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I am a self-taught artist. For the past 20 years I have worked with found objects and painted on a variety of surfaces to create paintings, assemblages, figures, masks and sculptures . The creative process for me is one that is completely intuitive and spontaneous. There’s no deliberation or pre-planning when I start a new painting or a found object piece.

To create found object sculptures,figures, assemblages and masks. I start with random objects I have found or been given. Somehow these pieces fit together to create something altogether new. Sometimes the object(s) itself will tell me what direction to go. It is then my task to find the missing piece.

I aim to stimulate the viewer’s perceptual awareness of the beauty and value in the ordinary and to encourage creative imagination regarding reuse of materials in the hope that they will discard less and recycle more.

In their scarred, bent, broken and crushed condition these pieces tell stories of the city. They represent cycles of life in the city. Each piece contains not only a unique history but potential for aesthetic function. I strive for that moment of recognition when the viewer not only sees the individual parts but the whole thing at the same time.