Artist's Statement
Kinetic sculpture has been my passion for over thirty years. I set on this path with my first welding class, which gave me the basic metalworking skills. Now with years of experience and technical expertise, I am focused on the expression of my artistic voice and vision.
During my career I have been fortunate to be invited to create works for both public and private spaces. These commissioned pieces are particularly gratifying, because they grow out of conversations between sculptor and collector, and respond to a specific site. The resulting sculptures ultimately articulate aspects of the collector's personality through the sculptor's vision.
I choose to focus on eliciting a spirit of playfulness and delight. The ever-changing relationships of abstract space and form, color and motion are tools to evoke this response. The need to touch and participate with my work is a vehicle used to translate this feeling. Such is the special relationship people have with my work. Often a chance encounter lasting only a few moments implants a lifelong memory that holds power and joy.
Propelled by wind or by touch, these sculptures dance in space and time. They stimulate a closer look at the inhabited space, at relationships, balance and movement. The effect is to merge thoughts and feelings as we join into the dance.