Artist statement

My artwork is the final product of my career as a student at Indiana State University. The work is a reflection of how I have grown and changed over the coarse of my studies.

The general concept that has repeated it self in my art is the struggle and interaction between humans and there environment. The environment refers to more than just the natural world, but also the interpersonal relationships with each other or society.

My sculpture is an attempt to understand and come to terms with two questions, “How dose it work?” and “Why?” As a child I wanted to dismantle every thing to look at the internal parts. My curiosity evolved from the mechanics of simple toys and household gadgets to the larger machine of who we are, and how I fit in. I combine natural or organic forms as well as the human figure with materials that are commonly found in industry or the building of modern infrastructures. This combination of forms and dissimilar materials is symbolic of the relationships between people and the word around them. In my sculptures the mechanical connections and ways in which parts fit reflect my observations of the world around me. They attempt to synthesize the natural word I have experienced as a child and the man made word I have experienced as an adult. At this point in my work, the sculptures exist as individuals. They are not in a series, or specifically linked to any other. They are independent expressions that collectively interact to form relationships of their own. Each attempt helps clarify the “How” and “ Why” of this great machine and how I come to fit into the mechanism.