Artist Statement

The work in this collection came from a deep need to make objects of another world. Strange shapes and shiny surfaces catch your attention, wanting to bring you closer.

There is a haunting beauty to abstract caricatures adorning their real-world counterparts. I like the idea of hiding behind a mask. The safety of anonymity in opposition with the shining gleam of gold. What hides behind a mask?

In construction, I chose to follow a format that hovers above the face. I replace rather than restrict. Attached at the nape of the neck it flows out of the body's most vulnerable place.

Sometimes it's about the eyes, sometimes about the lips, and other times the lack thereof. I replace features with simple symbols that act as a way to transfer the idea without the millions of subtleties of the human conscience.