"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Growing up with scientist parents trained me to be an impartial observer of my surroundings. As an artist I try to live a simple life that allows me to draw inspiration from ordinary moments of everyday life, whether it's weeds growing along the freeway or marks left by clay on paper. When I sold my car fifteen years ago and started walking to work, the roadside natural world came to life like never before, and has provided a lasting influence and inspiration for my work. I also found inspiration while mixing clay at my day job; I noticed clay's ability to make a mark and then dry and be removed and exist as a separate thing. What interests me about these things is the relationship between the reality I observe and the preconceived notions we have about these materials. My work explores these relationships by pairing discovery with obsessive activity. The resulting pieces are as much a record of an event as they are works of formalist sculpture.
- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Growing up with scientist parents trained me to be an impartial observer of my surroundings. As an artist I try to live a simple life that allows me to draw inspiration from ordinary moments of everyday life, whether it's weeds growing along the freeway or marks left by clay on paper. When I sold my car fifteen years ago and started walking to work, the roadside natural world came to life like never before, and has provided a lasting influence and inspiration for my work. I also found inspiration while mixing clay at my day job; I noticed clay's ability to make a mark and then dry and be removed and exist as a separate thing. What interests me about these things is the relationship between the reality I observe and the preconceived notions we have about these materials. My work explores these relationships by pairing discovery with obsessive activity. The resulting pieces are as much a record of an event as they are works of formalist sculpture.
