About Me

Studied Art from the age of 9 with portrait painter Sylvia Molloy in Johannesburg South Africa using pastels and oil paint and drawing with charcoal.

From the age of 13 studied sculpture with the well-known South African Sculptor the late Herman Wald. Known for the leaping impala fountain in Johannesburg and the monument to the fallen during WW11 at the Jewish cemetery in Johannesburg amongst others.

With Herman Wald I had Instruction in clay modelling and wooden sculpture and assisted him on some of his projects. These were private lessons and formed the basis of my knowledge.

I also went on to do work in marble which I taught myself obtaining Carrara marble from tomb stone makers in Johannesburg.

In 1970 I travelled to Italy and lived in Florence for 2 years where I had a studio and travelled to Carrara to bring blocks of marble to work on. I went right up the mountain (the so called Amphitheatre) where Michelangelo extracted his marble from for the famous David amongst other works.

In my studio I made a copy of the head of the Madonna from Michelangelo’s Pieta for a tomb stone which is now in a cemetery in Prato near Florence amongst other small items.

Unfortunately it was difficult in those days for foreigners to get a work or residence permit and I had to come back to South Africa in 1972.

On my return I continued sculpting in wood and most of my pieces were done from 1972 till 1977 when I married and went to live in Greece.

There unfortunately circumstances did not allow me to sculpt very often.

I returned to South Africa in 2003 and apart from working as a tour Guide for Italian tourists I continued to sculpt till now using mainly wood but also some marble as it is not easy to obtain sculptures quality marble anymore.

I source my wood from various farms mainly out of Johannesburg where beautiful South African wood can be found such as: Red Ivory, Wild Olive, Yellow wood, imbuia and black wood. I have also used wood from my oak tree in the garden.

I am now working on a piece of red ivory and hope to go on for as long as I can.