I have always made books. After a life altering trip to Italy in 1984, I started working sculpturally as well, using wood and eventually adding elements such as tools, hardware and watch parts. Recently, I have started combining the two facets of my work by creating sculptural boxes that hold a unique book. The influences that figure prominently in my work are art history especially Sienese Quattrocento Painting, book history and architectural history. I am interested in taking images from art history and altering their original intention in much the same way that I have changed the original intention of the found objects that show up in my work.
Books evoke time and journey.
They provide a perfect format for my explorations of the various histories. For the future, I am looking for ways of utilizing the vast technology that is available in computer graphics as a tool for manipulating imagery. I also want to continue to travel. Click on image to see a larger version. Boston, MA, 1994.