Portfolio > Wildthings

Child in a Yak 'onesie' ready to charge!
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x16x19cm
2014
Yakety Yak - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x16x19cm
2014
Yakety Yak - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x16x19cm
2014
Child dressed as a crocodile with arms outstretched ready to snap.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
27x21x23cm
2014
Snap! - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
27x21x23cm
2014
Snap! - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
27x21x23cm
2014
Child dressed as an orangutan.
Terracotta, underglazes, glazes, oxides, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
35x21x21cm
2014
The Great EscApe - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, glazes, oxides, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
35x21x21cm
2014
The Great EscApe - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, glazes, oxides, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
35x21x21cm
2014
Child dressed as a rooster, crowing.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x17x23cm
2014
Cock Of The Walk - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x17x23cm
2014
Cock Of The Walk - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x17x23cm
2014
Child dressed a a bear gleefully growling!
Terracotta, underglazes, glaze, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x14x14cm
2013
Bearly Dressed - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, glaze, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x14x14cm
2013
Bearly Dressed - Back
Terracotta, underglazes, glaze, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x14x14cm
2013
Girl seated and dressed in a Friesian cow onesie. She holds a blue umbrella and looks upwards.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
26x15x15cm
2013
Feels Like Rain - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
26x15x15cm
2013
Feels Like Rain - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
26x15x15cm
2013
Child dressed in a dog 'onesie' with an expression of vexation as he holds up a large bone up for inspection.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxide, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x15x15cm
2013
Child dressed in a dog 'onesie' with an expression of vexation as he holds up a large bone for inspection.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x15x15cm
2013
Dogmatic - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
30x15x15cm
2013
Child dressed in a black cat 'onesie', lightly touching a large ball of yarn as if about to play.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, glaze, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
25x17x17cm
2013
Catitude - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, glaze, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
25x17x17cm
2013
Catitude - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, glaze, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
25x17x17cm
2013
A boy in a pelican 'onesie', arms/wings outstreched like a bird.
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x26x22cm
2014
Mr Percival - Side View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x26x22cm
2014
Mr Percival - Back View
Terracotta, underglazes, oxides, acrylic, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
29x26x22cm
2014
Child wearing a rabbit 'onesie' and struggling under the weight of a giant carrot!
Terracotta, glazes, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
28x13x16cm
2013
Hop To It! - Back View
Terracotta, glazes, acrylic, wax, (base) recycled timber, artificial turf
28x13x16cm
2013

Inside all of us is a wild-thing…
'I believe there is no part of our lives, our adult as well as child life, when we're not fantasizing, but we prefer to relegate fantasy to children, as though it were some tomfoolery only fit for the immature minds of the young. Children do live in fantasy and reality; they move back and forth very easily in a way we no longer remember how to do.' - Maurice Sendak

In my ‘Wildthings’ the focus is on children, the joy, and occasional consternation, they show when lost in their own fantasy world. My own children are often the willing models for my pieces and play a significant part in the visualisation of my work. For me it is also a chance to remind myself of that other world, the one were the wild-things gnash their terrible teeth, roar their terrible roars, roll their terrible eyes, show their terrible claws and still get home in time for dinner!

While only some works are still available for sale, all enquires are welcome. Please use the links on my Contact page.