SITE LINKSI am now working in 2 and 3 dimensions. These are both my explorations of form and texture, as well as color and light. I have been working with sculpture for the last 14 years. I prefer the medium of stone, but have done works in other media. I work in an overall composite style, draw from the figure. In turn, I let the figure influence the abstraction. This approach has several purposes: to realize my personal transformations and to keep the work accessible. It allows me the freedom to fully express myself, yet keeps me rooted in the past.
Through working in stone I have discovered how it is a metaphor for my life. I can mold it to my ideal, but it is an organic entity in and of itself. I can push it only so far, if I go too far there are radical consequences. This aspect of stone as a material I find exciting: it is more of a living relationship that I have to work within, as a result, the sculpture is a product of the relationship. I also find that in the process of working I become intertwined with the material in that as it gives to me in small pieces, I inevitably do the same in skin and blood. The dynamism that comes from having to work with the unknown as a result of the stone cleaving in an unexpected way keeps things exciting. The slow nature of the process of carving is symbolic of how I have an idea of the piece in my mind, but it takes a life of its own. One of my works that started out conceptually as a piece about listening to my inner self broke. As a result, I re-thought the idea and it became the spring board for an entirely new series of works about a very pivotal accident I had rock climbing. My latest series is about transformations from brokenness. I began focusing on how 'mistakes or accidents' can when examined in view can have a beauty and grace all their own. Through my own experiences with limitations, though temporary I used the experience to transform me to a better place and this work become a vehicle for that.
Photography has broadened my creative perspective and has allowed me to begin to see light differently. I started to look at my work formally, although I really had little training. Photography became a natural way of capturing the things I enjoy in the outdoors and taking it with me while not actually disturbing the environment. Coming from the perspective of a long time sculptor, I am accustomed to seeing only shape and form. Photography has changed this. I am starting to see color and light as opposed to shape and form, this brings an entirely new approach to how I see the world.
As I become more proficient with medium of photography, I will begin to incorporate that directly into my sculpture. I am very excited for that transition.
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