The relationship between an object and the space
is critical in design.
The relationship between the object (my work)
and the human body (mine) can be daunting at times.
Painting murals on huge walls in hotels and restaurants
in the 80’s was freedom.
Creating large steel sculptures in the 90’s
and 10ft totemic pieces in the 2000’s
felt like power and an accomplishment given my size and frame.
But I loved the physicality!
I’ll never forget a 3-week intensive class with the prolific sculptor
James Surls (now a friend and always an inspiration)
at Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
in which James made a random comment
about how much easier is it is to create things that
“fit into a FedEx box”.
Coming from someone who works with a crane,
and the nature of the class, we all had a good laugh.
I think of that comment more times than you can imagine.
I often go out of my new studio, which is in an industrial area,
and have to “find a man”.
Muscling my work around, involves more and more Motrin.
This is a peak at the finished piece. Waiting for the upholstered headboard, bed and night tables.