Much of what motivates me in life comes from a curiosity about connections - whether verbal, visual, interpersonal or spiritual. What makes people connect to each other? How do we communicate for meaning? What are animals trying to tell us?

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That same curiosity also guides my art: does combining materials add meaning or just end up weird? What happens if I turn this upside down? What can I do with this found thing? What if I add another layer? How can I make this work?

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Just about anything can spark my creative process and lead me down a path of more questions. 

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And then I figure it out. I use my imagination and my hands to put things together and take them apart. I create something new, something beautiful, something mundane, something funny, something magical, something that works or doesn’t, something I love or hate, something I will do again or need a break from. 

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I work through the questions with grit and love, and that becomes my art.