Art can make a difference
I am a case in point. Before art my life was a mess. Since art came along my life is getting better. Now using art I try to help other people who have had or are having similar problems to me. I use my art to express the deepest darkest moments of my existance, but also to transform those momments into something physical and tangible so they are out in the open and can be dealt with. Art then takes those awful inner secrets and makes them something else, something pleasurable and in so doing defeats them.
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Only Ever One Key (2012)
22cm x 20cm x 12cm approx
There is only one key to my heart and that is my secret. -
Cluttered Mind (Front View) 2011
65cm x 52 cm
A full front view which makes it hard to see how far the bits stick out! -
Cluttered Mind (2011)
65 cm x 52 cm
Hundreds of tiny plastecine models representing the cluttered mind, that of the confused and bewildered, the paranoid and worried. What trivia haunts our memories and hides the truth. -
Condemed (Close up)
20cm x 18 cm x 12cm
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Condemed
20cm x 18 cm x 10 cm approx.
This piece is a description of my view of that moment in time I became diabetic. Condemed is an apt title as it is a life sentance to insulin dependancy and the long term complications associated with the condition when developed in childhood. The needles reflect the pain and the never ending injection regime. It is a play on the "Crown Of Thorns". Note- the needles are unused comeing from out of date or damaged packs but the pens are real and used. -
Ever Complicated (2011)
20 cm x 15 cm
So many thoughts to keep track of/ -
Tiger Tiger Burning Bright In The Tangle Of My Mind (Apology to Kipling)
1010mmx810mm Oil on canvas
Confusion and chaos in the tiger stripes, a lurking fear in my mind, behind it all the watching eye that is my inner self hate ready to unleash a beast. -
Five a Day
480x390mm Oil On Canvas
The five insulin injections I take a day along with the five tablets of medication provide the inspiration and satire on the idea of healthy living and the five portions of fruit a day. -
Diabetic Life
450x590mm Oil On Canvas
The complexity of life with diabetes- all the complex issues that can effect blood sugar and the effects of poor care are reflected in this image/ -
Feskavaig Bay, Skye, at Sunset
410x610mm Oil On Canvas
I don't normally paint landscape but the sunsets from our holiday cottage on the Isle of Skye were so sureal and amazing I had to try! A place where beuaty overwhelms your problems and your soul is at peace. -
The Pit Of My Despair
1000x800mm Oil on Canvas
At the heart of all my troubles be they mental or physical, lies the watching eye that amy be my inner destructive self or some other sinister influence. -
Sadness, Calm and Care
400x500mm Oil On Canvas
This was painted for a staff member who took voluntary redundancy from the charity where I volunteer due to the cuts in the local mental health budget and it's impact on referrals to local charities. -
Flowers With Tangled Stems
450x680 Ink Pen on Card
A simple allagory- I can seem fine but underneath things are getting a little complicated. -
The Hedgerow Of My Mind
590x710mm Oil on Canvas
Inside my thoughts, the tangle the different paths and a lurking watcher. -
Snarled Destinies (2010)
840x600mm Pen and Acrylic
This was influenced by some William Morriss designs but using my own view of the twisted and colliding pathways or events that have effected my life.
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Cecilia Montague
You have the ability to create quite different pieces of work . I like the activity of lines in your designs. This translates into the filigree sculptures
Cecilia Montague
You have the ability to create quite different pieces of work . I like the activity of lines in your designs. This translates into the filigree sculptures
Ian Pyper
There is an ordering of chaos in the sculptural work - obviously a way of creating a manageable entity to meditate on and deal with.
The interwoven snarled and tangled images are something really unique and special.
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