Sculpture

My concern for the natural environment influences my sculpture, where I explore various aspects of the problem "man versus nature" as well as fragility, vulnerability, and life versus decay.  I use plant forms, seed pods, leaves, and flowers as a source for imagery.  Many of the sculptures also incorporate textures of trash.  I consider littering to be the "canary in the coal mine," portraying attitudes toward pollution.  Often actual rusted rebar metal becomes a part of my sculptural plants’ structure.  The rebar also facilitates building clay forms that can rise higher into space in a way unusual for traditional heavy clay sculpture.  These “plants” have a suggestion of beauty with a posture that is defensive, controlled, or protected, which all could imply outside dangers.  I like to test the borders of response from the viewer and what they want to see:  desirable versus undesirable in a way that parallels our acceptance or denial of environmental issues.

Represented in Massachusetts by Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
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