Process

Stripping away external surfaces, both physical and spiritual, has become one of my main motivations throughout the various areas of my life. Because it is integrated into the way I see the world, it has become, by natural extension, the way I go about making art.  This often takes the form of cutting into and examining layers of material. I also sometimes cast objects in ways that still allow me to explore the inside/outside dichotomy, and to engage in reversals thereof.  Both formally and conceptually, then, I approach the materiality of art making as a chance to cut or dig or otherwise peer underneath and inside the guts of the matter. Most of my works proceed along similar exploratory paths.  My personal journey to understand the core of my being and seek the most honest parts is clearly reflected in my process.

Inherent in much of my art is a related archeological aspect, in which I seek out traditional and nontraditional materials, both those that reflect the artist’s craft and those that emerge from everyday life, and amalgamate these into blocks of matter, only to excavate and mine that matter for material revelation.  I become the miner of the operation and the resulting discoveries are what I call my art. Even though I’ve created all the conditions for discovery, I’m almost always delighted with the end product, which is a testament to not only the history of the objects, but to my own continuing journey.