Notions of childhood, memory, play and reflection pervade my work.
It evolves through these themes, but as ‘new memories’ are created and new experiences are assimilated a symbiotic relationship develops;
Image, Object and Memory
Multiplicity, Variety and inclusion
Growing up in the late 1960s and early 1970s the Second World War was still very much recent history and part of the public consciousness. For a child such as myself this was a believable, real life action adventure that could be played out with the toys and games we had at our disposal and playground antics with friends. Because the effects of the war were still resonant through various aspects of society their manifestation through films and comic books from this period enhanced this awareness.
My Father was in Burma during the war, an experience that affected him deeply. I now realize the irony of the situation: a child playing at war while all around my life was being shaped by the reality of it.
Since childhood I have had a passion for making things and a deep interest in the craft that is involved. From constructing models and thumbing through comic books and contemporary colour magazines this has developed through the medium of print and 3D constructions.
I still refer to this part of my life through washed out polaroids, fading comic books and toy packaging, all of which are of enormous nostalgic value.
I am stimulated by the joy of working with various materials and the freedom to move between media and methods. The culmination of their usage being the physical realization of the image.