Hybrid Invention

I consider myself a scientist of sorts and my studio a laboratory.   I continually research and collect natural forms that have specific symbolisms, usages and aesthetic intrigue.   The artwork is an outgrowth of my inventory of seeds, herbs, bones and mysteries objects that people present to me for examination. In time I decipher some of their usages both metaphorically and literally and start to investigate new forms that I have heard about but never seen.

As I went deeper into the realm of symbolic plant forms that fulfilled human needs or desires, I started to invent and make my own discoveries of forms related to concepts of reproduction, rejuvenation and other human desires.   These hybrid inventions while still realistic in form do not represent a specific natural species.   They are often the result of a composite of characteristics and contain personal or a collaged symbolism.

This phase of my work incorporates all the knowledge gained form the previous works along with my own reinterpretation of forms and newly created ones.   This group of works includes several sub-categories such as magical herbs, mythical flowers and leaves, skulls and bones, deities and statues