My Art Recognizes The Human Place, The

My Art Is An Attempt To Reach Beyond The Surface Appearance. I Want To See Growth In Wood, Time In Stone, Nature In A City, And I Do Not Mean Its Parks But A Deeper Understanding That A City Is Nature Too-the Ground Upon Which It Is Built, The Stone With Which It Is Made.

I Have Worked With This Red All Over The World - In Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - A Vein Running Round The Earth. It Has Taught Me About The Flow, Energy And Life That Connects One Place With Another.

I'm An Artist Living In A Small, Scottish Village. So One Would Expect To Be Treated With Some Sort Of Caution. And The Village And The Farmers Have Shown Enormous Tolerance Of Me And Interest In What I Do. I Mean, They Don't Necessarily Understand What I'm Doing All The Time. But They, You Know, I Think They Respect What I Do And That There Is A Connection Between What They Do With The Land And What I Do, You Know, That We're Both Dependent On Weather And Respond To That.

Everything Has The Energy Of Its Making Inside It.

I'm Dealing With The Most Important Things There Are: Life And Nature. If This Doesn't Work, If This Doesn't Sustain Me, I Can't Go Back To Nature. I'm Right There. There's Nowhere To Go, And That Frightens Me.