I started making things when I was three years old.  

These early objects were made of oil-based clay. I took great pleasure in placing them about the house. My parents scraped them off of the floor, found them in the rug and melted on the radiator.

Later I found that I could draw. Things would look somewhat three dimensional. Once this skill was observed it was thought I might become an artist. This proved to stick and I find myself at age 73 still performing the playful tasks that I did when I was a child. This was confirmed by my father 4 decades ago at my graduate thesis show when he walked into the gallery and commented that “he was doing this stuff when he was a kid”.

Bronze casting, both in the traditional lost wax and the industrial techniques of manufacturing has been at the core of my work for over 40 + years .  I ran my own foundry for 25 years creating my work. I am a strong lobbyist for process and materials. I like to be in contact with the work all the way through the process, made by the hands of the creator.

Another material I use in my work is terrazzo, a material traditionally used in architecture to do floors. I continue to explore new ways to use this material. I believe that all materials have a natural occurring esthetic which can be mitigated or promoted in a work.

The conceptual aspect of my work is based on the idea of “Future Primitive ritual artifacts or monuments”; a story of a history that has not yet been fully realized. Thus, the process of bronze casting being over 5,000 years old works to promote the result.  The Corporatotic series, is loosely based on ideas put forth on the immerging concept of the “corporatocracy”, the next evolution from the nation state.

With all of this being said my biggest inspiration is my wife Sharman, a talented painter in her own right, as we share our passion for art, our home overlooking the water at Diamond Point, or dog and all of the wonderful aspects of life that bond us together.