Statement

A visual artist whose work resides in the realm of digital media and employs the geometric thematics of modernist and ancient Euclidean principles, my experience spans decades that brings me to this stage of my artistic development. For 21 years I was an architect, but in 2005, the progression of a spine disease resulted in my being unable to continue in the profession. I turned to art with digital tools as my escape hatch from pain. My work has evolved over time but one constant has been my connection to architecture. I challenge myself to merge the visual arts and architecture envisioning geometric structures that blur their boundaries. 

Geometric structures are emerging in my 3d explorations. Creating geometric constructs offers me a form of invention that challenges me both analytically and creatively. Each work is a formal exercise layered on top of a creative one, revealing the duality of my brain. My architectural/engineering brain deeply rooted in my work is now manifesting itself in a new creative process I call “3D Derivatives”. The idea of an artist being derivative often has a negative connotation, as being imitative of another artist. But I’m using this word in a different context; that of something that is derived from a source, in this case the source being a 3d model.

A 3d model can be viewed in many ways, orthographically and in perspective, from the top, bottom and sides, from different angles, rotated and on and on. A 3D model can be rendered with realistic shadows. Depending on the cameras point of view, completely different tapestries reveal itself, as in life, illustrating our perception of the world depends on our point of view. These characteristics draw me into this process enabling me to expand on my geometric abstraction in ways not possible in 2D. The final act of this process is exporting the virtual to be transformed to the physical as prints on rigid substrates that are cut out on a router to reveal its geometric edges.