Artist’s Statement

I create sculptures that blur the line between being portraits and landscapes. I consider myself a figure sculptor with an unclear idea of where the body ends. My sculptures address the point of connection between portrait and landscape, between object and subject/context. They draw relationships between physical sensation, emotion and place, and between our bodily anatomy and spiritual/psychological landscape.

This blurring reads as anthropomorphic or mythopoetic, but it is not about fantasy. This archetypal language is not only used in myth but also in dreams and visions, in our subconscious. Metaphor is the language that we use when describing to a friend something neither person has been exposed to or understands, how we discuss what is beyond our comprehension. It is the language of anticipated enlightenment.