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Artist Statement
Through the years I have challenged myself to explore many ways of producing my art and to discover more about the psychology in the work itself. My art develops from concepts, improvisation, and events, that use subjects such as, memories, stories, and Native American culture that have all become more prominent in the work.
My art works are reflective of a rediscovery through evaluation of ones self. In order to redefine your existence, peel back ones childhood, identity, and personal experiences, the truth that lies just beneath the surface will emerge. Andy Goldsworthy said “Something just under the surface directly affects the outside surface.” In my quest for personal answers in my art this is exactly what I found. All of life’s experiences, remembered and repressed, have begun to resurface and it is all just under that delicate surface, the surface of truth and ownership.
"A Political Landscape" 2018 Cast Iron, Steel, Copper, Brass
"The Sharpest Broken Tool In The Shed" 2015 Wood, Cast Iron, Forge Steel, Found Objects
"The Sharpest Broken Tool In The Shed" 2015 Wood, Cast Iron, Forge Steel, Found Objects
"Norton Bend Bridge; Town Stories" 2016 Cast Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Wood, and Found Objects
"From the Ashes" (2018) Cast Iron, Wood, Glass, Brass Spoon, Matches, Ashes, 150 Year Old Fire Brick
"When Freedom is Bound" 2019 Cast Aluminum, Powder Coat
"Home of the Brave" 2007 Cast Iron, Wood
"Terra Firma Plot" 2007 Cast Iron, Red Dirt
"Swimming in the Tides" (2016) Powder Coated Cast Iron
"Sweet Feeder" 2004 Wood, Cast Iron, Cast Aluminum, Ceramics, Forge Steel, Salt
"Sweet Chariot" (2005) Ceramic, Cast Iron, Coal, Wood, Steel, Found Objects
“Stuck in a Rut” (2006) Cast Bronze, Cast Iron, Steel, Red Clay
“Rocking On a High Horse” (2006) Wood, Cast Iron, Found Objects, Paper
"Oven Bird House" 2005 Ceramics, Wood, Bronze, Rope, Steel
" My Stock Was Not Strong Enough" 2011, Cast Iron, Earth
" Here a Bomb, There a Bomb" 2005 Salt Fired Ceramics
“Family Tension” (2003) Wood, Cast Iron, Rope, Forge Steel
“Desolate Memories of Prosperity” (2007) Cast Iron, Steel, Found Object
"Corning" 2011 Cast Iron, Hickory, Copper, Marble, Glass Ware
"Corning" 2011 Cast Iron, Hickory, Copper, Marble, Glass Ware
"A Time of Pain" 2019 Bronze, White Oak
"Colbert's Ferry: Crossing Over" (2015) Wood, Cast Iron, Cast Bronze, Forge Steel, Rope, Leather, Feathers
"Colbert's Ferry: Crossing Over" (2015) Wood, Cast Iron, Cast Bronze, Forge Steel, Rope, Leather, Feathers
"Family Medicine" 2007 Cast Iron, Glass, Grandmother's Towel, Salt, Iodine, Marbles, Rabbit Tails, Molasses, and Found Objects
"Family Medicine" 2007 Cast Iron, Glass, Grandmother's Towel, Salt, Iodine, Marbles, Rabbit Tails, Molasses, and Found Objects
"Where the Spirit Meets the Bone" 2019 Stainless Steel, Damascus Steel, Bronze, Cast Iron, Brass
"I Can't Breathe" 2021 Cast Iron, Cast Bronze, Brass, Forge Steel, Rope,
"Strangled House Hanging in the Balance" 2021 Cast Iron
"Relocation" 2008- Cast Iron, Cast Bronze, Wood, Cable
"Relocation" 2008- Cast Iron, Cast Bronze, Wood, Cable
"Old Medicine" 2018 Cast Iron, Leather