I am a local artist and use simple materials, many of them found, some bought at the hardware store.  

I work mostly in wood, metal and papier mache. The latter medium affords me the flexibility of crafting items that I can embellish with color and found objects - the material lends itself to a distinctive gracefulness and delicacy which appeals to me, a bit like a snowflake, but which I can capture in time.

I have been influenced by the work of many artists over the years and enticed by such things as Druidic cromlechs. But I particularly admire the work of Josef Albers. Last year, on his 139th birthday, I mounted a show of my work in honor of his birthday which included 139 color studies on wood.

I have many pieces of art made of wood and nails.  Why?  For a start, I have been fascinated by nails and wood since childhood.  Growing up in South Carolina, I accompanied my father and grandfather, visiting the territory of the Gullah.  These people were escaped slaves who resided on an island off the coast of South Carolina where they immortalized their family histories by hammering nails into wood.  The secret code of these ceremonial items was understood only by them, and these artifacts often constituted the only documentation of their lives which included births, deaths and other events.  We can only guess at the meanings the boards expressed.  In my adoption of such materials, and bowing to the profound courage of those people, I have attempted to give voice to my perceptions.  

I have been creating art since the age of 5.  Art studies with Arnold Bittleman through Union College.  Education:  Union College (BS),  Albany Law School (JD), and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MS).  I have practiced law and taught law pertaining to the fields of law and science at the College of St. Rose and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.