An artist considered the pioneer of stone balancing art is creating unique works for peoples' driveways and entrances.

Stone balancer Adrian Gray, who is based near Axminster, has been asked to create some incredible commissions.

He is providing householders with inspiration on how to use a sculpture to create more of an impression at the first glimpse of your home.

These two images are just a small selection of the fine art Adrian has created for peoples' homes.

He has spent the last 23 years of his life exploring the fine art of balance in any and all types of rock.

His work has evolved to include new ideas and themes, but the predominant feature remains the beauty and seemingly impossible nature of balance – a fleeting state, which to see captured so physically is both moving and hope-inducing.

Adrian said: "Sculpture is very personal and our taste can be innate or acquired over time, and through experience.

"Our choice of site for a sculpture can also be peculiarly individual or curated. What is important is the pleasure you get every time you see it."

He added: "A lot of entrances can be uninviting, or even gloomy at night. A cleverly illuminated sculpture can add warmth and distraction, and in conjunction with an intelligently-lit property, will undoubtedly send a message of elegance, style, sophistication and class.

"It does all these things, but for me, done properly it is just really cool."

Using carefully selected weathered stones he creates balanced sculptures that range in size from desktop balances to monumental six metre installations which have been sited in public and private spaces across the world.

Adrian has a growing celebrity amongst the artworld, media and with leading horticultural institutions, including the RHS.

Previous exibitions include Equipoise at the Art Trove gallery, the Chaumont Garden festival and one man shows in Singapore and Roccoco Garden.

Adrian counts Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as a client and Kevin McCloud described him as ‘the stone whisperer’ after showcasing a crane-balanced piece on Channel 4’s Grand Designs.

Critics have likened Adrian’s work, and the dramatic effect it has on his audience, to the power and presence of the ancient menhirs and stone circles that stud the landscape in which Adrian lives and works.

For more information on Adrian's work, see his website www.stonebalancing.com/