The sculpture I create is the result of a long process, the residue created by my striving for knowledge into my own condition. My art is more than a completed object and an inquiry of form and materials, but also the manifestation of the knowledge acquired by the process, which is necessary to create the work.

The formal pieces of sculpture refer to function, but possess their own authority as objects and instigate a sense of contemplation and intrigue in the viewer. I draw on the history of industrialization, machine technology, tools and architecture in order to utilize the sense of wonder associated with functional objects of antiquity. Through explorations of such physical realities as tension, torsion, compression and motion, an infinite variety of dynamic relationships are created in the context of an industrial aesthetic; the work, in conjunction with the viewer’s response, commands its own sense of history. I do not define the history, but rather I invite the viewer to experience the work from his or her own unique perspectives allowing for individual responsive interpretation.

My intent is to activate a realm where the reactionary response to the work is as significant as the object itself and which somehow communicates to one’s own experiences The use of familiar shapes and forms provides an access point for broader audiences. Because I have a particular intrigue and connection to blue-collar laborers, I draw reference from the man-made world of architecture, highway construction and industrialization of mass production. This intrigue also influences my choice of forms, materials and processes.