Artist Statement
Years ago,
while turning wire into sculptures, I
discovered how versatile metal materials could be. I liked
the challenge and toughness of working with metal, with its
blast of sparks, and balance of success with danger. And
then what was welding? With two pieces of unrelated metal,
cold and uninteresting by themselves, just watch what
happens when you put them together with heat. They begin to
glow, get hot, turn red, gold, then suddenly touch,
surrender, and flow into each other, becoming one, melded
(welded), into one new piece. Sound familiar? That process
of attraction emulates others in nature. Metal can be
stubborn, yet transformable; a not-for-sissies material --
but flexible under the right conditions. It has unlimited
potential for creating and there is always a new way to
treat it, though it has been around and worked for eons.
When heated, it bends, turns colors, and changes surface
texture. It can be enhanced with patinas, scratches,
pounding, chemicals, or just water, or just left in its
original, smooth state. It retains beauty when cared for,
and with neglect it takes on even more interesting natural
effects. Metals may require brute strength or power tools to
form their shapes; then sometimes they just show you the
ways they want to move, much like a horse does. They help
the artist to go with the flow, which is their nature.
By recycling metals or other materials and redefining
their purpose, they get new lives as sculptures. Now, I may
fantasize what that furious storm would look like in steel
-- in fiber, clay, or vines? What if a form kept growing or
flowing into an uncontrollable mass of exaggerated movement?
This is such a contrast to my first career as a business
consultant. While observations and insights are still key in
my work, what I do with them now is more liberating and
evocative. My Entropy series reacts to our society, our
environment; or to cultural values put on trial. In life and
in art, ideas translated into my art forms call attention to
disputed concepts, promote awareness, or plant seeds for
change.
Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI -- B.A. Psychology
Fielding
Institute, Santa Barbara, CA -- graduate studies
Psychology/Business
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA -- Art, Design, Sculpture,
Fiber sculpture programs
San
Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA – Metal Sculpture
Gallery Representation
Kinion
Fine Art, Hozho Center, Sedona, Arizona
Affiliations
Marin Arts Council
Fiber Dimensions
EDGE art Group
Public Art
Obelisk commemorating San Anselmo history, participant, San
Anselmo, CA 2005
Selected
Exhibits
Herbst
International Exhibition Hall at the Presidio of San
Francisco: fiber/Dimensions,
Intersections
4 2008
DISH Cafe,
Presidio, San Francisco, fiber/Dimensions Cafe Show
2008
Presidio Social
Club, San Francisco, fiber/Dimensions Cafe Show
2008
DiRosa Preserve,
Napa, CA, Slideslam 2008
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, EDGE

Smith Ranch Gallery, San Rafael, CA, fiber/Dimensions 2008
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, EDGE
Art Group at ACCI Gallery

Marin Arts Festival, Marin
Civic Center, San Rafael, CA June 2007
ACCI Gallery, Recovery, Berkeley, CA 2007
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, Presidio,
San Francisco: fiber/Dimensions Intersections III 2006
Pence Gallery, fiber/Dimensions at Pence, Davis, CA
Spring 2006
Artisans Gallery, Absolutely Abstract Exhibit, San
Rafael, CA 2006
Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture & Crafts, Juried,
Ross, CA 1998 - 2006
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Buzz, Mill Valley, CA
2005
California Ceramic Artists Annual Exhibits, Davis, CA 2004,
2005
Art of
Politics Juried Exhibit, Democracy For America,
Sausalito, CA 2005
College of Marin Gallery, Fine Arts Exhibits, Kentfield, CA
2002, 2005
Marin County Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Terra
Linda, CA, Awards, 2004, 2005, 2006
San
Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, San
Francisco, CA Summer 2006
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