"Asseyez-vous et régardez" 2012
20m x 18m x 1.5m
For “Mine d’art en sentier 2012” , an 8 kilometre trail in the Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut, le Pays de Condé in the Nord-Pas de Calais Basin, an area once famous for its mining industry.

“Asseyez-vous et régardez” with mounds of red and black schist, surround 10 boulders inlaid with brass “jetons” –representing the miners’ identity discs, is for people walking or cycling the trail to relax and enjoy the surrounding landscape. Eleven sculptors from around the world took part in the symposium.

2011, "Red"
H 2.5m x W 1.5m x D 1.15m
Olive tree from Portugal, specially designed glass and red paint.

For 1st International Olive Wood Symposium, Gangelt, Germany organised by Sculpture Network, Germany

2011, "Liber Plantarum"
2m x 3.2m x 3.5m
Made for a "A Decade of Sculpture" at The Harold Martin Botanic Gardens, University of Leicester.

The Harold Martin Botanic Gardens are renowned for their research focus in floristics (cataloguing and describing the species in a geographical region) and taxonomy, (classification). "Liber Plantarum" - (The Book of Plants) uses materials from the gardens - various plants and bamboo, boulders, dressed stone, slate, pavers and plant pots, in recognition of the studies of the scientists and gardeners.

"Blue Bird" 2011
Iridescent blue painted branches each 75 cms.
Height. 5m x wingspans 4.5m.

"3Rs: Reclaimed, Recycled, Raw" Sculpture Trail in the Vale of Belvoir.
The path along the Grantham Canal in Belvoir, is home to many species of birds – "Blue Bird" flutters gently in the breeze from a tree by Stenwith Bridge.

"River" 2011
8m x 12m x 0.5m
Limestone grit stone boulders inlaid with designed glass "pools" and painted "rivulets" sited on blue tarmac.

Commissioned by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council for the entrance to the new Darwen Leisure Centre, Lancashire. The sculpture echoes the theme of water throughout the Leisure Centre.

"Blooming Branches" 2010
Red blue and green plastic bottle tops - each "bloom" about 30cms long, and green, brown, olive and clear glass wine and beer bottles hanging by fisherman's twine from the branches of Pandanus trees.

Made for "artsCape Biennial 2010," June 26th to July 11th, at Clarkes Beach, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.

Play the two videos simultaneously for a sense of the
sounds of the five "Blooming Branches" with glass bottles when the wind blows.

"The Festival Labyrinth" 2009 with Jeff Teasdale
30m x 15m x 3m.  150 Kerridge sandstone boulders and crushed stone, seeded with 9 grasses.

This is the permanent sculpture for the Bollington Festival on the Middlewood Way off Grimshaw Lane, in Bollington, Cheshire, funded by the National Lottery Awards for All Scheme and The Bollington Festival, and managed by MAGPIE- Macclesfield Arts Group for Projects in the Environment - with the invaluable help of many volunteers from Bollington.

August 2012
May 2010
October 2009
September 2009

"The Bollington Festival Labyrinth" 2009 with Jeff Teasdale
Pink water-based masonry paint, oak. 15m x 14m

This labyrinth, was a temporary installation for the Bollington Festival in May 2009,  forming part of the Artists' Trail and as a memorial to Dr John Coope and the previous festivals he inspired.

"Snowdrops for Cambo" 2009
Stone, pebbles, and wood sprayed with white paint, natural slate. Sizes variable.

Commissioned by The Cambo Estate, Kingsbarns, St Andrews, Fife as part of Scotland's Snowdrop Festival. Each of the seven sculptures was inspired by the progress of the snowdrops around the selected sites at the time of making - from closed to full bloom.

The Terracotta Garden. 2008/9
2,500 approx. fired clay leaves.

One of three community projects commissioned by Cheshire Artists Network as part of their Art in Gardens programme linked to Cheshire Year of Gardens 2008. The community projects have been funded by Arts Council England - North West and supported by numerous individuals and organisations.

The 2,500 leaves in spirals, a common feature of the community projects, are made from fired red clay by the students of Woodford Lodge High School, The Verdin High School and Hebden Green Community School in Winsford, and Mid Cheshire College in Northwich, and is sited in an internal courtyard at Woodford Lodge High School for all the involved schools and college to use in any creative way.

Photo: David Heke

"Solar Light" 2008
Polyester sunflowers, painted branches, plastic containers, cement.
Flag: 1.25m x 30cms x 2m. Sunflower Trees : variable.

Commissioned by Galerija Meno Parkas, Kaunas, Lithuania for "Kaunas Mene:Kontekstai - Kaunas in Art:Contexts" Contemporary Art Festival in nine venues in the city. The aim of "Solar Light" was to bring warmth and sunlight to a city that is dark, grey and cold with little sunlight between November and March.

"Timescale" 2008

Varnished blue slate monoliths, brass discs, brass lamps with acrylic, Cor-ten steel arch, blue solar lights, Whinstone gravel, magnesium limestone boulders, and magnesium limestone dust to be planted with heritage plants in the autumn,
L. 50m x W. 30m x Ht.4m

Commissioned by Kelloe Community Partnership in conjunction with Durham County Council for the site adjacent to the original railway line from the colliery which closed in 1983,  to reference not only the village's heritage but also its aspirations for the future.

	Photo: Trevor Smith
	Photo: Trevor Smith
Photo: Trevor Smith	Photo: Trevor Smith

"Saver > Screens" 2008

Plastic bags, powder coated silver and black steel screens, photos.
Ht. 2.25m x Dia. 2.5m

Commissioned by The Co-operative Financial Services for the foyer of the CIS Building in Manchester as part of their internal campaign to raise issues on re-using plastic bags and protecting the environment.

"Une Rivière pour l'Arc Mosellan" 2008

40m x 25m x 20cm. 13 tonnes of stone and metallic paints.
This was chosen for the 1er Symposium International de Sculpture de l'Arc Mosellan , Moulin de Buding, France.

The theme of the symposium was  " l'eau, une énergie " - the  water, an energy -  and the project refers to the water wheel of the mill which is powered by the the canal fed by the  meandering  La Canner River as well as to  the contrast between the natural river and the constructed elements of the canal and the wheel with the use of natural stones and dressed stone blocks and is sprayed with  various paints for colour and the sparkle of water in the sunlight.

Photo: Alain Mila

"Spring, Summer and Autumn". 1, 2 and 3. 2008

Commissioned by Cheshire County Council for 'Something Beautiful' in Tatton Park, Knutsford for 'Cheshire's Year of Gardens 2008'

The installations are about the life cycle of the deer in the park using fallen branches to represent antlers, painted in the colours of leaves from the yellows of early spring, the greens of summer to the rich tones of autumn - birth to death of both deer and leaves.

Individual tableaux within the three "herds" illustrate their habits - the frequent violent relationships between the males and females, the docility of the older ones, the battles between the stags and the bucks, the births and deaths, as well as the groups of young ones, male and female, who huddle together for protection and to learn from their elders.

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"Verso l'Inizio - Towards the Beginning" with Carlotta Brunetti 2008
100m x 30m x 5m. Hay, string and willow tree. 

The dead hay rises up and over a river into the tree of life, the willow, to be regenerated.

For "Humus Park" International Land Art Meeting in Pordenone, Italy, with 30 artists from 15 countries participating.

Photo: Carlotta Brunetti

"Homage to Fantin-Latour" 2007
6m x 5m x 4.5m.

Commissioned by York Museums Trust for the exhibition "Painting the Summer : Henri Fantin-Latour" at York Art Gallery as a response to the many paintings of flowers included.

Polyester roses, wood from the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, painted garden urn and vases,  and side table from the York Museums Trust collection.

"Bouquet" 2006
4m x 2.5m x 2.5m. Powder coated and painted steel, gravel, allotment beds made from railway sleepers. 

Commissioned by Windmill Hill Primary School, Runcorn, Cheshire as the centrepiece for their allotment beds. "Bouquet" is the result of workshops with all the pupils of the school.

"The Sword and the Stone" 2006

18m x 5m x 5cm. Stainless steel, copper, paving stones, gold and silver paint, and large Golden Spey boulder.

Commissioned by Feelgood Theatre Productions for the 2006 Summer Season and Activity Tent for "Arthur - King of the Britons", Heaton Park, Manchester.

"Look, Reflect and Recover" 1 and 2. 2005

Two roof gardens with five 3m high "fountains" in total, of stainless steel rods threaded with varied sizes of specially made blue glass beads in "pools" of blue glass chippings in aluminium dishes surrounded by blue neon lights. The "rivers" are of limestone spray-painted with blue enamel paints, glitter and lacquer; each element is surrounded by pebbles. Artificial rocks complete the two gardens

Commissioned by Gateshead NHS Trust for the new North East NHS Surgery Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

"Deux Lignes de Couleur dans l'Eau"
For Chemin d'art 2005, Saint-Flour, France.

70 stones in the river on both sides of the bridges: one side with fluorescent red paint, and the other with fluorescent yellow paint.

Tree of Grace, Tree of Love and Admiration, and Tree of Purity. 2005.

Branches and artificial roses, lilies and carnations on the beach for the Swell Currumbin Sculpture Festival, Queensland, Australia. The titles refer to the symbolism of the flowers.

"A River for the Botanic Gardens" 2005
90m long x 1.5m average x 20 cms high.

For "Sculpture in the Garden" a celebration exhibition of the Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary at the Harold Martin Botanic Gardens, Leicester University.

20 tonnes of stone and three colours of blue metallic paint.

"Enjoy, View and Use" 2004
100m x 70m x 10m

Two amphitheatre forms divided by a ridge for play, performance and events, within the park in the new development, The Hamptons, at Worcester Park, Surrey.
Commissioned by the St James Group Ltd.

January 2012 Photo: David Rymill

2004 3rd International Artists Symposium, Westbury Farm Studios, Milton Keynes.

Scrapstore Series: Blue Bloom Blue bottles, plastic covered rods in apple tree	Scrapstore Series: Blue Line on the Swimming Pool - detail Blue plastic discs on acetate 18m x 9m x 1cm
Scrapstore Series: Green Branch - detail Green bottles suspended by thread from a branch. 8m x 50cm x 10cm	Scrapstore Series: Blue Line in the Drawing Room - detail Blue plastic lids and blue plastic chippings 7m x 1.5m x 1cm

2004 "Marquer d'une Pierre Blanche" for Les Doigts d'Art, Salins-Les-Bains, France.
26 stones in 21 sites throughout the town

Stones painted white, to represent salt, inlaid with eurocents to represent the first Credit Agricole.
Dimensions variable.

Trough outside Les Salines (salt mine)	Hôtel de Ville
House of the first Credit Agricole	L'église de St. Maurice

2003. "Doors of Perception".
Approx. 25m x 10m x 25m

Seven blue painted doors with glass windows, and five curved walls of peat blocks.
Commissioned for PeatPolis.nl, Barger Compascum, Emmen, The Netherlands.

2003/4 "Garden of Achievement"
Newall Green High School, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
A CAPE UK Project.
29m x 18m x 1.5m

Sandstone, granite, marble, slate, varied planting for all seasons. A science rock garden for elements of Key Stage 3 Geology with themed planting, working with Years 8 and 9 in 2003 and Years 7 and 8 in 2004.

2003 "Stones of Life - Journey of Silver"
7m x 7m x 3.5m

Granite and stainless steel. The stones represent the salt mines of the area; the steel, the hopes and aspirations of the children.

Commissioned by Wharton C.E. Controlled Junior School, Winsford, Cheshire. Fabricated by Cornish Landscaping Granite.

Flower Cow-er, 2003
CowParade Manchester 2004.
2m x 90cm x 1.2m. Fibreglass, Astroturf, artificial flowers, paint.

Commissioned by CowParade Manchester 2004 to promote the event.

 "Play, Perform and Picnic", 2002 
120 m x 40m x 3m

Lakawanna Park, Penticton, BC, Canada. . Two earthworks with neon light beneath blue painted glass blocks and three l0m diameter circles with galvanised steel edging of purple rocks on pink gravel, yellow rocks on brown lava gravel, grey/white striated rocks on white silica gravel.

Commissioned by The Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture Symposium, BC, Canada 

   at night....

 L'Office du Tourisme, Saint-Lô.  Silk roses, poppies from Remembrance Day, Astroturf, sound composed by Paul Weir.

Commissioned by Forum des Arts for Maîtres des lieux, Saint-Lô, Normandy, France. 

Granite with painted wood. 

For "From the Buds of Small Grass", 2001 Geum Gang International Nature Art Exhibition, Kongju, Korea

"Wald, Apfelbaum, Farbe, Leben" 2001.
80m x 20m x 4m

Larch, 4 colours of stain.

Commissioned for Kraftplatzroas
(energy emitting sculpture walk),
Irdning in the Grimming Region of Styria, Austria

(detail)

Commissioned by Covent Garden Flower Festival for The Urban Arts Garden

Spoil with grass, wildflowers, trees, shrubs, paths and designed wooden seating still to be completed. Adjacent to the final link of the Avon Ring Road, Bristol.

2001 "Drink Me!" Oak branches. 
2.15m x 1.35m x 1.1m. 
Commissioned for "onetree" 2001-2. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Notts; Tatton Park, Cheshire; Bristol City Art Gallery; The Geffrye Museum, London.
Photo: Robert Walker.

"15 Christchurch Circles" 2000
35m x 15m x 1m
Otago schist, greywacke pebbles, Halswell and Volcanic stones, flax, cabbage trees, tussocks

For "Art in the Park" Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
Organised by Professional Arts Services

Rochdale Partnership/Canalside SRB

Commissioned by "Sculpture by Sea" Bondi Headlands, Sydney, Australia

Greenfield Valley, Holywell
Commissioned by Greenfield Valley Trust Ltd/
Cywaith Cymru - Artworks Wales

Commissioned for The Chester Fringe Festival in Grosvenor Park, Chester

Commissioned by Opportunities for Women/Friends of the Earth. Islington Green, London

Changchun China International Invitation
Exhibition of Sculpture

Stockport Art Gallery

Cribbs Causeway Shopping Centre, Bristol
J T Baylis and Co Ltd

The Chancellors Court, University of Leeds

"Conversation" 1999
2m x 2m x 2m
Linking "Meet, Sit and Talk" in Chancellors Court with final stage of re-design

"Roof Garden" in collaboration with John Micklethwaite-Howe of BHWB, Leeds, with "Conversation" and "Meet, Sit and Talk"

The sculpture projects in The Chancellor's Court received two commendations for Landscape from Leeds City Council's Architecture 2000 awards.

Ceramics Biennale, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Dartington C.E Primary School, Devon, in conjunction with the Centre for Earthen Architecture, University of Plymouth

"Stay, Live and Sit" 1993.
Dacite boulders and polished granite. 35m x 25m x 1m.
Commissioned by Monash University Gallery for the Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne.
Permanently sited at Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne.

Detail of polished granite stepping stones completing the double spiral of boulders inlaid with rectangles of polished black granite.

Das andere Gedächtnis, Kampnagel, Hamburg

Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University

Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
Western Australia

Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn, Cheshire

"Capability to Contemporary" at Tatton Park, 
Knutsford, Cheshire

Commissioned by the International Conference on Sculpture, Dublin.
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin

"New Directions, New Attitudes" – The Richard Demarco Gallery at the Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Commissioned by the Norfolk Naturalists Trust for Foxley Wood Sculpture Trail

Commissioned by the Portland Clifftop Sculpture Park 2, in Tout Quarry, Portland.

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