A love of portraiture through drawing and painting has also found expression in clay as can be seen in these examples done over the past 45 years. The most recent pieces, Shakespeare and Gorilla, represent my love of both primate species. Mother and Child was one of the first clay sculptures I ever attempted, showing attention to an object in three dimensions. Joy seems, at first, to bring another emotion to the viewer. Imagine the figure with a tennis racket by his side after a championship win at Wimbledon and the title suddenly makes sense. Are we not often brought to our knees with the overwhelming emotion that joy creates?

Shakespeare	Mother and Child
Gorilla	Joy