	Michael FLYNN Dates: b.1947 Born in Ireland, he spent some of his early childhood in Germany. He initially studied fine art and was a painter however he returned to study ceramics at Cardiff College of Art (1975-78) under Alan Barrett-Danes. His highly distinctive figurative ceramics draw inspiration from such diverse sources as Meissen figurines, expressionist art and the gestural ceramics of Peter Voulkos. Using a variety of ceramic techniques including raku, terracotta and porcelain he also occasionally works in bronze. His sculptures explore the dangerous nature of male/female relationships with suggestions of lust, violence, joy and ecstasy. He has a studio in Cardiff but also spends parts of the year in Europe, mainly Germany, where he works in artist residencies teaching and running workshops. He is author of Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists, A & C Black, 2002.

c1232 - Sculpture in stoneware and slate

Michael FLYNN

Dates: b.1947

Born in Ireland, he spent some of his early childhood in Germany. He initially studied fine art and was a painter however he returned to study ceramics at Cardiff College of Art (1975-78) under Alan Barrett-Danes. His highly distinctive figurative ceramics draw inspiration from such diverse sources as Meissen figurines, expressionist art and the gestural ceramics of Peter Voulkos. Using a variety of ceramic techniques including raku, terracotta and porcelain he also occasionally works in bronze. His sculptures explore the dangerous nature of male/female relationships with suggestions of lust, violence, joy and ecstasy. He has a studio in Cardiff but also spends parts of the year in Europe, mainly Germany, where he works in artist residencies teaching and running workshops. He is author of Ceramic Figures: A Directory of Artists, A & C Black, 2002.