Artist Statement

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My work is focussed on the act of catching something, a way of learning to see: what is this object present here; what is this beauty I experience through it? It is the discovery that this wonderful world has beauty in it, and that it is right there, in front of our eyes. It is in all the small relationships we come across in daily life; it is the sensation you get when the light hits at 16:10 and then at 16:15. It is the sharp one and the blurry one. It’s the visual and the visceral experience. They all matter; it’s all of them. They are all objects. They are all feelings.  It is a deeply humane response to seeing something, an unconscious universal memory that can’t manifest itself in words.

In my work, I use the acts of building and stacking. These very primitive and instinctive actions allow me to draw from a world of notions that deal with materiality: balance, scale, composition, and fragility. But eventually, they can only transcend the practicalities of daily life when the way they are positioned or arranged somehow opens a door; to ancient connotations or our experiences and memories. A poeticness established by how things meet.

I work with drawings and prints to explore these subjects. Once matured, these drawings find their way into sculptures. I use natural materials like stone, plaster, and bronze, working with them in an ‘honest’ way. By this, I mean that the shape of the works flows from the language of the material, its form is not manipulated, and the techniques used to make the work are the most basic and intuitive.