Bio
I have always created art, but after realizing how many pieces of framed art ended up discarded in dumpsters, I shifted my focus from creating fine art from new materials to creating fine art from found materials. As the world becomes increasingly dependent on automated technology, the obsolete or broken items end up rejected and forgotten. I began to see the many possibilities in discarded objects. I imagined the life inherent in the piles of items other people discounted as useless detritus.
Increasingly, advances in technology have left me feeling alienated and obsolete. These feelings inspired me to expand my work to include sculpture assembled from found materials. Not only does this work allow me to engage creatively with a variety of materials, it also is an environmentally friendly way to create art. I resurrect junk objects, giving them life again through the creation of new forms. The robot sculptures I make are not limited by the advancements of technology, and serve to remind me that the term “obsolete” is more a frame of mind than a fact of life.