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My work ranges from mixed media sculpture to collage to public art to literary collaboration. The common thread underlying it all is the collision of representation and abstraction which results in objects that exist in an in-between zone of form and idea. I present familiar forms and materials in unfamiliar juxtapositions to create an uneasy fusion of information and experience. My process has always been extremely inclusive; both in my approach to materials and in the imagery I source. I am as inspired by historical decorative arts and craft traditions as I am by Brancusi or Eva Hesse.

The group of sculptures shown here are made of a variety of materials including clay, glass, steel, wax, resin and other non-traditional mixed media. Often, I begin with a fragment of the female body which is complicated by the material aspects of the sculpture. My use of tactile materials combined with organic form accentuates the visceral sensuality of the work. I don’t know where I am headed when I start these pieces – I like to surprise myself by venturing into the unknown. Unconscious associations sometimes dictate forms or materials. The resulting sculptures become a site for projection, a mysterious addition to our rapidly changing material world.