artists statement
I am an American sculptor from New York and have been residing in France for the past twenty years. I attended the School of Visual Arts in N.Y.C. for graphic design, the Moorgate School of Arts in London for painting and sculpture. I graduated in 1981 from Simmons College in Boston Mass. with a Bachelor of Arts. I then moved to Paris and became a graphic designer and illustrator, as well as teacher of Parsons School of Design. I began my work as a ceramic artist in 1988.
I would like to believe that my work reflects upon the fundamental themes affecting modern society and its choices today. Despite a humorous candy like depiction the themes are quite serious. The sculptures have a narrative quality that evoke universal issues often symbolising a mans place within society and his environment, with a strong emphasis on the factor time. My work questions individual freedom verses constraints, mans duality, his past identity linked to his future destiny and the many other opposing forces which generate the complexity of mankind. In the past few years I have worked simultaneously on individual and collective memory through various portraits; on Stacking and Piling, sculpting an organised chaos related to poltical events and natural tragedies, and on modern decorative ceramics.
The techniques and materials used are classical methods of building and decorating with clay. They are fired many times at 1020, to attain a pictoral depth in the glaze body.