Sculpture
Park / Sculpture Trail Designer & Consultant
Introduction
As
a professional sculptor and educator, it has become very obvious to me
that thanks to my passion for combining 'nature and art',
my continuous involvement in creating public art (as symposium artist
or
artist-in-residence) and interest in art education, I have
been accumulating design, planning and
consultancy experience relating to the many issues involved in the
establishment of sculpture parks and sculpture trails, as well as in
the establishment of artist residency programmes.
As
a sculptor, I have contributed outdoor works located in public
spaces or parks in:
- Meru, Oise,
France
- Changchun, Jilin
Province,
China
-
An Giang, Chau
Doc, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
-
Hue, Vietnam
-
Tegucigalpa,
Honduras (United Nations El Picacho Park)
-
Kunming, Yunnan
Province, China
-
Chateau de Bois
Guilbert, Normandy, France
-
Drogheda, Ireland
-
Roehampton,
England
-
Broomhill
Sculpture Gardens, North Devon, England
-
Klamath Falls,
Oregon, USA
-
Wise, Virginia,
USA
-
Washington D.C.,
USA
- Seeley lake, Montana, USA
As
a consultant I have worked on projects in the USA (Anchorage -
Alaska, as well as Seeley Lake - Montana), in China (World
Sculpture Park in Changchun and Daguan Park in Kunming), and more
recently have written a project involving a network of
sculpture park/art centres in England, Qatar and India. I have also
helped to establish an artist residency programme at Garnet Ghost Town
in the USA.
Currently I am creating a niche for myself as a sculpture park /
sculpture trail consultant for historic houses in the United Kingdom
and around the world.
Philosophy
It
is not my intention to "push" my own sculpture, as much as it is to
create site-specific programmes (whether this be in the form of a new
sculpture park, new sculpture trail, new sculpture garden, new
artist-in-residence opportunity) that offers artists, including
myself, more options for creating/displaying work, interacting with the
public, engaging with the community in a sustainable manner.
Each
client is different. The parameters / needs / stakeholders are entirely
different from site to site: English Castle or Priory, Manor House or
Hall (privately owned or National Trust owned), large hacienda, coastal
land, mountain land, ancient monastery grounds. Each programme, each
project of necessity entails a totally different approach. From
evaluation of a site, to planning/design ideas, to the choice of a
suitable methodology, to selection of suitable artists/sculptors to
invite to create works, to devising ancillary services (educational,
community-oriented) which can be implemented in conjunction with a
sculpture trail,
sculpture park or sculpture garden, - my working approach is take it
one step at a time until my client is happy with the result - which
itself will be an on-going rather than a final one as such things must
always evolve to remain dynamic.
Cumulating
with on-going commissions for private, corporate and public
bodies, this is a new and exciting phase to be sure!
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