I began creating stone artwork at midlife, in the mid-1990s, in the Northern New Mexico high desert. I amassed stones and tools to work with them at a place where there weren’t people to complain about the noise or stone dust. I had a great deal of time alone. Artwork began emerging from the marvelous stones through my persistence, despite my inexperience and many mistakes. Each stone taught me something, so eventually I discovered solutions to the challenges that became my opportunities.

I practice ‘direct’ carving. This approach lets the stone guide the outcome of the work as I assist and observe the stone becoming its essence. (“Indirect” sculpting begins with a preconceived image, a drawing or a model that the artist imposes on the stone.)

I’ve learned from living with my artwork that each piece has different attributes at different times and in different light, so taking my own photographs of my artwork allows me to convey the variety of expressions in the stones I’ve included on my website.