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Using 1930's ceramics. |
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Commissioned by the local Girl Guiding group in Shieldhill, by Falkirk, to be the focal point of the patio area in a community garden.
The original design was developed from being one large image of the guiding trefoil, to include individual elements representing the three key areas of guiding (Girl Guides,... |
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Fibre glass elephant with mosaic blanket. Glass tiles and mirror tiles create a magic blanket. |
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Vitreous and gold leaf tesserae. 107 x 45 cm. |
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Mosaics based on my life drawings. Recycled ceramic tiles and vitreous glass on concrete backer in a painted steel frame. |
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This piece won the New Zealand National Contemporary Mosaic Exhibition in 2013 at Pataka Gallery in Wellington. The theme relates to the fact that many young people can no longer experience job satisfaction because they either cannot get jobs at all, or have to get casual jobs that offer very little future; even... |
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Organic sunflowers growing in a field of white flowers in the natural reserve of Lindre Basse, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Made with broken yellow glass plates, green mugs and millefiori with glass rods. |
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Inspired by the layers of history of this ancient hill, including the forest on the top of it. Created in glass over hand painted designs. |
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A stained glass mosaic on wooden backer board. Inspired by "Waiting for Fish" sculpture in Porth Leven by artist Holly Bendall.
created in blue tones to represent the coast line. |
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I started the "Portrasaic" brand in order to concentrate on Animal, Pet and Human portraiture. Merlin was one of the earlier Animal/pet portraits and was created after a series of pet dog portraits.
Size: 60x40cm |
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House number plaque featuring spring flowers and a number 19. Made from ceramic and glass tiles and a little bit of vintage crockery. |
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Beach Love Mixed Media Heart |
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vitreous glass, mirror tile, ceramic objects, broken crockery, gold tile |
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World Within, World Without was commissioned by The Victorian State Government in 2010, as a memorial to 'The Forgotten Australians'. It is now within the collection of the City of Melbourne, in a prominent riverside location at a park called Birrarung Marr in inner Melbourne. 'The Forgotten Australians... |
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After new fence posts were erected in my garden I decided to brighten the boring grey concrete with mosaics.
I created brightly coloured flowers using vitreous glass, millefiori and offcuts of stained glass, and incorporated all the wildlife that visit my garden. In amongst the flowers are butterflies, ladybirds... |
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This art piece was created to commemorate a flood in 1981 that destroyed the local footbridge and houses and businesses along the river bank at Waikino where I live. A committee was established to firstly build a new Bridge (behind the wall in the photo. My wife had a new bridge funded and built with the later... |
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This native tree grows wildly in Matheson Bay, Northland, New Zealand and the people commissioning this 2.8metre x1metre piece of art wanted to celebrate this native flora with ‘huge’ flowers and have the piece spread across their beautiful garden. The flowers range between 800mm and 600mm diameter, and each needed... |
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A community arts and wellbeing project that helps to support women and girls in reclaiming positive attitudes towards public spaces. |
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Italian and mexican smalti, glass dots. |
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