"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."
"Like most artists, we are compelled to make things. When I was a cub scout we were making dioramas and I made a swamp with frogs and turtles and it seemed real to me I could barely sleep because I was imagining it and to this day sculpture has that affect on me. I restrain myself and keep it a supplement to painting which I've spent a lifetime trying to get good at but sculpture always whispers to me."
Mixed-media sculptures combine three-dimensional elements with two-dimensional painted planes that resemble billboards. Found scrap wood from a woodworking shop provided oddly shaped, multi-sided supports that invited painting on multiple faces. Different themes can coexist on the same object depending on which side is shown. The work progressed from painting those forms to adding sculptural elements, words, and intermingled planes. Sculpture functions as a supplement to a lifelong pursuit of painting, yet maintains a compelling, dreamlike pull rooted in childhood diorama-making experiences and spontaneous creative epiphanies.
Read at Hi-Fructose Magazine - The New Contemporary Art Magazine
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