The Artist Statement

A Metaphore for my philosophy of life and art is the male and female Chinook Salmon which are the subject of a fountain sculpture that is presently one of my works in progress. Placed on a modified whirling spiral base to symbolize the life cycle of man and eternity, the fish are a depiction of the beautiful "Salmon Song," a celebration of their great and arduous struggle upstream observed when they reach their final destination and face their inevitable death.

Art has always been the mitigating factor that made my own personal obstacles in the uphill battle of life easier to overcome. At age eighty, I realize in retrospect that I could have done more-developed more and shared more of my art; however art has always been at the center of my life.

While teaching language and visual arts in public schools I integrated the creative aspects of self expression as I taught the basics and techniques.

I have never failed to acknowledge the miraculous beauty of life in nature and in the human existence and have tried to place a modicum of that appreciation and spirit in my sculpture e.g. The qualities of the quintessential woman in my "Sacagawea Series", the concrete expression of courage and dedication in "Two Volunteers," and Christ in "Gethsemane" beneath the metaphorical tree of life translating sacrifice as the prime mover in all our existence.

After all these years, I recognize more fully the depth of what Albert Camus said, "It takes time to live. Like any work of art, life needs to be thought about."