Watford Art School   Foundation course 1976-77

Goldsmiths Art College  1977-1980   BA Hons Upper Second

Housing Officer and Homelessness worker

Campaigner and Inventor 

Many artists want to work and live as artists, for me this has not been enough, I have wanted to do everything

I work in all forms of creativity including filmmaking and try to use creativity to think of ways to make the world a better and kinder place, 

I try to produce art that builds people up and does not offend. If in doubt I will not put work on show, it is difficult to separate the artist from the world around them, indeed the two are inescapably linked, how can it be any other way? but many things in life are not black or white, not clear cut, our own personal views can change over the years and so can our art, and people can strongly believe in completely differing views, we can only do what we feel is right. I guess the older I get, the more I know, the less I realise I know.

Discussion point

Ai will create great difficulties for creative people, but perhaps some answers as well? Perhaps AI and 3D printing will allow any artist to keep all their art without physically having to store it? A great problem for artists, particularly sculptors is storing the art. The only issue might be is a perfect replica the same as the original art work, even if perfect in every way?  But if can feel the perfect replica is as good as the original it opens all sorts of possibilities? with the link between sculpture and architecture, looking for ways to use this new technology on a really big scale perhaps an old building such as the House of Commons could even be demolished and replaced with a perfect replica at a fraction of the cost of what is taking place now made from the most environmentally friendly materials and highest building standards?  What might get in the way of this? when is copy of something not as good as the original ie as an example how much of say HMS Victory in Portsmouth actually the original ship?, but this is fine, no one is concerned about that? I read years ago that Nelson Rockefeller sold copies of his art work. today such copies would be perfect and indistinguishable from the original.  So a perfect copy of the greatest art works should be enough, but is it? Is being a one off, work of art, with flaws, made of dodgy materials, better for some reason than something that might be the opposite in every way, perfect to the last detail to the original?  

so many questions?!!  If we think about our own art, perhaps the ability to produce perfect replicas might allow artists to produce many identical images, and transport them to a buyer anywhere in the world in a milli second, that is if we or the buyer feel a perfect copy is a good an one original that may be produced in materials that deteriorate?

an interesting area for discussion?

I don’t know the answer to this

perhaps such things are an allegory for life