Jon Buck
Born in 1951, Jon Buck studied at Nottingham and Manchester Art Schools. He was a Sculpture Fellow at Cheltenham College of Art and the first Artist in Residence for Thamesdown Borough Council in 1983. He is a Member of the Royal West of England Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Buck has completed many public commissions including ‘Embracing the Sea’ for Deal, Kent, ‘Returning to Embrace’ for Canary Wharf in London, ‘In the Swim’ for West Quay Centre, Southampton and 'Ship to Shore' for Portishead Quays. His work is regularly exhibited throughout the UK and abroad and is held in many public and private collections.
His latest work has become more iconic in form, centred on the 'making' of sculpture and its process of casting from clay and plaster into metal. In recent years drawing has played an increasing role in Buck's work and currently the two activities have become thoroughly intermeshed.
He draws inspiration from a wide range of historical, contemporary scientific and anthropological sources with a focus on the nature of Evolution. His new works explore primary patterns derived from the natural world; they embellish the surfaces of his sculpture implying that this diversity requires conserving.
More sculpture, drawings and prints by Jon Buck are available - please contact the gallery.
