sculpture

A selection of images from past shows and works in progress.

Obscure Domain

2005

In Obscure Domain I explore the identity of a place and how it comes to embody meaning in our minds. Using the reference of ancient sites, I explore how a structure or place, its original purpose, and events that have occurred there, begin to fuse together over time, building this identity. New meaning is projected onto these places until they themselves become symbols, often far removed from their original intent. The ancient Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, the starting point for the piece, Athenaeum, was a farsighted and revolutionary attempt to collect all worldly knowledge for archive and study. The Library and all the knowledge contained within, was, at some point in antiquity, burned down. But the idea of the Library remains, and it has come to be both a symbol of our lofty aspirations, and of our capacity for intolerance and destruction. There is a side to this that is more relevant in our daily lives, for we project meaning onto places and objects, like a great-grandmother's lock of hair or a handful of earth from one's homeland. We use symbols to structure the world around us and embed it with meaning, even when we are unaware of doing so.

Complete Obscure Domain show list:

1 - Absence and Evidence

2 - The Straightest Path

3 - Five Tales of Ruin

4 - Origins and Designs

5 - Necropolis

6 - Slumber

7 - Athenaeum

8 - Quarry

(5 of 8 shown here)

The Book of the Moth

2005

Complete Book of the Moth show list:

1 - Callosamia promethea (promethia)

2 - Colias philodice (clouded sulfur)

3 - Catocala piatrix (the penitent)

4 - Abrostola trigemina (dark spectacle)

5 - Opisthograptis luteolata (brimstone moth)

(4 of 5 shown here)

Asphodelos

2003

In my last body of work (Catastrophes of Gravity), themes of ethics, purpose, perspective, self-reflection, and responsibility were addressed within the context of a finite life span, with death as an oppressive or liberating end. My new work (Asphodelos) picks up where that left off, and includes the additional themes of time, history, ritual, and consequences, using death as a vantage
point. To do this, I’ve created an allegory within the general structure of ancient Greek death mythology. This is suited to my purpose because the ancient Greeks did not believe in the Judeo-Christian dichotomy of Heaven and Hell, the saved and the damned. They believed in places of reward and punishment, and a grey area for those who earned neither. In this body of work, each piece is a progression into death, and into this grey area specifically. It is through this framework that I am exploring self-awareness, choices, actions, and consequences.

Complete Asphodel’s show list:

1 - Burial

2 - Dusk

3 - Passage

4 - The Obol

5 - Lethe

6 - Mnemosyne

7 - Asphodelos

8 - Remains

9 - Forgotten

10 - Relief

(5 of 10 shown here)

Catastrophes of Gravity

2002

In Catastrophes of Gravity I address themes of ethics, purpose, perspective, self-reflection, and responsibility, all within the context of a finite life span, and with death as either an oppressive or liberating end.

Complete Catastrophes of Gravity show list:

1 - Severance

2 - Ascent

3 - Ruin

4 - Critical Reflection 1

5 - Critical Reflection 2

6 - The Cell

7 - The Keep

8 - Futility 1

9 - Futility 2

10 - Erosion 1

11 - Erosion 2