He first began installing sculptures in outdoor public spaces in the 1980s. Although he has cautiously avoided the colossal, some of these cast bronze works are larger than human scale or incorporate multiple and projecting figures and elements that physically extend their size. Work I make in my studio has a sense that the form was struggled for there are traces of the hand, of tool marks. All of that stuff is retained in the casting. The work has to have vitality.
People have to sense that.
Playfulness and spontaneity have to carry over. Intimate thought projected on large scale is exciting. 2 Untitled , 2000. Aluminum, 2.69 x 4.98 x 2.13 meters. Work installed at Middleton Place, Charleston.