Family commemoration commissions

    My personal tribute to Sydney Hurst, my great uncle, is a small casket, which distills all the information I managed to amass from the fragments of his short life. Photos of his own relatives and his male descendants, Peter, Richard, William, Dan and Boris who only knew him from two surviving photos.  A map shows… Continue reading Family commemoration commissions

Acid Drop Copse “The Somme”

  “A group of diverse artists who go by the name, “Acid Drop Copse” come together in an exhibition to commemorate the Battle of the Somme at Honeywood in Carshalton, Surrey from 22nd June until 31st July 2016.  The show will then transfer to the ArtMoorHouse Gallery in the City of London in November for Remembrance… Continue reading Acid Drop Copse “The Somme”

Finished works for Acid Drop Copse The Somme”

    A wax montage of soldiers, photography and pewter is made after Caspar David Friedrich’s  “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.”   Sydney Hurst stands  high above  a mound of dead toy soldiers and looks into our eyes in wonderment, forcing us to question the significance of the individual and the events that took… Continue reading Finished works for Acid Drop Copse The Somme”