"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."
"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, creating novel intermixtures within each work. Discovery of form often arrives as an unexpected epiphany that invites exploration. A nearby woodworking scrap box supplied oddly shaped, multi-sided wood pieces that prompted painting on different faces so multiple themes could coexist. Sculptural elements, added words, and supplemental three-dimensional components expanded artistic horizons. Early diorama-making as a child produced immersive sensory experiences that continue to animate sculpture. Sculpture functions as a compelling supplement to a lifelong focus on painting, whispering creative possibilities.
Read at Hi-Fructose Magazine - The New Contemporary Art Magazine
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