The Jetty Gallery
Laurence Broderick ARBS FRSA
Laurence Broderick was born in Bristol, 1935, and attended Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight. He studied painting, illustration and sculpture under Ray Millard and Geoffrey Deeley at the Regent Street Polytechnic from 1952 - 1957 and Sidney Harpley and Keith Godwin at the Hammersmith School of Art from 1964 -1965.
He began his artistic career as an historical and educational illustrator and painter. He taught Art at the Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree from 1959 and was Director of Art from 1965 - 1981. He continued working as a freelance artist and sculptor throughout this period and became a full-time sculptor in 1981.
Childhood influence from pebbles and bones with their subtle shapes and curves is at once apparent in the artist's work. His skill lends the work vitality, tactility and movement, emphasized by simplified forms, subtle curves, flowing lines and smooth surfaces, often contrasted by small areas of rough texture.
Laurence draws inspiration from the female figure and wildlife, in particular the otter and endangered species. He is joint president of the International Otter Survival Fund, a global charity for the conservation of the otter, based on the Isle of Skye.
He divides his time between studios on the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish Highlands and Cambridge, England. He is an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.
As well as exhibitions in Scotland, England, Jersey, France, Monaco, Germany, USA and Canada, Broderick has exhibited his work in group shows with the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Contemporary Portrait Society, Society of Wildlife Artists and the Royal West of England Academy.