Since that time I have been wholly committed to my art. I gave up the idea of fame and fortune long ago and it has allowed me to relax and create the best work I am capable of without these annoying temporal distractions. I'm in it for the long haul and I'm now just beginning to reap some of the benefits of these difficult early decisions. It is my belief that by concentrating all of my energies o
n producing a work that is for me a truth first, that is, a work that is from my heart and soul unmitigated by what is popular or in vogue at a certain time, this will more likely than anything win me a notoriety I can live and grow with. I have lived a very full, enriched, and exciting life with a variety of pleasurable and painful traumas both emotional and physical. These events have shaped me, they have made me who I am, but no matter how extreme, good or bad. As for myself, I am an idealist, however my idealism is tempered by intellect and pragmatism. I always strive for perfection even though most often it is unattainable. The forms I deal with are derived from life, the sea and our natural environment. For a work to be successful, it must satisfy a suggestible aesthetic, that is, its inherent beauty must be a tease, a taste, a morsel that provokes one to interact, investigate, and otherwise engage in a personal dialogue with the piece. My sculptures are for me "exercises in restraint", offering just enough to embrace the notion of refinement; clean lines with an uncluttered view, simplicity of statement, celebration of beauty and quality craftsmanship. I reflect the world around me in my art and comment on the subjective experience in a three dimensional format. These works are the salient features of my perceptions. My sculptural work, though embellished and used high-tech materials and construction techniques, retains the concept of modernity and evolution, which later emerged through sculptural works depicting human beings in a contemporary vision that accompanies concepts of abstraction. Which confirms this is the use of visual language of form and form of the use of geometric blocks for the purpose of masculinity and uniformity and color of hot and cold to shock the viewer and the line to determine the outer framework of work
My work is an exploration of the future legacy of our current lifestyle and its effects on our world. It is my way of making peace with the post-industrial legacy that I have inherited and trying to reveal the widespread environmental costs that continue to be part of our lifestyle.
