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“I am absolutely delighted to be holding my first one man show at the
Osborne Studio Gallery. Having started out as a professional jockey, my
early days as a sculptor were very much horse orientated, concentrating on
capturing the authenticity and movement of racing subjects which I knew
so well. Since my first life-size sculpture of Red Rum for Aintree, I have
carried out around 30 more large scale pieces which are situated around
the world.
My latest piece is a half life-size sculpture of Prix de L’Arc de Triomph
winner Alpinista, which now stands at Sir Mark Prescott’s Heath House
Stables. The bronzes assembled at this exhibition represent not only horses,
but other subjects that have caught my imagination.
I continue to enjoy sculpture as my principle passion, but in recent years
I have been diversifying. Alongside the bronzes, I have been developing my
painting. I wanted to bring added colour and narrative to my work. As a
result of this, I became interested in designing silk scarves, I particularly
like the idea of my work being worn. These designs can be seen in the
exhibition, as both a scarf, and standalone paintings.
Sculpture to be worn, was my way into designing silver jewellery which
has been an intriguing challenge, and one which I am especially enjoying.
With this lovely mix of projects, life is never dull and I am wondering what
my next project will be.
In the meantime, I am immensely grateful to The Osborne Studio
Gallery for allowing me to exhibit all the different streams of my work in
London for the first time.”

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