My practice as an artist incorporates three areas of inter-related work: studio, public and functional.

Structure, form and pattern within the natural environment inform my work.

The sculptures created in my studio are often elements within a larger construct; produced over a period of many years. The sculptures wooden valley and island valley were precursors to the larger temporary installations. This work explored structure in and of the landscape through geometry and subsequently evolved to the more representational landscape drawings and riverseries. The last leaves and large leaf sculptures were conceived within the concept of the still life or artifacts of nature. More recent work explores the landscape of the body with a greater emphasis on ambiguity, allowing for multiple referential readings. This ongoing exploration contributes to work created for public art projects. In my functional art, I create work that has aesthetic economy; simple and elegant structures.

In considering site-specific work, I look to create sculpture that is based on a sense of place as well as a response to the physical scale of the site for an engagement with the site that involves the viewer through entry and passage. My approach to this practice is hands on from design, through fabrication and installation.

In all my work, part of my passion is within that which is well crafted.

A brief note on material: After all these years, I still have a sense of alchemy about metal; steel in particular. Mined from the earth,(or more appropriately today, generally recycled material)and produced with fire to be manipulated with fire, steel has an amazing fluidity and unique structural properties. I'm always excited by working with steel, drawing it out, forming it and exploring its graceful strength.