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many young artists rushed off to London, and lost immediate connection with land and sky. It is this vision that
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in China, Argentina, Mexico and
Australia. His drawings and sculptures are in various collections, including those of the Canary Wharf Group, Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Institute, and the Yale Centre for British Art.
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