My approach to
public art is site-specific. The significance of people co-existing
with artwork in a public space exceeds conventional statuary,
which stand aloft on grandiose pedestals. My work accepts and
responds to the public's presence in the environment, so the
public is personally addressed by the artwork.
My public sculptures
draw upon the specific ideas, feelings and materials of their
sites to commemorate and to accentuate the public's relationship
with the communal space. I like to cultivate an artwork which
seems to naturally grow out from it's viewer's pre-existing orientation
to the site. In order to convey this impression, the materials
in my sculptures are adapted to harmonize with the site. I often
create transparent linear designs to seamlessly infiltrate the
viewer's experience of the whole public space.
Wind-resistance,
minimized-stress, and reduced surface areas all contribute to
making my public sculptures maintenance-free and graffiti-resistant
and viewer friendly. The linear design can also maximize the
impact of the project budget. I choose images that are symbolically
relevant to the area and which have universally positive associations,
to identify the space as well as to offer a friendly and generous
welcome to the public.