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My work is personal in that it reflects my life experiences as perceived through the filter of a specific religious background and set of spiritual beliefs. However, my intent in creating sculpture is more inclusive-to encourage a dialogue with the viewer concerning his or her own sense of spirituality, something, though often communicated differently, emerges as a significant cross-cultural commonality.
This most recent body of work evolved through the exploration of material, process, and relationships of contrast that exist between translucent and opaque forms. I am drawn to steel as a medium for the rich earth tones created on its surface through oxidation, a process with strong metaphoric parallels to the natural process of physical entropy by which we as humans are also bound. Glass intrigues me because of the way it appears to receive, contains, and gives off light-a substance often associated with spiritual themes. In an effort to encourage the viewer to focus his or her visual investigation on the metaphorical relationships that connect these contrasting materials, I have restricted my use of form to the relatively simple, and geometric. It is my hope that the work might provide the viewer both a catalyst for the contemplation of the significance of spiritual experience, which he or she has amassed along his or her own life journey, as well as a time and space where questions concerning these spiritual accumulations, and how they relate to those of fellow humans, tough possibly not definitively answered, might at least be asked. |
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