I began carving stone after a chance encounter with masons dressing wall-stones, and » I began carving stone after a chance encounter with masons dressing wall-stones, and was taken by the sound and rhythm of hammer on chisel, and the neat-handed skills of the quarry men at work. On the strength of this meeting I purchased my first stone working tools and my love affair with stone began. A love of wildlife and the natural world is at the core of my work, enthusing and driving a desire to capture a creature essence in simple shape and form.