ARtist statement

In the middle of the night, I was jolted awake by an epiphany to build a mosaic table that eventually became my workbench and the literal foundation of a joyful new obsession. That flash of inspiration prompted a career transition, taking me off of the Broadway stage and back to the “drawing board” of my early creative roots: as a kid, I was obsessed with my Play Plax blocks. I would sit and create with the luminous, interlocking pieces for hours, holding them up to the light, mesmerized by the way in which the shapes and colors could blend and morph. That same fascination is what drives my work today. The three-dimensional aspect employed in all of my pieces serves as a means to experiment with color transformation, reflection, and shadow. Another essential component of my work is repetition. Greatly intrigued by fractal geometry, many of my pieces begin by creating a single tessera and breaking it down into self-similar units or replicating it repeatedly to discover what patterns may emerge. Other times, repetition by way of equal distribution or even random placement is what guides the direction of a given piece. Whatever the approach, the ultimate goal remains the same: to create a hypnotic experience for the viewer, much as my childhood building blocks did for me.