36.5cm x 28.5cm x 2cm

Welsh slate, painted and gilded

Quote by Paul Klee ‘art does not reproduce what we see rather it makes us ‘see’. The idea was to represent the text and create a pleasing and stimulating visual pattern with the letters and allow the reader to enjoy the composition.and create a pleasing and stimulating visual pattern with the letters and allow the reader to enjoy the composition.

Artist Statement:

Letter Carver Caroline Webb originally placed a chisel and mallet into my hand. Over the past years she has become my inspiration and mentor. However, I have also trained through various short courses with Tom Perkins, Andrew Whittle and John Neilson.

Ever since studying art as a main subject at school, I have always been interested in letters and their forms. Though nearly going down the route of art, my original academic training was as a Neuropsychologist investigating how the brain recognises shapes. It was only later in life (after children!), that I returned to my love of letters.

Inspired by themes as diverse as poetry, history, philosophy, science and the landscape, my work makes a dramatic focal point, or a deeply intimate tribute or message, though sometimes with a whimsical or humorous twist.