I am particularly drawn to nature. My thoughts and artwork are inspired by this admiration and attraction to nature and natural forms. I create my pieces by constructing, deconstructing, and then constructing again paralleling the natural cycle of plants and other living elements of nature. I look at the complex forms that create trees, pods, and other natural elements for inspiration. I explore their different shapes and parts; their simplicity and complexity and learn from their construction. This learning enhances my sensitivity to form and process. This is the essence of my art.

My vessels are studies that document the ever-changing stages of the media that I have selected. I draw upon the strength of nature and its delicacies to create forms that are strong, bold, and that transform into a complex structure. Some of these forms reflect strength and solid volumes, while others contain a soft and fragile element that portrays the stages of growth followed by cracking, decaying, and then death. These aspects are represented by the use of natural materials such as grasses, seeds, moss, stone, clay, and various fibers combined with what appears to be a type of exterior skin made out of forged and textured mild steel, bronze, copper, and stainless steel forms. I hope to enhance the audience’s awareness of the preciousness and delicate balance of nature, and its enormous strength.