STATEMENT:
My Story is in the Making
A beginning: Before deciding to study art, I carved a chess set (which later served as my portfolio and gained me entry to art school). The chess pieces were formal representations of power, each invested with particular patterns of movement. The pleasure in making the pieces was giving expression to the forms.
Re-imag(in)ing
My hands take hold of materials to give shape and substance to emotion. This physical engagement grounds me.
Sculpture and Painting: Bridging Two Dimensions
Carving is a process of taking away: what is removed gives shape to absence. In painting, removing to simplify creates a wake: traces of expression remain.
Moving back and forth between sculpture and painting energizes me and gives me conviction. A sort of cross-pollination happens: working in sculpture often leads to a new way of painting. When I get stuck in one medium, switching gears lets me move on.
Sculpture occupies space. Painting implies space. Sculpture has sequential views as one walks around it. Painting has a fixed view. There are different strategies for working in two and three dimensions. Scale in sculpture takes its measure from surrounding space; scale in painting is intrinsic.
A beginning: Before deciding to study art, I carved a chess set (which later served as my portfolio and gained me entry to art school). The chess pieces were formal representations of power, each invested with particular patterns of movement. The pleasure in making the pieces was giving expression to the forms.
Re-imag(in)ing
My hands take hold of materials to give shape and substance to emotion. This physical engagement grounds me.
Sculpture and Painting: Bridging Two Dimensions
Carving is a process of taking away: what is removed gives shape to absence. In painting, removing to simplify creates a wake: traces of expression remain.
Moving back and forth between sculpture and painting energizes me and gives me conviction. A sort of cross-pollination happens: working in sculpture often leads to a new way of painting. When I get stuck in one medium, switching gears lets me move on.
Sculpture occupies space. Painting implies space. Sculpture has sequential views as one walks around it. Painting has a fixed view. There are different strategies for working in two and three dimensions. Scale in sculpture takes its measure from surrounding space; scale in painting is intrinsic.