I have always
had a love for making things, particularly the process of making. It is alive; the interaction with the material is an ongoing conversation. If I listen well, history and memory resonate and relationships emerge. The passage of time leaves tracks in many ways.
I am drawn
to indigenous cultures whose art, daily life, and customs are clearly connected to the natural world and their spiritual life. Through my work, I examine my belief system and look to define spirituality from personal experiences. Each piece is a story, a journal of moments, reflecting our culture and the human experience.Current News:
• Feb 2012 Interview by Nicole Patterson in Fine Living Lancaster
• View new work in the Installations Gallery from Art French Residency
• Smithsonian American Art Museum acquisition of:
"My Mom's Dress Form"
Handling and exploring
the material is important to me. The material and its nature is source, not just the means. Often I work in traditional ways with untraditional materials, integrating natural materials with found, synthetic, and man-made objects. All of which reveal links to the human drama, and the piece then extends that dialogue out into the world. By changing the context in which an ordinary object is experienced, seeing the ordinary in a non-ordinary way, there can be a shift in perception.