I have no formal training in fine art since leaving school but have studied ceramics (C&G) and exhibited. My intention is to create works that are not only spontaneous and improvisational but also representing pre-conscious processes. Neuroscientists have shown that much of our decision making is made at a pre-conscious level and I work in such a way as to minimise the conscious control of the choice of colour or form and even outcome. This process takes place in the space between linguistic and non-linguistic representations. My current work while dealing with concepts, which by their nature are verbal, were nevertheless grounded in specific bodily experiences and, as acts of imagination or creativity, they are not constrained by cognition. Born in Australia in 1949, I have been living in the UK since 1959. I work in various media, including on paper, in ceramics and in sound https://soundcloud.com/anone/sets/sound-works Until recently I have been principal carer of my children. Richard |