I am a sculptor, installation artist and teacher living in Nelson County, Virginia.  I teach at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., Virginia Commonwealth University & various workshops around the country.  I have taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD as well as Washington Studio School in Washington, D.C.
               Since graduating from the Corcoran in 1986 I have worked in many materials, but the human figure is a constant element in both sculptures and installations. My earlier figures incorporate torch welded steel, found objects and layers of other materials, such as glass or hair.  In more recent pieces carved wood serves as the bones of the sculptures instead of steel.
                Although I enjoy the craft of sculpture, I see the materials and methods I use as secondary to the ideas my sculptures express.  I revel in the interplay between the inherent content of a material and the more intentional elements (such as the gesture of a figure) which I add. My pieces may suggest a narrative, sometimes a mythical one, but these myths are reinterpreted as personal visions rather than illustrations of particular myths.