Having worked with metals since the mid 60s in machine shops and the fabrication industry to become a maintenance mechanic/millwright, I have developed a particular appreciation for stainless steel and its timeless, transforming qualities.
I have had an interest in art, drawing, sculptures, painting and building since grade school and turned my hand to it as a personal expression in the 80s as I gradually purchased my own equipment.
A talent for observing people and their body language and the need to capture that observation both it for its entertainment value and the sense of its immortality directed my early work as much as it does today.
With a wife, children and grandchildren, and being born midway in the 20th century while including the influences and experiences from my own parents and grandparents and in a small way seeing the world and the changes in it from that generation until today inspires, directs and gives me refuge. I believe I have been and continue to be taught more by my children than any lessons I could have ever given them.
For my current work on stainless steel foil, heat is applied to draw out the images through the metallurgical process. The work has a dimensional quality as well as a duality. Approached from an angle it reveals yet another perspective. Reflective, indirect light and shadow are in most cases critical to achieve this observation.
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