artist statement

My work is about containment. I explore some facet of the human condition and box it or put it in a bottle. I create a stage for the drawing and invite the audience to get close, look at and touch it. Sometimes the drawings are in the form of puppets and the viewer may tug the strings and make them jump. I put music boxes that the viewer can crank on some pieces, or I'll mount the drawing on a turntable so it will spin. The important part is that the experience is shared, that a story has been told...perhaps not the story I had in mind.