"There are new mixed media sculptures in your Blue Acid show. 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"
"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 merge three-dimensional components with two-dimensional painted planes, producing billboard-like surfaces integrated into assembled forms. The works originated from found scrap wood with oddly shaped, multi-sided pieces that allowed different themes to coexist depending on the viewing side. The process led to adding sculptural elements, painted words, and new compositional strategies that opened a creative horizon. Sculpture traces back to childhood diorama-making, producing immersive imagination-driven scenes. Sculpture functions as a compelling supplement to painting, with the artist deliberately balancing a lifetime pursuit of painting alongside sculpture's persistent attraction and exploratory possibilities.
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