SCULPTURE BY DEREK GREGORY
DEREK TOOK UP SCULPTING AS A HOBBY IN 1964 WHILE LIVING IN AMERICA. LARGELY SELF-TAUGHT, HE SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED EVENING CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND AT WINCHESTER, FARNHAM AND RICHMOND ART COLLEGES. HE ENJOYS EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND DOES HIS OWN RESIN AND CONCRETE CASTING, AND CERAMIC FIRING. SCULPTURE REMAINS A STIMULATING HOBBY IN RETIREMENT.
HE SPECIALISES IN PORTRAITS, FIGURE WORK AND GARDEN ORNAMENTS, BUT HAS NOT PRODUCED MUCH WORK RECENTLY.
I had to completely stop sculpting in 2019 when a stroke left me with weak legs and poor balance, so that I could no longer lift things or stand.
DEREK TOOK UP SCULPTING AS A HOBBY IN 1964 WHILE LIVING IN AMERICA. LARGELY SELF-TAUGHT, HE SUBSEQUENTLY JOINED EVENING CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, AND AT WINCHESTER, FARNHAM AND RICHMOND ART COLLEGES. HE ENJOYS EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND DOES HIS OWN RESIN AND CONCRETE CASTING, AND CERAMIC FIRING. SCULPTURE REMAINS A STIMULATING HOBBY IN RETIREMENT.
HE SPECIALISES IN PORTRAITS, FIGURE WORK AND GARDEN ORNAMENTS, BUT HAS NOT PRODUCED MUCH WORK RECENTLY.
I had to completely stop sculpting in 2019 when a stroke left me with weak legs and poor balance, so that I could no longer lift things or stand.