in pale primary colours, this picture creates a teeming tide pool of psychogenetic memory flashes with its masks, skeletons, animals, architectural fragments and symbols of ancient cults and religions. Prehistoric and eschatological references combine with crystalline structures into a scattered cosmos of fractured uniformity. In addition, the artist also shows the culturalized worlds of classical modernism such as Lyonel Feininger, Hermann Finsterlin or Erich Mendelsohn. The faceted pyramids are reminiscent of H.C. Escher as well as those of ancient Egypt, whilst the birds remind one of Pablo Picasso’s doves. Such cultural, historical associations and references stimulate the imagination of the viewer. Text: Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Master Curator, Art Historian and Critic, Former Senior Curator of the Museum of Arts and Craft (MAK) Frankfurt, Former Vice Director of the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) Frankfurt, Honorary Professor of the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main / Frankfurt

The Gathering • DRAWING

Drawing • 41cm x 59cm • 300gsm Paper

This image depicts archetypal and mythological entities gathering to listen to a reading from the Book of Life, by the Invisible Mask Wearing Psyche. A miracle arena of wonders biological, mineral and atmospheric are seen, along with cultural artefacts, past, present and future. These are displayed in a psycho-physical pandemonium, with scale jumps between figures and architectural fragments, suggesting an alternative dimension of different physical laws.

FROM THE COLLECTION

Might, Myth and Magic

CREATION

Mar 2014

STATUS

METHOD

Automatic drawing

Aug 2014

Private Collector • London

EXHibitED

May 2014

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Aug 2014

Imagine FX Magazine, FXposé

May 2015

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

This image depicts pareidolia, with archetypal and mythological entities, gathering to listen to a reading from the book of life, conducted by the invisible mask-wearing Psyche. With a copper engraving-like meticulousness, reminiscent of the old masters such as Albrecht Dürer, an exuberant continent of world phenomena is described. Gathered, in a princely setting, a miracle arena of wonders biological, mineral and atmospheric are seen, along with cultural artefacts, past and present. These are displayed in a psycho-physical pandemonium, reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch, Dali and Max Ernst. Surreal scale jumps between large and small heads, figures and architectural fragments, suggesting a dream world and an alternative dimension of physical laws, rather than those of this realm of pragmatic reality. Text: Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Master Curator, Art Historian and Critic, Former Senior Curator of the Museum of Arts and Craft (MAK) Frankfurt, Former Vice Director of the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) Frankfurt, Honorary Professor of the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main / Frankfurt.

AudIENCE AT THE TEMPLE • DRAWING

Drawing • 24cm x 40cm • 300gsm Paper

The depiction seems like an apotheosis or an animalistic last judgement. The title “Audience at the Temple” reminds of a divine temple of the Gods. This panoramic image cultivates a baroque perspective of abstract cathedrals, where the attendant figures, man and beast are bright and expectant, acting as heavenly guides to an unknown paradise. Central ethereal figures in prayer, seem to belong to a different and numinous reality.

METHOD

Automatic drawing

FROM THE COLLECTION

Might, Myth and Magic

CREATION

Apr 2014

STATUS

Available to buy

EXHibitED

May 2014

Collective at West Bank Gallery

May 2015

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

Dec 2022

Winky Wonky Gallery, Wincanton

This drawing depicts pareidolia, with archetypal and mythological entities, gathering to listen to a reading from the book of life, conducted by the invisible mask-wearing Psyche. With a copper engraving-like meticulousness, reminiscent of the old masters such as Albrecht Dürer, an exuberant continent of world phenomena is described. Gathered, in a princely setting, a miracle arena of wonders biological, mineral and atmospheric are seen, along with cultural artefacts, past and present. These are displayed in a psycho-physical pandemonium, reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch, Dali and Max Ernst. Surreal scale jumps between large and small heads, figures and architectural fragments, suggesting a dream world and an alternative dimension of physical laws, rather than those of this realm of pragmatic reality. Text: Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Master Curator, Art Historian and Critic, Former Senior Curator of the Museum of Arts and Craft (MAK) Frankfurt, Former Vice Director of the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) Frankfurt, Honorary Professor of the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main / Frankfurt.

TROJAN HORSE • DRAWING

Drawing • 24.4cm x 40cm • 300gsm Paper

In this image, an un-earthly assembly. The depiction seems like an apotheosis or an animalistic last judgement. The title “Audience at the Temple” reminds of a divine temple of the Gods. This panoramic image cultivates a baroque perspective of abstract cathedrals, where the attendant figures, man and beast are bright and expectant, acting as heavenly guides to an unknown paradise. Central ethereal figures in prayer, seem to belong to a different and numinous reality.

METHOD

Automatic drawing

STATUS

Dec 2022

Private Collector • Frome

FROM THE COLLECTION

Might, Myth and Magic

CREATION

Feb 2014

EXHibitED

May 2014

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Aug 2014

Imagine FX Magazine, FXposé

May 2015

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

Dec 2022

Winky Wonky Gallery, Wincanton

The Trojan Horse stThe Trojan Horse stands in a field of archetypal and mythological creatures that seem to belong more to the legends and the demi-mondes of JR Tolkien than to the ancient epic of Homer. The background at the image’s centre is lightened, so that an almost baroque illusionary space arises. Preceding any historically accurate tradition was the narrative, a poetic disclosure of past events, for which Homer is known as the first exponent. The birth of historiography is therefore the narration. Additionally, the Cosmos that the artist has applied to this image resets Homer’s Trojan Horse, to its original context of mythology, exculpated from rational classicism. Text: Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Master Curator, Art Historian and Critic, Former Senior Curator of the Museum of Arts and Craft (MAK) Frankfurt, Former Vice Director of the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) Frankfurt, Honorary Professor of the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main / Frankfurt.

UNEXPECTED GUESTS • DRAWING

Drawing • 54cm x 75cm • 300gsm Paper

Roots, lianas and snakes connect and embrace each other, staging their struggle for life within a medusa-like throng. Depictions of evolutionary possibilities are brought into existence, atomic and cosmic energies bring forth life with a resulting diversity of primeval beings and more complex species appearing from a vortex spiral. Entities drawn in from alternate dimensions, cross-converging otherwise separated worlds, but interlocking worlds.

METHOD

Automatic drawing

STATUS

Sep 2022

Private Collector • Frome

FROM THE COLLECTION

Might, Myth and Magic

CREATION

Apr 2014

EXHibitED

May 2014

Collective at West Bank Gallery

May 2015

Collective at West Bank Gallery

Nov 2016

Islington Art and Design Fair

Roots, lianas and snakes connect and embrace each other, staging their struggle for life within a medusa-like throng. Here, Charles Darwin, as well as Edgar Allan Poe and perhaps also HP Lovecraft seem to have been patrons. Depictions of evolutionary possibilities are brought into existence, atomic and cosmic energies bring forth life with a resulting diversity of primeval beings and more complex species appearing around a vortex spiral. Entities drawn in from alternate dimensions, cross-converging otherwise separated worlds. Text: Prof. Dr. Volker Fischer, Master Curator, Art Historian and Critic, Former Senior Curator of the Museum of Arts and Craft (MAK) Frankfurt, Former Vice Director of the German Museum of Architecture (DAM) Frankfurt, Honorary Professor of the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main / Frankfurt.

SCULPTURE

IROKO PRAYER • WOOD SCULPTURE

Nov 2023

Private Collector • London

Wood • (H) 40cm x (W) 12cm x (D) 15cm

The aesthetic wooden figurine is carved from an African wood known to the Yoruba tribe as Iroko.

Abstract smooth curves are fashioned into the wood stock, which after extensive sanding is treated with a high quality wax based oil finish.

METHOD

• Carving

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Iroko Wood

• Black Walnut

CREATION

Dec 2022

FROM THE COLLECTION

Spirit of Wood

STATUS

Wood • (H) 37.5cm x (W) 13m x (D) 40cm

The beautiful grain of the Black Walnut Wood used for this carefully sculpted piece, is incredibly detailed and striking.

The smooth curvature of the neck and head, is suggestive of a poised Cobra, giving the lamp a stylish, abstract and aesthetic form, inspired by nature’s wonderful examples of beauty.

METHOD

• Carving

• Joinery

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Oak Top

• Spalted Beach Support

CREATION

Jan 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Spirit of Wood

Nov 2023

Private Collector • London

COBRA LAMP • HAND CRAFTED LAMP

STATUS

Wood • (H) 37.5cm x (W) 13m x (D) 40cm The beautiful grain of the Black Walnut Wood used for this carefully sculpted piece, is incredibly detailed and striking. The smooth curvature of the neck and head, is suggestive of a poised Cobra, giving the lamp a stylish, abstract and aesthetic form, inspired by nature’s wonderful examples of beauty.

THE NOMAD • WOOD SCULPTURE

Wood • (H) 116 cm x (W) 69cm x (D) 36cm

A unique piece carved from a large slab of Spalted Beech, positioned on a Black Walnut plinth. Delving into the intricate details of the carving process, from the power grinder's initial touch to smoothing with Japanese rasps and meticulous hand sanding. The Nomad, with its meandering form, is a testament to intuitive craftsmanship, letting the wood guide the creation of negative space in a dance of spontaneity and precision, without planning the form beforehand.

At the heart of this creation, mesmerising patterns, striations, and distinctive grain. Each curve and line in the wood tells a unique story.

The Nomad stands as a testament to the unpredictable results that emerge when crafting by intuition. Nomad invites you to explore a creation that embraces the wandering process itself.

METHOD

• Carving

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Spalted Beech

• Black Walnut Plinth

• Osmo Oil

CREATION

Oct 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Spirit of Wood

STATUS

AVAILABLE TO BUY

THE WARDEN • WOOD SCULPTURE

Wood • (H) 116 cm x (W) 21cm x (D) 22cm

Warden of the Woods, a meticulously crafted sculpture from the richness of Black Walnut stock. This tall and slender figurine is a testament to the artistry of hand carving and extensive sanding, bringing forth the innate beauty of the wood.

The Warden stands proudly on an ash plinth, creating a striking visual contrast. Its abstract form delicately preserves the essence of the wood's natural contours and live edges, allowing the stunning grain to emerge as a focal point.

At the pinnacle of this sculpture, rests a circular carved eye, imparting a profound sense of presence. The numinous artwork seems to transcend its physical form, overseeing the surrounding space with a watchful gaze.

METHOD

• Carving

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Blak Walnut

• Ash Plinth

• Osmo Oil

CREATION

Oct 2023

FROM THE COLLECTION

Spirit of Wood

STATUS

AVAILABLE TO BUY

Wood • (H) 40cm x (W) 54cm x (D) 96cm

Designed to bring nature into your home, this coffee table features a Live Edge top crafted from solid beech wood. The gently rounded edges and clear mat finish highlight the natural beauty of the wood grain, while the three legs provide support and stability.

METHOD

• Carving

• Joinery

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

Nov 2023

Private Collector • London

TRITON COFFEE TABLE

• Beech Top

• Oak Support

CREATION

2022

FROM THE COLLECTION

Live Edge

STATUS

NARVA RIVER TABLE • LIVE EDGE WOOD

Wood • (L) 67cm x (W) 54cm x (H) 40cm

This stunning coffee table is made from black walnut wood, from Armenia's mountain regions. The contemporary design of this table makes it a perfect addition to any home, and the natural beauty of the wood is breathtaking.

METHOD

• Carving

• Joinery

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Oak Top

• Spalted Beach Support

CREATION

2022

FROM THE COLLECTION

Live Edge

STATUS

Available to buy

This stunning coffee table is made from black walnut wood, from Armenia's mountain regions. The contemporary design of this table makes it a perfect addition to any home, and the natural beauty of the wood is breathtaking.

COCOON TABLE

STATUS

Available to buy

Wood • (L) 140cm x (W) 100cm x (H) 37cm

As practical as it is stylish, the table features a unique pattern achieved by the book matching technique of joinery. The Live Edge design makes it unique, with a perfectly balanced flow of the natural aspect of the wood.

METHOD

• Carving

• Joinery

• Power Tools

• Sanding

• Osmo Oil

PALETTE

• Spalted Beech Top

• Ash Legs

CREATION

2022

FROM THE COLLECTION

Live Edge

Wood • (L) 140cm x (W) 100cm x (H) 37cm As practical as it is stylish, the table features a unique pattern achieved by the book matching technique of joinery. The Live Edge design makes it unique, with a perfectly balanced flow of the natural aspect of the wood.

Wood • (L) 130cm x (W) 90cm x (H) 70cm

This table is a stunning piece of functional art. Made with spalted beech, a Live Edge dining table edge with a natural pattern like no other.

The mid-century modern legs mixed with book matched table top give this piece character.The table is finished with natural wax, giving it a beautiful lustrous finish.