Recent Exhibitions

June 2006 Outside the Lines 6- Juried exhibition, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Dallas

June 2006 2 painters & a sculptor- Local Color Gallery, Southside on Lamar, Dallas

June 2006 Texas Sculpture Association- Annual Show, Dallas
Best of Show Award

April 2006 Urban Arts Festival at South Side on Lamar
Installation work

March 2006 Out of the Loop Festival, Watertower Theatre, Addison

March 2006 Coloring Outside the Lines, Two artist show- Debris Gallery, Dallas

Feb. 2006 Never a Reference Point Performance, UTD & Southside on Lamar
Sculptural installation work

As a metal sculptor, I find pain, suffering, and a sense of danger in my process. The act of shaping metal into meaning reflects every aspect of my approach to life. There is a necessary labor and dedicated effort required, a sense of compassion and intensity in listening that creates an intense focus. From chaos and clutter and seemingly non-descript forms a strange delicacy emerges. A deeper meaning is constructed with a material that is easily disregarded.

The unfinished, rough edges that cut, hot metal which sears through gloves, shirts, and skin, and excessive weights which demand a degree of struggle all describe a process that is a familiar struggle for me.

The desire to find humanity and a sense of sentience in the cold, unrelenting steel requires listening to the metal and allowing figures to take shape. In each piece a recognizable story emerges and the materials disappear as the details of history become insignificant. I’ve found my passion is telling these stories using a blunt brush and an uncommon pallet in an effort to better understand myself and be understood.

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