Drawing is easy. Don't let anyone ever tell you it isn't. You work hard, and hone your craft, and ignore the haters until you are in the zone
-Leonardo da Vinci (Probably)
Artist Statement
I have always been an incredibly reserved and introverted person, a fact that continues to express itself through my body of work. Each individual piece is arguably a story unto itself, almost serving as a mirror into the state of my mind during its creation. It is for this reason that I have always been drawn to more figurative and representational forms. Whether purely sculptural or of a more utilitarian design each piece is an individual, sporting faces, limbs, and other details contributing to its own personality.
I’ve been particularly drawn to clay and ceramic work (as well as primarily sculptural mediums in general). There is something distinctly mythological about the idea of taking a earthen material like clay – both dead and inert, and yet at the same time intimately associated with nature and life – and metaphorically breathing life into it by sculpting it into these vaguely anthropomorphic forms. Even a generic form such as a cup then becomes the cup, able to be seen as an individual.
To me this gives the piece a life of its own: distinct and unique among all others I have made.
I have always been an incredibly reserved and introverted person, a fact that continues to express itself through my body of work. Each individual piece is arguably a story unto itself, almost serving as a mirror into the state of my mind during its creation. It is for this reason that I have always been drawn to more figurative and representational forms. Whether purely sculptural or of a more utilitarian design each piece is an individual, sporting faces, limbs, and other details contributing to its own personality.
I’ve been particularly drawn to clay and ceramic work (as well as primarily sculptural mediums in general). There is something distinctly mythological about the idea of taking a earthen material like clay – both dead and inert, and yet at the same time intimately associated with nature and life – and metaphorically breathing life into it by sculpting it into these vaguely anthropomorphic forms. Even a generic form such as a cup then becomes the cup, able to be seen as an individual.
To me this gives the piece a life of its own: distinct and unique among all others I have made.