ARTIST STATEMENT

 

Art has absolutely no limits to what you can create, anything can become reality. With this capability it is incumbent on me to make art.

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My art career started with the love of drawing on loose pieces of paper on the kitchen table of my childhood. This was a quest for a truthful representation of the figure or nature. This led me to become a sculptor in stone, where i made hand made headstones and stone sculpture in particular. Here I was looking for the three-dimensional likeness. Then I studied animation and ceramics for fluidity of movement. In this cross disciplinary way, I found that one discipline influences another, so I am never limited with my ideas.

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 My background in drawing and as a traditional craftsman has had the greatest effect on my work. I am constantly refining form and shape through a process reiteration and reinterpretation. I like to stretch materials inherent plasticity or tension with alternative techniques and cutting-edge processes. Structure and physical presence are paramount. My work can be figurative and abstract. I am very comfortable in both realms. The materials of choice for me are stone, steel, ceramics, or mixed media, but any material can be used to portray my message.