Artist's Statement

The process begins with a found object.
At the heart of every piece is the search for that tipping point just before a canvas becomes sculpture.

Each piece is forced to pause between its many layers;
sometimes hours, sometimes days, weeks, or months.

​Or years.
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The shapes are rarely planned, nor the colors.
It is a process of attention to lines and textures,
a meditation on the form as it emerges.

​Always present are thoughts what is left of lives and places,
things discarded,
evidence,
testimonies to what was,
​knowing that gravity will begin its work the moment the piece is done,
taking its long turn
in heavy silence. ​

Eucalyptus Bark. Found Object.