My sculptures integrate
organic forms and industrial associations to evoke questions of what is
natural to an environment. They energize their surroundings with the
tension of an alien object unexpectedly discovered in a familiar
landscape, creating a sense of mystery and a keen awareness of time and
place.
With their vibrant colors and
flawless, glossy surfaces, the sculptures stand apart from the trees,
grasses and rocks around them. Yet their organic, gourd-like shapes
suggest the burgeoning, water-filled forms of vegetables, fruits, and
fungi. Sometimes they are grouped together in multiples,
mimicking the natural regularity of seedlings, pods or mushrooms.
Like an upright egg the sculptures defy gravity and hover vertically above the ground, acting as solemn sentinels. Yet their bulbous forms and bright colors invite play and touch. In certain lighting conditions, they appear as flat shapes or silhouettes rather than three-dimensional volumes. Because there is no information to glean from the smooth surface and continuous curve, the viewer’s eye slips around to the sculpture’s edge and traces the form.
This absence of punctuation
in form and surface serves to present a thing without origin, history,
or purpose and renders the sculptures remote, timeless, and
inscrutable, disquieting our sense of place in the world.