Rehabilitation (1988)
Made for an alcohol rehabilitation project in East London, it depicts the despair, futility and pain of addiction without losing hope. (With Santiago Bell)
Mahogany

Biblical Totem (1988)
Themes from Genesis and Ezekiel are fused with the traditional images for the four Gospels – Angel, Lion, Ox, Eagle. (With Santiago Bell)
Mahogany

The Stand-in (1989)
Based upon the experience of seeing a young person on crutches at the Royal London Hospital, the struggle is with the question of how our lives fit into the ongoing salvation story and whether it is possible for us to become Christ to each other. (With Santiago Bell)
Mahogany

Memorial Board (1992)
Scholarship Memorial board in memory of my brother, British Columbia, Canada.
Mahogany

Jonah (1996)
Exploration of an ancient story which overlaps with contemporary issues of nationalism, exclusiveness and ideology. The city of Nineveh was in, what is today, Iraq. ‘Hidden’ in this Nineveh are the places where I served as a Minister - Port Talbot, East London, Bradford and Milton Keynes.
Lime, watercolour and acrylic

MIR - Peace (1997)
This hangs in the Church of St Euphemia in Rovinj, Croatia, and was commissioned following the Serbian/Croatian war, as a friendship gift. The work is based upon a photograph of the hands of a young magician who was dying of AIDS.
Lime and spalted beech

Sacred Pillar (1998)
Sacred pillars have been used as a focus for worship since the earliest times. Here the main focus is Jesus upon the cross with a seraph hovering above him, with its wings wrapped around the dying Jesus. The reverse has images of nativity and resurrection.
Lime, Irish bog oak, watercolour

Korean Icon (1999)
Based upon a painting of ink on rice paper by Korean Kim Yong Gil, this work seems to operate as an icon.
Oak with bog oak nails

Concealment/Disclosure (1999)
Based upon a glass sculpture with a holocaust theme, by Czech artist Jan Votava, I attempt to create the impression of the presence of a person without one being present - to hint at the nature of religious experience, bereavement, memory and loss. The face of the sun, the symbol of life, is partly hidden by the Madonna ’s vesture, the symbol of sorrow/grief.
Lime with gilding

Millennium Christ (2000)
Designed for 'Pentecost 2000', a Churches Millennium event, it explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s question ‘Who is Christ for us today’ and proposes that Christians can enhance their faith by having a deeper respect for, and understanding of, other world faith communities.
Oak, marine plywood, steel

Kingdom Tree (2000)
Front: The parable of the Mustard Seed, the smallest seed contains universal potential. Reverse: A vision of a Kingdom of Heaven Circle Dance with biblical and contemporary characters. The Dance, led by a blind person, incorporates characters from the Gospels and East London. Below, a camel tries to get through the needle's eye.
Lime, watercolour and gilding

Meditative Object (2000)
A three sided flame – creation, face, flame – made for a person with cancer.
Lime and acrylic

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1997)
This carving celebrates a friendship with a person I never met, yet who has been my companion for 40 years.
Lime

Sleeping Madonna (2001)
Preparatory study for Silent Witness - see opposite.
Lime with acrylic

Silent Witness (2003)
Images from Matthew’s Gospel: Mother and Child; Magi; Slaughter of the Holy Innocents; Flight into Egypt; Safety in Exile; Miracle - Jesus rescuing Peter; Teaching – ‘You are the light’; The Place of the Skull, Resurrection/ Ascension and sending out of disciples.
Ash, lime and acrylic

Gorilla (2003)
Australian Jarra

Morning Glory (2003)
Polychrome lime with oak frame

Action and Reflection (2004)
Meditation on the story of Mary and Martha.
Lime with watercolour and acrylic glaze

Christ Female and Male
(60th Anniversary gift)
My Mother raised five sons; to me she epitomises the medieval image of the Pelican-Christ - a gift from heaven. My father worked with heavy machinery and trained apprentices; he made wine - a man of the earth.
Sycamore