My urge to create is overwhelming.  My inspirations are many.  The endless quest to capture the human form is the driving force in my figurative work.  My ultimate goal is to make a piece of stone appear to come to life.  For my abstract work, nature has provided a bountiful supply of inspiration in organic shapes everywhere I look.  It could be the graceful bending form of an ocean-side pine tree sculpted by a steady trade wind or a very close-up view of a small curved animal bone.  I never know exactly when or where an inspiring image or thought might occur.   

I have focused my efforts on stones such as marble and alabaster.  I relish the tremendous effort necessary to coax the beauty from a material that has inherent resistance to change.  The tremendous permanence of stone sculpture has also drawn me to this medium.  To realize that a sculpture I create today could be around hundreds of years from now is very satisfying.   

In my future work, I will explore abstract and realistic figurative work and challenge the physical limitations of what can be sculpted in stone.  In addition, I want to explore the family unit and children in my work.  I receive plenty of inspiration for this from the love and joy I share with my wife and three children.