I am a humanist artist interested in people's emotions, relationships and interactions. My recent work has focused on the female form timeless women who hold the fabric of societies together.

 I love free-carving in a wide range of stone. In the summer I work on large pieces outside in the garden, and in the winter I develop smaller sculptures and maquettes in my studio. For the larger sculptures I tend to use hard Purbeck and Portland stone and for the smaller ones, I often use Bathstone and Caenstone. My largest sculpture to date 'Children at a Rockpool' was commissioned by Dorchester Town, Dorset and can be seen in public at Poundbury.

 Throughout my prolific career, spanning over 30 years, I have shown my work in over 150 exhibitions. In addition, once a year I open my studio and garden to the public during Dorset and Purbeck Arts Weeks.

Biography:

My work has progressed through a number of naturally evolved phases throughout my career. At the outset I was heavily influenced by abstract sculpture particularly the work of Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Henri Gaudier-Brezka and Constantin Brancusi.

After a time i began to realise that, to my eyes, abstract sculpture was cold and that what really fascinated me was people and warm emotions. This lead to my work assuming a more figurative poise, articulating human forms in a more realistic manner.

However I found producing purely figurative work an unsatisfactory process. I am now trying to find a balance between simple form and strong human themes.

In recent years I have made a series of female forms, 'timeless, universal women', who are the same all over the world, from 'touch the earth' societies to modern urban women. Much of the influence for these themes comes from my childhood; my mothers sayings and the realisation that women's lives and roles can change very quickly, particularly across generations, and that skills and lifestyles are fast forgotten.

Perhaps the most significant influence on my work is the material itself. Stone's weight and solidity lends itself to quiet and meditative subjects with an inner life. I get a sense that I have gone back to my roots with my work as my fathers ancestors were farmers and quarry men in Pommerania, Germany (an area of modern day Poland).

Timeline:

1949           ...   born in Henstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany

1972 - 75    ...  studied Art and Art Education at Paedagogische Hochschule, Weingarten

1975           ...   moved to Surrey, England, whilst working as an Art teacher began to sculpt part-time

1985           ...   took up sculpting full-time

1993           ...   moved to Corfe Castle, Dorset after marrying a local man

1999           ...   Winner of the Silver medal at Millfield School Summer Exhibition

2002           ...   Winner of the Poundbury Childrens Cemetary Commission

Work in Private collections in: Britain, Germany, USA, New Zealand