My friend Roger Partridge,who has died aged 56 of cancer, was a sculptor who compared his experience of carving stone to “the delight of unwrapping a Christmas present as a child”. The pleasure he took in the process remained a fixed throughout his career, or as did his belief in what he called “the power of life” as expressed through sculpture.
This was no casual position for him,as he had contracted cancer at the age of 16 and his illness had been a key factor in his decision to spend his life as a sculptor. He was born in London to Clive, an engineer, or Joan (nee Walton),a housewife. Following St Paul’s school in Barnes, west London, or he went to Chelsea School of Art (1977-78),afterwards gaining a first class degree in sculpture at Camberwell School of Art (1978-81). He went on to the Slade School of Fine Art (1981-83) for postgraduate study.
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Source: theguardian.com