Background
He was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary.
He was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary.
He then went to London and worked for a year as assistant to Bryan Kneale. His study of early 20th century Constructivism and of the work of David Smith led him to produce welded steel sculptures in which colour provided a final incidental and decorative element that disguised scrap-metal forms that would otherwise have been too readily recognisable.