My graduate experience has allowed me to break down conventional walls and truly look within myself as an artist in today’s world. I now know my voice and my vision and what I want from my work. I consider myself a figurative sculptor; however, rather than expressing the human figure through precise anatomical structure I now represent the human form through abstracted structures derived from both the figure and the human condition. I choose wood as my primary material as it is familiar and warm and quite simply feels right in my hands. Wood can be rendered and shaped in countless ways or left natural to express the already inherent beauty and characteristics it naturally possesses. I tend to think of my work as drawings crafted in wood and by doing so, I strive to attain a frenetic quality in the sculpture that has some level of control over the material while also expressing some level of chaos. The lines and connections are controlled and condensed in some areas while loose and chaotic in others. Using wood that has been cut into a variety of lengths and thicknesses, I work additively to create forms that are representative of the human condition
