"We are all familiar with graphite, starting with our first pencil.  Sooner or later we experiment,

shading an area of paper until it becomes a silvery black shape.  I've taken this universal

experience and turned it into three-dimensional sculpture.

 

The use of solid graphite as a sculptural material has been seminal to my art.

It is dense, visually impenetrable and psychologically dark.  The material speaks

immediately to the eye with its jet smooth surface and silvery highlights.  My choice of

architectural imagery in combination with solid graphite has provided me with a vehicle

for a narrative statement as well as a sculptural statement.

 

Inspiration comes from two places – my love of architecture and my reading of authors such as

George Orwell and Samuel Beckett.  Using the rich forms of architecture and blending them with

an imaginative interpretation of literature and drama, the result becomes a unique, timeless world.

Who lurks behind those tiny windows and massive forms?  What are they up to?"