PAINTINGS
My still life work is inspired by my love of Dutch Golden Age period.
The paintings focus on everyday objects ; Flowers, shells, food and some of the riches and diversions of a flourishing period.
Inspired by the work of Edward Collier ( 1642- 1708) my Trompe L'oeil 'Letter racks' feature papers, trade cards, tickets and newpaper clippings, detailing events, news, discoveries and objects in Georgian London.
My other work focusses on my love of The Northern Renaissance period. Highlighting the exquisite detail of some of the world's most famous 16th Century portraits, where I have honed in on small sections of large paintings
known to many of us and highlighted their richness.
My work is exclusively available from
Fisher - London in Bloomsbury.
GLOBES
I have created a range of unique and exquisite globes featuring historic maps of cities such as
London, Paris, Venice and New York.
The maps I use range from the Agas map of 1560, through the 1600's with Merian's beautiful panoramas of London, Paris and Venice, into the 1700's with Rocques map of London and Taylor- Robert map of New York 1797.
I can also create a bespoke globe featuring an area of the world that means something to you.
Each globe is hand made to order. My normal lead time is around 4 weeks plus shipping.
If you need it quicker please do email me in case I can help.
Prospects and maps
Using traditional globe making techniques from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, I take historical city prospects, maps and celestial gores and transforms them into beautiful objects of contemplation. Specifically designed to be hand held, by placing these globes into the hands of the viewer you are invited to travel back into the past and consider your relationship to time and place.
Maps, prospects and globes have been used over the centuries to enable people to explain and navigate their way through the world. They record a unique expression of people’s relationship with the ground beneath their feet, their built environment and their place in the universe, providing the modern viewer with a unique visual bridge to a point in history which connects us to the past.
My collection begins with the Ralph Agas map depicting 16th Century Elizabethan London. I follow the history of London in prospects from 1616 to 1674. John Rocques beautiful map of London 1746 is far to big to fit on a globe, so we've carefully created independent sections of Soho and the City. We have taken the bloomsbury section from Horwoods map of 1799.
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Celestial globes
The wonder of celestial globes never ceases to delight. Celestial globes are a representation of stars and constellations. Traditionally they served as scientific instruments, ornamental showpieces, and physical illustrations of the astronomy beliefs of the day. Celestial globes were as a way of depicting the sun, moon, planets, and stars in relation to the Earth. There was a desire to learn about astronomical history and events and to understand how Earth related to the universe. I have worked on two celestial views, Coronelli's celestial globe of 1693 and Cassini's 1792.
Please note all globes take around 3 weeks from the order date. If you need it quicker do contact me as I may be able to perform some magic!