"They combine 3D elements with 2D painted planes which are almost billboard-like presentations intermixed in the work in a novel way. How do you approach such a thing? One of the great things about making art is discovering something that sprang from seemingly nowhere. In retrospect it looks logical but in the moment it's an epiphany and suddenly it's exciting to explore it."
"My studio is across the street from Creative Woodworking and they have a box where they put scrap wood for anyone who wants it and it's irresistible to me and there were a bunch of oddly shaped things with multiple sides so I painted on them realizing that different themes could coexist depending on which side and that led to adding sculptural elements and words and basically opened a new horizon for me."
Mixed-media sculptures combine three-dimensional elements with two-dimensional painted planes that read like billboard-like presentations, creating novel intermixing within each piece. The breakthrough originated from found scrap wood with multiple sides, which invited painting on different faces so divergent themes could coexist depending on orientation. Sculptural additions, words, and layered elements expanded the work into a new horizon of form and narrative. Early experience making dioramas created a lasting attraction to sculpture that continues to inspire, though sculpture is consciously restrained to supplement a lifelong focus on painting. The process values epiphanic discoveries that feel sudden yet later appear logically coherent.
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