My work plays with organic forms that come together, and in the space where they meet, they create a hard-edged linear element. I feel that something interesting occurs where the organic and the hard-edged areas meet.

I try to create works that are a complete statement unto themselves; the shape feels whole and tells its own story independent of its environment. It is the simplicity of these forms that appeals to me.

Many times they begin as more complex statements, and I have to “take away” until there is an essence that is actually stronger than its more complicated beginnings. The bronze itself also adds to the statement in that the sculpture has a softness to its shape that is
complemented by the strength and endurance of bronze.

I originally create the pieces in water-based clay which gives me the ease of working in a malleable substance. I enjoy that once it is cast in bronze it still has the original sense of malleability, but as though it has been captured in time.