The slowing down and compression of time as embodied in sculpture is one of my elusive goals. For me this can be best accomplished in the medium of wood, which carries in it's structure the memory and record of it's creation. Discovering the direction of each piece is an unpredictable adventure guided by a collaboration between myself, and the material. Nothing is more pleasurable for me than helping the wood come back to life as sculpture.

Until recently, I limited myself to the reduction of form through carving. But for new ideas I needed more flexibility, and began fabricating my pieces from sections of wood joined together, in a kind of linear 3D collage. This new technique encouraged me to add a geometric element to my language of forms. Now combining the two methods, I can fabricate my carvings, and carve my fabrications.

My pieces have an inherent life of their own, and rooted in the imagination each one radiates it's own mysterious vitality from their world to ours. In this sense they are able to transmit messages for the viewer to experience and hopefully enjoy. In different ways they attempt to express the fragile, precarious beauty, and joyful exuberance of being alive.