Growing up the 1970’s, in a home of disfunction and neglect, “Too Much and Not Enough” is a biography of resilience.  I was a child satellite, always in orbit but never completely connected, navigating life on my own while drowning in dysthymia. The beauty of childhood is that one doesn’t know things are not supposed to be the way they are, fostering a normalcy to push through heartache with resolve and resilience. My sculptures highlight the beauty to be found in pain, especially for those who emerge with deeply embedded scars and their compassion intact. 

I use object repetition to create texture in an attempt to draw the viewer into the tactile nature of emotion. Part nostalgia, part painful reminder, I want the viewer to feel like they can almost touch the memory.

Ultimately, my sculptures are not just assemblages of objects, but relics transformed into poignant commentaries on my experiences… as beautifully painful as these were at times.  Through texture, form, and the inherent narratives embedded within each object, I ask the viewer to engage with the memory on a personal level.  It is my goal to evoke a spectrum of emotion as complex and multifaceted as childhood itself.