I am a sculptor, I love painting, drawing too, but I really love making an object in space, doing battle with gravity and even reality, to create an emotive experience. I’m coming off a five year period of trying to work only with ceramics, though I am not currently working with ceramics, but instead with mixed media. It has been freeing to step away from the limitations of ceramics in favor of grabbing whatever material or object feels most relevant in that moment. I used to work in a way that put the viewer in the equation, I wanted to shift perspectives, open minds, and make commentary on the world around me. I am now working in a much less coherent way and placing myself much more into what I am doing. There is less clarity in the objects I’m making now, they are more stream of consciousness or fever dream, than calculated, culled art objects. My work has been anchored by the recognizable image for more than twenty years and that anchor remains, but the editing and visual samples I’m making and how they are juxtaposed creates an impression or a trajectory of thought rather than a statement. I am also pushing beyond where I have been, and letting my hands and materials lead the way. I have always and remain enamored by making things I want to see in the world, but I am more often than not working without sketches or plans. I am fluxing between imposing my will on materials and allowing them to do what’s in their nature. There is a “path of least resistance“ thing that’s happening right now that’s new. I am focused on “making lines” or “making moves”, no polishing,  no sanding, instead leaving my marks and staying focused on the intent of my movements rather than the finished object. I am still creating an experience for the viewer but more and more I want that experience to be emotional and not intellectual. My practice currently looks more like installation than discriminate sculpture, but it still feels like one object to me, just made of loads of different objects. To me,  great work engages at a distance and continues to engage and offer more information upon closer inspection. I feel less in charge of my process now than I ever have and somehow the result feels more mine than ever. Some artists worry about Ai and other artists “replacing “ them or their work, I have no such fears as my work is so uniquely and idiosyncratically mine and tied to my experience and knowledge, that only I could make it.