Artist know there is a deep spiritual connection in art, in the making, viewing and sharing that does not occur anywhere else. That connection is what draws me to making sculpture. Museums, galleries, welding shops, foundries, lumberyards all feel like home to me. I have love of materials and have worked with metals, stone, wood and concrete. Every material and process has its own personality, abilities, limitations, voice, spirit and offerings.
They say good art asks more questions than it answers. I believe the artist needs to be in the dance with the viewer. The idea, vision, concept, spirit of an artwork cannot be so hidden from view, so narrow that they are unattainable by the viewer.
My work ranges from casting commissions in aluminum, bronze gold and silver to fabricated constructivist steel pieces. I am drawn to the tensions in life, whether they emanate from personal relationships, politics, religion or structural dynamics. My welded steel forms, either singular or system area a balanced blend of tension / compression / stability. Stone and concrete forms stand true, anchored on their natural center of gravity. My work is abstract and minimalistic. My recent wooden sculpture "Mother-in-law" is in static tension and somewhat stable. It tells a story with the restraint common to poems and short stories. Clarity in communication born of economy. I expect viewers to ask questions, struggle, investigate, participate and work at seeing. My goal is to coax the viewer outside of themselves and their instinctive patterned response and preconceived, repetitive conceptions long enough to reveal insights into my work and their lives.
They say good art asks more questions than it answers. I believe the artist needs to be in the dance with the viewer. The idea, vision, concept, spirit of an artwork cannot be so hidden from view, so narrow that they are unattainable by the viewer.
My work ranges from casting commissions in aluminum, bronze gold and silver to fabricated constructivist steel pieces. I am drawn to the tensions in life, whether they emanate from personal relationships, politics, religion or structural dynamics. My welded steel forms, either singular or system area a balanced blend of tension / compression / stability. Stone and concrete forms stand true, anchored on their natural center of gravity. My work is abstract and minimalistic. My recent wooden sculpture "Mother-in-law" is in static tension and somewhat stable. It tells a story with the restraint common to poems and short stories. Clarity in communication born of economy. I expect viewers to ask questions, struggle, investigate, participate and work at seeing. My goal is to coax the viewer outside of themselves and their instinctive patterned response and preconceived, repetitive conceptions long enough to reveal insights into my work and their lives.