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Thankyou for visiting my website.
Since 1990 I have
exhibited my sculptures and paintings of plankton extensively in London and
San Francisco, in videos, clubs, raves, galleries, The London Aquarium, derelict
warehouses and even off a crane over the River Thames all with the aim of
communicating and emphasising the importance of nature within our lives. Phytoplankton
are single-celled ocean-living plants which form the base of the food chain,
and serve as food for zooplankton, krill and larger aquatic animals and fish.
Like land-based plants, they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, through
photosynthesis. In this way they are directly linked with the health of the
Planet and instrumental in helping to counter the effects of global warming.
At this point in time, our existence is threatened by our continuing avoidance
of the laws of nature by which we are unquestionably and intrinsically
governed. Urban living has replaced our direct contact with nature with a
false sense of identity. If our actions say anything about us, we seem to
see the world and ourselves as separate entities able to exist independently
from each other.
My aim is to reconnect people with themselves and nature by creating a submersive computer generated 3D environment in which they can journey through a microscopic underwater world to encounter the fantastical home of plankton in all its fragile beauty.
The inherent geometry of microscopic and macroscopic life is contained in every one of us and somehow through recognising part of ourselves, maybe we can re-connect with that part of ourselves which is nature.
If you would like to see some of my work, 'Swimming with Phytoplankton' is a permanent exhibition of my stereoscopic 3D animation at Kew Gardens in London. 'Swimming with Phytoplankton' has also been shown at the Electronic Imaging Symposium in San Diego, USA in January 2005 and may be shown at the Bioneers conference in San Rafael, USA in Autumn of 2006. For more details watch this space!! Or see Kew's Website,The Electronic imaging Symposium website and Bioneer's website
Thankyou for your kind attention.