My approach to making art is inventive and the start of this process is motivated by my innate bearings. I am often drawn in by inherent qualities of the materials and gathered objects, and by simple impulses to combine things.
Bronze work began as collected and assembled wood elements. These forms seem to be objects of metaphorical utility suggesting acts of marking, messaging and warning. In some ways these objects seem to take the form of an invented poetic device-a thing to measure with and at the same time is also the thing being measured.
I make graphite drawings and also unique monoprints on a large Ettan press. The press brings unpredictable depth into the flat space of paper by merging composite layers under 6,000 pounds of pressure. Each additional printed layer brings a welcome departure from my own initial intention. I am encouraged by the idea that the press always has something to say last in the process.
