These pieces have been created to enhance the energy of outdoor environments. I love the Washington granite which has been exposed to glacial activity, and the columnar basalt pulled from the volcanic cliffs in the eastern parts of the state. When polished, beautiful colors emerge, which reach out and converge with the soul of a landscape. Every time I install a big piece in a garden, I find that it focuses the intentions of that place, with dignity and stillness which draw people to touch, contemplate. Driveway sign stones similarly beckon the visitor, to enter, and become a part of a personal, natural world.

I am grateful for the opportunity to place my work in public environments. These pieces have been purchased from sculpture exhibitions or commissioned directly from me to enhance specific locations.

I am drawn to the relation of metal to rock, of the ways in which they meet. All of the earth, bronze and steel blend with stone, and speak with tension and harmony. An object charged with dual elements generates a visual conversation with all the stuff of its material surroundings. Again, the visitor is compelled to touch, and to think about conjunctions, and the dance and weld of things meeting.