I consider my carving tools the pen, my wood the paper, and the results are simply the poetry of an individual. The core of my ideas and work revolve around issues of self worth, entrapment, and overcoming a personal world of toxic masculinity. These guarded feelings work their way through me and eventually through to my art. 

Process is a very important aspect to my work. Whether it is the fluid gesture of molten aluminum or the intimate act of carving, these processes and others are essential to the work. Each one of the actions has a tempo and becomes an expression of importance and cadence. What draws me to carving in particular is its methodical rhythm. As I reveal and remove material I form a relationship to the ideas I’m trying to express. Not every piece wants to cooperate and every piece is unpredictable, but that is how life is inevitably going to be every time, so why would the process be any different.

Working with objects that were once living organisms have their own unique characteristics just as any individual. They speak a language of uniqueness and from that a personality sprouts as I carve through the layers of growth. Their personalities and mine begin to synchronize as we gain an understanding of one another to express our deepest of feelings. Through this an everlasting bond is cultivated.

After all the blood, sweat, and tears, all I want my pieces to do is make someone else feel. Not the feelings that I felt essentially, but if my poetry can speak to others in its own unique way I feel the work is complete.