My Story

Birkenhead, England, 1960.

I was born into a world of absurdity, specifically a world where everyone is either living in a box house, driving a box car, or working in an office box.

As with all artists, I started collecting early, gathering a BA in Fine Art at Nottingham, then later acquiring an MA in Film Animation at the Royal College of Art, London.

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In 2004 I emigrated to Australia with my family where we reside in our own box house in Brisbane. 

Here I create (yes, you guessed it) box art, driven by a lifelong interest in antiques, collectables, found objects, and used items.

I juxtapose these to create an imagined world of miniatures, sometimes in harmony, other times in conflict.

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Some of these absurd combinations include:

A rendezvous in outer space for opposing astronauts
A zoo for sinking islands
A football ground for lost lovers

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My practice is also informed by my former career as an animator and filmmaker. The three dimensional box construction acts as a film set or theatre, allowing the mind to shift between diverse themes and associations. These include our changing planet, space travel, and the nature of creation.