What Makes Me Tick

Being a self taught sculptor and having decades of unique life experiences, together has given me the freedom to create with no rules. I don't see "normals". I see figuratively abstract people and things around me. 

I feel art should elicit emotion. Good or bad, if a piece of art I create causes the viewer to pause and mentally engage, then I have succeed in making a connection with them.

I strongly feel community HAS to be a part of public art. I weave people into whatever phase of fabrication I can. As an artist, to share the creative process with others, has always been at my core from the beginning and empowers me to create even more.

As you'll see, I'm all over the board with designs and creations.                  I swear when my mind takes off on a project it's hard to reel it in AND what comes out as the finished piece makes me shake my head at times thinking- wow, that was in there. But that's the rewarding (sometimes surprising) beauty of my art.

I intentionally leave most pieces untitled so viewers and purchasers can find their own meaning and assign it to the work. A title can steer perception; withholding one invites the viewer to make a connection and own their interpretation.