His methods come from natural building. The models are the formations of earth, rock and debris that collect along creeks, streams and rivers, where material piles up, settles and becomes shelter.
“I get inspiration from natural formations of earth, rock, and debris typically found along creeks, streams, and rivers.”
Most of the materials are recycled or reclaimed: cement, wood, ground red brick, carpet, mirror, tar paper, bandage, shoe polish and marble dust. Each one is chosen for its color, texture and surface. Many pieces are charred, rusted or washed before they are finished.
Across sculpture, painting and print, the work joins opposites: organic media formed into geometric shapes, ancestral ideas in contemporary form, steel that reads as a living figure, and the individual becoming part of the collective.
The resulting shapes work as vessels, shells, solids or permeable surfaces, and each takes on a function.
