Artist's Statement
My work reflects an ongoing interest in historical architectural and ceramic forms while exploring contemporary themes through personal, often autobiographical, imagery. I have felt deeply the influence of those figures made for the tombs of ancient Chinese and Japanese nobles: Haniwa courtiers and farmers, Han dwellings and processions, T'ang horses and Q'uin soldiers. The eloquent gestures and facial expressions of Mayan and Olmec figures and the serene dignity of Etruscan terra cotta couples never fail to move me. Admiring the technical virtuosity of these sculptures, I find even more compelling the idea that forms so realistically specific may also be magically symbolic. This is how I would like my own work to function.