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I have always been fascinated with art and nature. As a child, I would walk around the neighborhood, fields and bayous, collecting neat stuff that others tossed away or that nature left behind; to me they were gifts. This connection with the earth has nurtured in me a strong love of metal sculpting. Being able to take a rod, plate, or ingot of metal and create a form is enchanting to me. The sparks and molten metal are gorgeous; it feels primitive (and is) and the entire process arduous. I like that it is not easy, that you must stay committed to a piece and in the end feel as though you’ve given birth to it. As for my compositions, I try to transform images that bombard my mind. Some haunt, others enchant. The resulting compositions often involve anatomical and organic structures. Some show pain, struggle and grief – others humor. In my creations I have come to realize that I must not only acknowledge the life force that surrounds and involves us all, but also honor it.