The Rectory Ballygar, Co. Galway. Tel: 090 66 24551
Born in Dublin. He studied Art in Industry and Advertising at College of Commerece, Rathmines. Currently working in Ballygar, He is a member of Visual Artist Ireland.
EDUCATION:
1974-77 National College of Art and Design, 1978-79 Art Teacher in Dublin
EXHIBITIONS:
A Day of Irish Life in Germany, The Museum der Schwalm Ziegenhain, Germany Heartlands, Irish Life Centre, Dublin Irish Famine Commemoration Exhibition, French Park, Roscommon Kinsale, Cork and American Embassy, Dublin
COLLECTIONS:
Works and Commissions in private collections in Ireland, The USA, Germany and Australia.
I like to draw my inspiration from the surrounding countryside which I find rich with creative possibilities working mainly in wood and other organic material in local forests, bogs, and hedgerows.
I surround myself with as much wood as possible and then search each piece to see if any image will emerge a bird, animal, human being or just an abstract idea. I try to hold on to the first image that comes but invariably it will be modified and changed many times in the process of making the sculpture as it takes on a life of it's own.
I draw a lot to help clarify my ideas but these are seldom used as I like to allow the natural texture and grain of the wood dictate subject and design.
Having a clear idea of the limitations of wood is vital to the sculptor being an art of subtraction it is not unusual for the image to disappear with the last blow of the mallet.