Found Objects

The things we live with: cars, gadgets, containers, clothing, plumbing, animals, and the bones that support them, eventually become detritus. Each piece contains a story, a past, often a life. The objects we pick up may call to us because they resonate with our memories or aesthetic.

In creating the sculptures found on this site, I followed my instincts and aesthetic in picking up items that were overlooked or thrown up on the beach or roadside. Assembling these to become figures meant that all the disparate stories of the items coalesced into a new being with it’s own life and ability to speak through imagery.

I’ve often thought that artists are always working with found things, whether tactile or imaginary.