Contemporary issues as well as the primitive and folk art of many cultures inspire my sculpture. Currently, my work uses a more traditional figure in the round. I believe the figure represent the human condition from which my compositions emanate. The subject of each sculpture can be inspired by social, political and personal concerns. My sculpture, Once in a Blue Moon, combines the narrative of a chance event: a samurai drops a fan from a bridge. The resulting composition is of fans on the water. A hand revolves over a vase of flowers suggesting the Japanese process of Ikebana, the perfect flower arrangement. The figure holds a blue diorama of a bonsai tree and the sun frames the figure on the bridge. Random events create a focused composition of a specific moment in time, much like the blue moon phenomenon.

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