As I continue to make art, allowing works to evolve and styles to progress, I am able to rediscover the force within me that drives me to create. I make art because of the love that I have for the process behind each piece. In the studio, I find solace. Wrapped in the smell of cold steel, pulling on a pair of worn gloves I look across materials and projects in varying stages of completion and let my mind churn.

These works are the direct result of this process that I love. As my artwork has grown I
have filtered through ideas and themes to bring forth these pieces that are the purest form of creation. Within each piece are the themes of balance, structure and monumentality. The structures exhibit the element of balance in unique ways, each creating a visual experience for the viewer that enables confusion as to the work’s stability. The relationship between stability and balance becomes the most important part of my process with each piece. Each work is physically demanding throughout the construction as I work to find structural and visual balance. As individual structures, each of my works dances between the realm of industrial and organic forms. Steel inherently has an industrial and mechanical presence, yet it is also a deeply natural material as it begins as an Earthen ore. It is important to me that both qualities of industrial
and natural influences be present in my works. The forms appear organic as they rise from
the ground, while also paying homage to manmade structures. Throughout construction the
works flirt between industrial and natural existence as they shift from careful planning to an energetic flurry of bringing various elements together.

The material is what unifies each of the themes I mention, even my love for the process
of creation is based in a joy of working with steel and working with my hands. Through material my works are not only connected to each other but also to myself. As each work stands, it stands
as an extension of myself.