Artist's Statement

To approach my work is to momentarily enter a world imbued with something sinuous with life; as if for a suspended time I can reach in and pull some of that essence onto the podium or canvas. If I stay present enough the clay, stone or canvas becomes saturated with the stuff of that river and is transformed into an emotion in physical form.

When figures show themselves to me, speak to me of emotions that I might not consciously have been aware of prior to their taking shape ; this is divine communication. This process I consider the first phase of the work.

The second, is the work's necessity to be in the world; to be seen, to inspire its own language that is not mine, but a dialogue that is specifically spoken between viewer and the work. It is the viewer's interpretation and relationship with the art that keeps the essence of the work alive.

There is a moment in the act of creating where I feel with absolute clarity that the veil is lifted and I am in the presence of more than myself. It is this moment that I covet, that I continue to come back to, afraid it won't be there, afraid I've used up all my dumb luck, afraid I'll be busted for trespassing onto sacred ground. But I come back and if I am present enough, hungry enough, humble enough, she lets me in and I feast.