Artist Statement
I create; I destroy; I recreate.
My art represents the cycle of life. Life is filled with contradiction and irony, which often exist simultaneously. The part of duality I love is that opposites are inter-dependent. They remain in constant struggle, dancing, binding one to the other, yet always complimentary.
I often reuse the plywood I find in dumpsters, as well as recycle my own artwork within each piece. I choose discarded wood byproducts as my medium because it is available, it has physical presence, and it was once alive. I follow the patterns molded into the life of the species by water and other natural elements. Some of the patterns are man made. They act as a reminder of the times. The raw physical presence of the roughness and thickness of the wood, paired with the primitive color patterns, is my visceral response to a life filled with computer-based systems and virtual realities.
I embrace my imperfections because I am human. I have emotions that skew the perfect line or cut. I embrace Roman classicism versus Greek perfectionism. I gather leftovers of human consumption that are not always archival, but will most likely last centuries beyond us.
I work slowly, haphazardly as a creative person, not as an assembly line. I make attempts to create order through my art, but as in any live performance the tempo eventually slows as the tune continues. My rough, textured attempts at discipline contrast the digital, virtual world of perfection and streamlined utopia that is a dream more than a reality. I try to calculate using a binary system, but I still prefer my fingers and measure with my feet. I am a wild beast contained within a contemporary square.
Life is a process … so is art.
