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STATEMENT |
My main concerns are form, materials, process, and architecture (form relating to space). I grew up on the island of Oahu where the volcanic mountains dominate the landscape. More than geographic backdrop to my youth, these ranges and boulders internalized themselves and became part of my inner landscape as well. In 2003 then, I began meditating on mountains and created sixty solid closed white forms that became the boulders of Desert. When finished and installed in 2006, the forms jutted out of a corner and occupied 30 feet of wall and floor space, revealing themselves to me as a study of light and shadow. Installation becomes part of the creative process and always adds to the meaning of a piece, subtly changing the architecture each time the piece is moved. Cloud was more fully realized when moved from the studio to the open space of the gallery, stretching itself out as 17 feet of translucent open cloud-form infused with light. Following the installation of Next, I started working with textiles. Lava is a flat form, a soft shimmering floor piece only a foot high. I used chicken wire as a support to drape and weave the fabric for the vertical pieces Fall and Midnight. With the use of fabric, the form of my most recent sculptures has drastically changed. |
| BIO |
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii After studying art in Chicago, Illinois, for two years, began studies at the University of Cincinnati and the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1969-72. Completed a three month program in painting and printmaking at Oxbow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan, in 1972. Previous exhibits have been at Cincinnati College of Mount St. Joseph, Cage Gallery, KZF Gallery and Suzanna Terrill Gallery. Traveled in Europe from1979-80 and in Asia in 1991. 2009 - Group Show, Key in to Art Goes Underground, The Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
The visual power of nature, with its dynamic vibrating rhythms, informs the symbolic landscape of my most recent sculptures. Landscape is a starting point from which the sculptures evoke first one meaning for the viewer before evolving into a multitude of meanings. It offers the viewer the experience of seeing a piece unfold and develop interpretive depth. For instance, I began the work on Midnight thinking of darkness, the end of light, before the ideas of a funeral veil and the puffed bodice of mourning dress emerged.