| Artist's Statement |
My artistic aesthetic is from West Texas flat land punctuated with cacti, steel-rig trees and pump jacks. My sculpture continues this vision of iron and steel. I strive to balance content, technical expertise and beauty. I explore the interaction of mass, structure, space, surface shadow and volume through quality of line in 360 degrees. My expression is through the interaction of planes, with content stated in material and form.
My inspiration is the basic building blocks of plant and animal life, spirals and arches. My belief is that we respond to these shapes on a primal basis in addition to responding to the beauty of the shapes. My objective is to make forms that speak to our primal response to beauty and pleasure.
My art began at a young age, with painting lessons provided by my painter-father. His father was a blacksmith in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. These divergent backgrounds came together in my steel work. My undergraduate degree is from the University of Texas at Austin. My work is in many private, international and corporate collections, including public art pieces for El Centro College in Dallas and Fire Station 6 in Frisco, Texas, Bailey’s Prime restaurants in Dallas, Embassey Suites in Murfreesboro, TN and Norman, OK, Andrew Lanes Winery in Napa Valley, CA and Blue Cross Blue Shield Dallas.
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