Artist's
Statement
Sculpture for me, is more than materiality, space, form, mass, object. It is
method, reception, and perception. My goal is to circumvent the predictable
and undermine the obsession of what is thought to be traditional in sculpture.
By reducing the number and volume of physical materials in my pieces, I feel
I can subvert the conventional experience of the object.
Currently, my work incorporates minimal amounts of translucent fiberglass, acrylic,
cable and machined, aluminum elements with shadow, light, and space. I have
consciously reduced the number of actual tangible materials and emphasized the
more transitory components. This combination produces sculptural compositions
in which the ephemeral qualities of translucency and shadow appear as 3-dimensional,
solid and as concrete as the fabricated elements which form the framework of
the piece.
My work is not about illusion, nor is it a complex study in abstraction. Its
purpose is to provide the viewer with an intellectual and physical experience
through an unpredictable use of sculptural space and an encounter with the palpable
reality of shadow.
