For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed making things. For many years my 3D efforts were confined to useful things and practical inventions…so called “Creative” work was almost exclusively 2D.

Eventually I felt the urge to explore 3D creatively. I tried a variety of media, finally landing on welded steel. With the right tools, steel is a surprisingly flexible sculptural medium and the early results showed promise and suggested a direction in which to proceed.

As a preadolescent child my parents had taken me to our local history museum where there was a collection of American Indian masks and artifacts. Something about those masks and ceremonial objects fascinated me. Later, when I first saw African ceremonial objects I was equally fascinated.

These things had important meaning for the people who made and used them. They were carefully made and exuded a powerful visual presence for me, even though I didn’t understand their symbolism or uses.

That’s what I want my sculpture to do: to have a powerful visual presence, primal, intriguing, but just beyond understanding.