As an artist and a human being, I am fascinated by time. Every artifact, be

it utilitarian or artistic, reflects the passage of time; layers of human

thought and intervention are evident in every created thing on earth. From

layers of graffiti on a constructed bathroom wall in a gas station built

twenty years ago, to an archaeologically excavated South American pyramid

with its accompanying weight of interpretation, analysis, and cultural

significances-in every case, to be "manmade" means to accumulate layers of

history. Each layer adds a new dimension of meaningfulness and directly

affects the whole of the thing as it currently exists.

In my work, I am interested in exploring these layers of time and meaning.

Each piece I make is an effort to create a small, self-referential world

with its own time layers, levels of significance, and gestalt of

meaningfulness. I am also interested in exploring the interaction of widely

differing elements, substances, and mediums, particularly in unexpected or

"unsanctioned" combinations. Each medium or element has a signature of its

own, and, when placed next to a differing element with a different

signature, takes part in a brand new whole.

My influences include the combines of Rauschenberg, the

spontaneity/unification of Nevelson, the ingenuity and immediacy of the Arte

Povera movement, and lately, the mechanistic leanings of the early

Modernists such as Duchamp and Lissitzky. In everything I do, I strive for a

deeper understanding of the subtle and mysterious system of overlapping

mechanisms-all of it (and us) moving through time and accumulating layer

upon layer of history and meaning-that we call life, love, and the human

spirit.