“When I am sculpting, my process is a conversation between tool and material, exploring gestural lines inherent in the wood, giving way to the discovery of forms hidden from view. Working with the chainsaw is immediate and destructive, creating and informing a piece in an instant. Peeling away layers, revealing forms within the logs. Working subtractively, keeps the focus keen. There is freshness, looseness and simplicity to a single cut or stroke of the saw. The forms I make take advantage of the length of the logs and are subject to the natural curves and bends in the tree.

The interplay of my aesthetic and the unique qualities of each tree’s growth pattern feeds the process. I approach the work with a loose design and allow the wood to influence the forms. Working with green logs and limbs is a bit like working with found objects. The material suggests a certain approach and I respond. ”