"One of the great things about making art is discovering something that sprang from seemingly nowhere. In retrospect it looks logical but in the moment it's an epiphany and suddenly it's exciting to explore it. My studio is across the street from Creative Woodworking and they have a box where they put scrap wood for anyone who wants it and it's irresistible to me and there were a bunch of oddly shaped things with multiple sides so I painted on them"
"Like most artists, we are compelled to make things. When I was a cub scout we were making dioramas and I made a swamp with frogs and turtles and it seemed real to me I could barely sleep because I was imagining it and to this day sculpture has that affect on me. I restrain myself and keep it a supplement to painting which I've spent a lifetime trying to get good at but sculpture always whispers to me."
The work integrates three-dimensional components with two-dimensional painted planes that resemble billboards, allowing different themes to coexist depending on which side is shown. Found scrap wood from a nearby woodworking shop becomes the substrate for multi-sided pieces, prompting the addition of sculptural elements, words, and novel compositions. Childhood diorama-making established a lasting attraction to sculpture, which continues to feel vivid and imaginative. Sculpture serves as a supplemental counterpoint to a lifelong focus on painting, restrained intentionally but pursued when sudden epiphanies open new creative directions and horizons.
Read at Hi-Fructose Magazine - The New Contemporary Art Magazine
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