Russian trained Realist Sculptor , working with historical military and conflict related themes. Also interested in the female Ballerina subject .
Has graduated from Winchester school of Art , then completed several years training at the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg . He won the ' Visitors Choice' award at the Mall Galleries Threadneedle prize in 2012 with his fifteen figure assembly depicting the aftermath of the battle of Stalingrad. Works are found in Cyril Gerbers gallery of Glasgow and Belgravia Gallery in London .
I am making a sculpture which I feel is most suited to commemorating our great writer in the act of writing one of her novels. The dress is from a period copy, and the furniture I’m basing on that used at her home in Chawton, Hampshire. It is anticipated to be finalised soon and cast into bronze during this years commemorations.
wax maquette with wood carved tableMs Austen writing
Officer and soldier smoking cigarette, early stages of building on armature
I am presently adding more figures to encapsulate the magnitude of tragedy experienced by the defeated German VI Army in Southern Russia. So far nearly fifteen men have been reconstructed, using help from friends to model actual winter uniform and equipment in my studio space here in Winchester. Each figure is around 30cm in height.
The finalised Fifteen figures are to be exhibited in Londons Mall Galleries from Sept 25th – Oct 13th, as part of the Threadneedle prize competition . There is a chance for the public visiting to vote for their favourite entry .
Update; I won the Visitors Choice with my group, which collected 13% of the total vote in the exhibition of 153 works.
2015 – I am presently moulding the whole set of fifteen figures and look for a sponsor to get these cast into Bronze and a possible exhibition .