I spent most of my life running away from art, shouting “I can’t” inside my head. Until that voice changed to “I must.” And here I am.
I am a sculptor, photographer, and assemblage artist working to elevate the broken and decayed bits of the human-made world that are often unnoticed, avoided, or discarded. I celebrate the colors, textures, patterns, and forms that nature adds to human-made objects over time. Whether I am working with the richness of found objects, or manipulating new materials to expose their possibilities, I celebrate the beauty of age by presenting these pieces as jewel-like treasures.
I often feel like a 5-year-old. When I find a rusted object by the side of the road, it becomes a treasure to me. I then want to share that treasure with everyone around me. My sculpture and photography allows me to express the beautiful, evocative, and unique qualities of these objects.
My compositional tools are repetition, juxtaposition, and laser focus. I tend to work in loops – returning to themes from a photograph as I assemble a sculpture or being inspired by a 3D creation to new ideas for 2D work. I enjoy charting the intertwining paths of this self-inspiration and still find myself surprised when my own history repeats itself in new and interesting ways.