Artist's Statement


There is so much beauty to see in every given moment. I wish desperately that I could sculpt it all, like a camera capturing consecutive moments in time, separated only by seconds.

For each sculpture, I listen to memory - a vision that does not fade, as it must come into being in all of its fullness. I always work with a model for this vision - a model that can represent a multiplicity of humanity, glowing with spirit, and shaping light and shadows over form. I work ardently at a torrid pace, to make sure that nothing evades my grasp of what I see. As the sculpture develops, I can slow down and focus on details such as physical features of the subject. This is when I hope to focus on transferring the intensity of the subject, sculpting a body that listens as a live face does. The addition of details such as clothing or accompanying objects within a sculpture are based on hours of research into culture, history and photographs in order to achieve authenticity and realism.

Upon signing my works at their completion in clay, I find it difficult to resist the thrill of creation...I have a strong sense that nothing is finalized; it continues to develop and grow, as do our children. I can only hope that this is because life itself is emanating from the sculpture. Because of the passion that inspires my sculpting, I hope to transmit this enormity of emotions to those who contemplate my work.

Public Commissions and Installations

January 2008
October 2007
September 2007

February 2007

November 2006
December 2006
September 2006
April 2005
February 2005

June 2003
January 2003
October 2002
September 2001
September 2000
October 1999
July 1997

Claxton Elementary School, Greensboro, NC
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Cattle Barons Ball for the American Cancer Society, South Fork Ranch, Plano, TX
Lena Pope Home, Fort Worth, TX, Fay Jones Historical Chapel Memorial Plaza
Hackberry Creek Park, Highland Park (Dallas), TX
Seabridge Marketplace, Oxnard, CA
Steam Pump Village, Tucson, AZ
Providence Memorial Hospital, El Paso, TX
Santa Ana Courthouse, Orange County, CA Memorial
A New Direction - Orange County Bar Foundation
Las Palmas Marketplace, El Paso, TX
The Highlands of Flower Mound, Flower Mound, TX
Candlelighters Foundation, El Paso, TX
Plaza El Paseo Shopping Center, Laguna Beach, CA
Chapel Hill Lifestyle Center, Fort Worth, TX
Huebner Oaks Lifestyle Center, San Antonio, TX
FEMAP Foundation Hospital, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Education


1992
1990-1992
1992-1993
2000-2005
BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
University of Madrid, Spain, Undergraduate Student Exchange
University of Madrid, Spain, Post-graduate
Artist Workshops in Loveland, CO and Richard MacDonald Studio, Carmel, CA.

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