Artist’s Statement

My current work is a reflection of the impermanence, fluidity and fragility of culture and custom. It is a fleeting glimpse of our zeal for grotesque inflictions upon nature in the name of human impulse. I demonstrate this concept with sculpture created using middle 20th century manufacturing technology. My visual approach is neither high-tech nor low-tech. It is what I call Mid-Tech Aesthetics. That is, quite simply, sculpture created without the crutch of technology or the dogma of tradition. My techniques are the combination of non-digital machinery with skills gathered from various craft & trade. My art echoes sculptural specimens of exotic fables from a lost mythology. They are the lifeless artifacts and fading clues of a hidden history. This work seeks to indicate that the corrosive powers of humanity bring the inevitable disintegration of every culture. It states that the residue of our civilization will eventually dissolve when faced with the power of nature. This cycle proceeds for the merciful or cruel and regardless beauty or offense. As such, my work marches steadily towards a destiny of degradation and return to the Earth.