Artist's Statement

My art is a constant study of form, material, statement and object.

Small studies tend to be portraits of form in action and attitude representing the drama of a message. It is important that these stand alone as objects for viewing, but they are usually small sentences in a paragraph touching a subject of my contemplation. The works are tied to historical perspectives and often stem from the intense changes wrought by our modern world on the human condition.

I have been immensely blessed with time at the feet of Rodin, Brancusi, the Deco artists, Henry Moore and a number of master design sculptors from the automobile industry in which I once worked.

There is so much stuff in our culture, that we take objects and their design for granted. Many of my works reconstruct these objects for broader insight into their design, and ourselves.

Several veins of craft run simultaneously for me. Sometimes I'm using studied surface development, sometimes seeking whimsical combinations of charged object or material, but always seeking form with a story. The viewer should see something worth meditation in these works. I believe intensely in analysis of form as the construct for offering the viewer an experience at several levels, should he pause and ponder.