I worked as a clinical psychologist in the NHS for over 30 years, but making sculptures and other 3D works was always a big part of my free time - mainly as therapy for myself. When I retired I enrolled on the Foundation Degree in Contemporary Art Practice course run jointly by Shrewsbury College and Staffordshire University.
Projects undertaken for the course included a guerrilla art project on the myths and legends of Earl's Hill near Pontesbury, and the making of a life-size wicker bull, which was the focus for a community celebration of the legend of the Roaring Bull of Bagbury, in the village of Hyssington, Powys. I also made a large automaton of Queen Victoria being attacked by a tiger, and a video tent installation for an exhibition dealing with the legacy of the British Empire in India, plus a series of sculptures and drawings inspired by the 'Crow' poems of Ted Hughes.
Since finishing the course I have made works for Shropshire Wildlife Trust celebrating otters on the river Severn and a large floating sculpture as part of a collaborative project to raise awareness of the decline in curlew populations locally and nationally. I also ran a workshop at the Merefest festival in Ellesmere inviting festival-goers to contribute to the construction of a giant Bog Asphodel, one of the most endangered plants of the Meres and Mosses Nature Reserve.
More recently, I have been making small figurative ceramic sculptures relating to local folklore as well as some reflecting other interests.