About the Art

Glass Cathedrals are series of diorama wall sculptures housing miniature scenes. There is something about the relative scale of the tiny people inhabiting these worlds, that makes their pursuits by turns heroic, tragic, humorous, wistful – a celebration of the human condition.

The ideas behind the Glass Cathedrals are based on thoughts I’ve been having since I was a child: Do I have to tidy my room? I’m going to die one day. I don’t want to jump in the pool. Yay, glitter! etc. A lot of people have these moments of inspiration about what it is to be a funny little human traveling around a big planet. What to do with these thoughts? I started putting mine in boxes…

The Glass Cathedral title and concept is taken from an episode in the Peter Carey book Oscar and Lucinda - a life-size glass church, made by missionaries in the Australian outback, is seen floating down a river. A trapped dragonfly collides against the walls trying to escape, blind to the concept of glass. There is a parallel collision between the seriousness with which we take our lives, and the limitations of our understanding.

“They are beautiful, imaginative and surprising works that display tiny little people
grappling with small, medium and big issues…In a world where we daily crush
headlong into harsh vicissitudes how joyful it is to stop and look at ourselves
in miniature proportions. We are all human after all.” The Foodie Bugle