Drawing on the principle of the Italian movement Arte Povera (Poor Art) and the ancient Japanese philosophy Wabi-Sabi, Alan takes discarded pieces of wood and assembles them into Abstract wall mounted sculptures, celebrating the beauty of the ordinary, imperfect, overlooked and rejected.

A graduate from The London College of Furniture, Alan had been designing furniture for restaurants, bars and other public spaces for over 35 years, until the pandemic hit in 2020, when a change in direction was forced upon him and he subsequently joined a small workshop that makes bespoke wooden sofa and chair frames for local upholsterers and furniture companies.

Always looking for new ways of expressing his creativity, Alan started collecting offcuts from the workshop bins and a distinct style soon formulated. Grain, defects, colour and texture are all unique features to each piece of wood, resulting in stunning one off works of art to be studied, touched and enjoyed. Alan is a member of Herts Visual Arts and his full portfolio of work is currently displayed at the Mardleybury Gallery in Datchworth.