Chris Buck

Born in 1956, the son of a toolmaker, Chris Buck studied at Redruth School of Art. Returning to his industrial roots, he worked in several foundries, which gave him a thorough knowledge of casting techniques and general metal and woodwork.

He has been inspired by the St. Ives abstract artists, predominantly Dame Barbara Hepworth and Dennis Mitchell and has since joined the Penwith Society of Arts himself.

Since 1982 he has lived in Cornwall with his family. He works from his studio in a converted byre, overlooking fields and hedgerows, and this brings a feeling of harmony with the natural world to his art.

Though producing sculpture in both wood and stone, it is in bronze that he finds the greatest satisfaction, combining natural forms and industrial precision to achieve individual pieces.

Mixed Exhibitions:
Penwith Gallery, St. Ives: annually since 1998
Royal West of England Academy; annually since 2000
The Stour Gallery, Warwickshire
McHardy Sculpture Co., London
Wills Lane Gallery, Cornwall
Lemon St. Gallery, Cornwall
Mid Cornwall Gallery, Cornwall
Broadway Modern, Worcestershire
Belgrave Gallery, Cornwall

Awards: Morris Singer Founders Prize
R.W.A. Autumn Exhibition 2001 
Elected a member of the Penwith Society of Artists in 2003