Each of my sculptures grows from a repetitive task, sometimes performed thousands of times, which slowly becomes a complex of impulses. The intensity of focus that each element takes to create leaves a residue of energy that is then owned by the metal. Heat and pressure applied with purpose leads to growth that reflects an intelligent universe. This is a ceremony that has been performed for millennia by craftsmen in every culture as servitude to the precious minerals born within the Earth. In order to access this sacred role I try to avoid creating sculpture that is symbolic. Each creation should be entirely self-contained and independent. In that sense it is what James Joyce referred to as ‘proper art,’ meaning that it does not exist as a critique of ideas (didactic) nor as cheapened access to something desirable (pornographic), but as a composed experience that holds the mind. This allows for the birth of a ‘proper being’ which expresses the possibility for infinite expansion in all directions, has organization on every scale, and assumes responsibility for its own existence.

Only a small portion of my creative time is spent on what I consider to be art, however. The Architecture and Ornament section of this site shows some of the commissions that I have done for various people. While I enjoy this type of work greatly. it comes from a different place in my heart. I hope that one day I will have earned the time and rescources to spend much more of my energy on my more self endulgent desire to create art.