I have spent much of my life tromping up Hill Country creeks with friends, discovering new countrysides and clear spring waters. My love of these special places led me first toward a career in geology, and then into art.

I do not consider myself a natural-born artist. My eye for texture, color, and form has developed over a long time. What has always come naturally to me, however, is a profound interest in the physical world around me and a desire to appreciate more -- more often. I try to nurture these tendencies, because I believe that, with some attention and effort, I can reflect a spark of my interests back to others through my work.

For me, one of the great joys of being an artist is the beautifully deep and peaceful meditation that I go into while I’m sculpting. When I finally look up from a rock to realize what I’ve sculpted, I’m always surprised. The work seems unfamiliar to me at first, as if it had been created by someone else. But then I take a closer look, and see snapshots of the world around me clearly reflected in all those curves, knots and crevices, and know that it is mine.