Other work along the way

I really dread the inevitable question "what do you do?" for the explanation is far from simple.
I usually leave out how lucky I am to have always known that the path I would follow would be a creative one. And that with very few exceptions, every working day has been satisfying, enjoyable and, fortunately paid the bills.
The complication lies in my need for the exploration of the many side roads along that path. And again, I acknowledge my good fortune in being able to do so.

A quick tour

I left Art College for a career in advertising as an Art Director. One day a photographer I worked with mentioned he needed a model building for an album cover shoot. This was to be the beginning of my model making, set building, and special effects career. Clients included Paul McCartney, 10cc, Smirnoff, JCB and Dupont. A favourite was Playdoh modelling for Hasbro, who also asked me to design and produce a sculpture for the 'Save the Children Festival of Trees' in London.' It auctioned for a record £15,000.

Other ventures include a series of children's books - Tubby Tin. Exhibitions of paintings and sculpture. And now the age of the computer has provided even more diversions on that creative route, with film and photography. Combining these with travel, is now my main focus, although I still work on all aspects of advertising and design. Recently I was asked if I would like to carve a set of marionettes. Sounded fun, so I said "yes". Perhaps you can now see why I so dread that "What do you do?" question.

A miniature tomb interior built with false perspective as part of an installation in my 'Last Deed on Earth' mixed media exhibition. This documented the life of Victorian Egyptologist, Ernst Franklin, who returned to England with a series of unusual and erotic works from a tomb he alleged to be genuine, only to be ridiculed and branded as a 'profane charlatan'. Below, the main title work 'Last Deed on Earth' a pastel 2 x 1 metres.