I am a figurative sculptor based in Washington, D.C.  Working in clay and stone, I explore human emotions and human condition expressed through figurative form.  In my day job, I work in international human rights, rule of law development and access to justice.  From my work and travels throughout Central Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America, I draw inspiration for my art, examining human condition, relationships, and experience across cultures, borders, and languages.

My work tends to focus on a range of very private, intimate moments and deeply personal emotions—bliss, embarrassment, fears, desires, joy.  I explore and expose these emotions through a similarly exposed, vulnerable form:  the human body. 

To capture these fleeting moments, I use clay.  In its raw state, clay is very pliable.  It sags, moves, bends, and molds as I work through the initial stages.  At that point, clay mirrors the fluidity of feelings, emotions, and body movements, which allows me to calibrate the body-form to the emotions I intend to capture.  As the clay solidifies, so does the vision for the eventual piece.  I then work with natural cracks of the drying and firing process, and I use patina and paint to enhance or de-emphasize the mood of the piece.  Sometimes the final piece is made to appear to be cast in bronze—a solid, set-in-stone picture of what would otherwise be fleeting, private moments.  This invites the uneasy realization that something private, emotional, and temporary has been made permanent and put on public display.