The process of creating and the emotional ride it takes me on. During the creative time frame from the beginning to end of a sculpture, I experience both highs and lows.  I will start a piece, and be able to visualize it's completed state. I will be on fire with its design element, ready to break into the stone gangbusters. The first tentative cut exciting me, making me apprehensive about my ability to create what i see in my mind. from the start of the sculpture I will have

Artists who inspire me. Every month I plan to tell you about an Artist I have met that inspired me to work harder at bringing my art to a new level. These will be people whose work i recognize in an instant, I am familiar with their style, brush strokes, or finish on a sculpture. For my first artist I have chosen Eva Morisawa.  Eva is an artist from New Zealand, and i came across her work on Instagram a couple of years ago.  I was immediately drawn to her work, it was so sub

The difference between acting and sculpting. Earlier today I was thinking about a sculpture I sold to a patron of the arts. We were discussing the value of an object of art and its longevity. One of the reasons I like stone so much is its ability to transcend generations of humanity. If nobody destroys the sculpture, how long will it last past my lifetime, past the owners grandchildren's lifetime. Who knows? Only time and history will answer that question. Conversely, when I

What moves me to like a work of art. Okay, okay, okay! Take a paper clip and open it. Now bend it and stab it into a grapefruit. The image of a grapefruit with a paper clip stabbed into it is something I could pass by without noticing much. However, add a tear of juice running down the outside of the punctured fruit and I will stop to look. Make the tear look like it's bleeding and you have my full attention. I need to be moved inside by some emotional response to captivate

A list of the top eight sculptures I have created to date and why I love them so much. The meaning behind the stone creations and my feelings about them. ​ EDWARD HENLEY #1 THE GUARDIAN A single piece of red and white Wonder Stone, carved into the head of an eagle. The stone was over one hundred pounds when I started and ended up being about fifty-five pounds when I completed the piece. The sculpture is my top choice because this particular stone I am very connected to and I

Selecting the right stone for me is as important as a painter using the correct canvas and brushes for their piece. Here are some of my favourite stones to work with and a bit more about them.The three stones described below are some of my most recent sculptures. Chlorite is the group name for about 10 related minerals. However, the term Chlorite can be used both to describe the group in general, or as a specific term to describe any green member of the Chlorite group whose e

I often get asked why I don’t use power tools, so here goes.  Normally I have two or three large pieces of stone standing around in my studio. While I’m working on one or two other sculptures, these quiet stones will just wait.  Then one day out of the blue I will have to move one to my table to feel its resonance.  This can be a slow process. Some weeks will go by, while I feel it’s shape, run my hands over the rough contours of its form. One day as if by some form of alchem

The deep seated need for creativity has haunted me as far back as I can remember.  As a small child I would act out scenes from my imagination or memory, still at my age now I sometimes feel the urge to perform again. I do not act anymore, so I turn the creative desire to the sculpture of stone.  I chose stone because it speaks to my inner voice, there is a resonance or vibration I feel from its core.Feeling a piece of raw stone calms me in a way I can’t describe. If I listen

My studio space is a room in my basement that is twenty feet long and 12 feet wide. A basic rectangle of floor space. as odd as it may seem there is an inexpensive wall to wall carpet on the floor. I find this helps in not tracking rock dust throughout the the house, as the carpet holds on to the dust. A good vacuum once a week will pick the dust up. The studio has two rather large windows that face south, allowing a ton of natural light into the room. I have a television, an