I'm Very Fortunate To Be Able To

My Art Is An Attempt To Reach Beyond The Surface Appearance. I Want To See Growth In Wood, Time In Stone, Nature In A City, And I Do Not Mean Its Parks But A Deeper Understanding That A City Is Nature Too-the Ground Upon Which It Is Built, The Stone With Which It Is Made.

My Approach To Photograph Is Kept Simple, Almost Routine. All Work, Good And Bad, Is Documented. I Use Standard Film, A Standard Lens And No Filters. Each Work Grows, Strays, Decays-integral Parts Of A Cycle Which The Photograph Shows At Its Height, Marking The Moment When The Work Is Most Alive. There Is An Intensity About A Work At Its Peak That I Hope Is Expresses In The Image. Process And Decay Are Implicit.

It Takes Between Three And Six Hours To Make Each Snowball, Depending On Snow Quality. Wet Snow Is Quick To Work With But Also Quick To Thaw, Which Can Lead To A Tense Journey To The Cold Store.

Photography Is A Way Of Putting Distance Between Myself And The Work Which Sometimes Helps Me To See More Clearly What It Is That I Have Made.

My Sculpture Can Last For Days Or A Few Seconds - What Is Important To Me Is The Experience Of Making. I Leave All My Work Outside And Often Return To Watch It Decay.