Biography:
I discovered my interest in art during my senior year of high school, and was lucky enough to be able to continue this interest in college.  After declaring a major in Studio Art during my sophomore year at Davidson, I was able devote the majority of my academic time to art making.  Art, for me, satisfies a need to create, invent, and explore.  I consider myself to be primarily a sculptor, but I also have a lot of fondness for drawing, printmaking, and design.  I spend a lot of time just playing with materials and sketching out ideas.  I experiment with many different forms or shapes until I stumble onto something that resonates with me, something that has the simplicity and elegance to really stand on its own.  The resulting forms are usually abstract and often geometric, specific shapes with a wide range of interpretations.

My most recent body of work was completed during my senior year at Davidson College, for exhibition in my senior solo show. The pieces present in this collection evolved from my attempts to create forms and shapes by cutting and/or folding a single flat sheet, leaving behind an empty shape or “shadow” that illustrates the means of construction.  Paper was the obvious choice for preliminary sketches, and I discovered the basic shape that would become Cloud while “doodling” with an X-acto knife and a piece of notebook paper.  In fact, most of my large pieces begin as very simple and quite tiny models made out materials I find easy to work with, such as paper, wire, plastic, wood, or even masking tape.  When shifting from a small to a large scale I find that materiality plays a large role in setting the tone of a piece.  For this reason, I like to choose materials that are timeless and recognizable, materials that allow the viewer to identify with the finished work.  When possible, I like for my materials to present an interesting juxtaposition, such as the sharpness of polished steel placed beside the softness of upholstered fabric.