Musical & Melodic

There is a certain uplifting and joyful quality to works related to music. I take many broken guitars and deconstruct them in order to reassemble them into compositions that give them a new life. Adding various found objects that enhance their quality. There is a melodic motif in the rhythmic repetition of hardware and the graceful curves of the guitars silhouette enhanced by the curves of railroad tracks. 

Community/Connection

I still love teaching, and now I get to teach about my own creative process, my narrative found object assemblage sculpture techniques and tips, challenges, risks, and the art of this art form. I love hands-on workshops where the participants get to experience the process themselves and I get to facilitate their exploration. I love teaching teachers who can then take the information back to their classrooms and develop lessons to engage their students in the assemblage process.....ripples in the pond.

Bird Reliquaries from Late 21st Century, Jones Falls Settlement

My work grows organically from time spent wandering in the urban streams and forest buffers of Baltimore. These hidden waterways were designed to channel storm water from all our impervious surfaces like roads, shopping malls, and housing developments. The water transports all the trash and pollution it collects along the way, to the Jones Falls, then the Chesapeake Bay, and out to the Atlantic Ocean. While hiking, I feel a mixture of awe at the lush life that manages to grow in such an abused environment and horror at the way we have treated the earth.

Aquatica Gallery Two

AQUATICA TWO is the continuation of my series of found object wall assemblages based on oceanic life.
Included is my lastest outdoor freestanding sculpture, "On The Edge", dealing with the plight of horseshoe crabs used for scientific purposes.
The environmental impact in the oceans from global warming and human trash motivates me to create fish imagery. 

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