I am a metal artist whose primary focus is the transformation of plain metal into something of beauty. This changed surface is called a patina. My final patinas are textural and earthy, with colors as rich browns, rusts, golds, and blue greens. These colors and textures aliven the abstract forms I have shaped from steel or brass.
During the creations of my patinas, I become an alchemist, whose purpose is to allow the chemicals to do their magic, and inform me how to continue. I love the unpredictability and tension of not knowing how the patina will evolve, as each layer is added or subtracted over many days.
Rain H REWORKED
2025/2009 24x24x2 inches, patinated brass-coated steel on panel
Storm Clearing REWORKED
2025/2009 24x24x2 inches, patinated brass-coated steel/ copper on panel
Sound of Rain One
2009 16x16x2 inches, patinated brass-coated steel/ copper on panel
Shining Here/ There
2007 varies sizes, copper on small boxes
Infinitude of Space
2007 12x39x2 inches, brass-coated steel/ copper/brass on panels