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I believe there are two kinds of artists, an artist who works from the head and an artist who works from the heart. The spontaneity of my work must come from my heart. Once the heart gives birth to the idea then the head takes over and tells the heart how to do it. Sculpting is a slow process, a patient process, it's time consuming, and when I come to the end of a particular phase of work and move into another, I begin to feel more comfortable, more facile, it's just a natural evolution. My eyes are more discerning, time becomes more precious and I place more value on my time and my work appears to take on a more monumental attitude.
I know I create artwork because it gives me tremendous pleasure, comfort, lots of hard work and a dedication to a role I have in life. Life has given me a gift; from whence it comes I do not know but I feel very honored to have this particular gift, the gift of creativity and the expression of it. The energy that I have as a person is invested in my work: my vitality and my life energy then becomes my work. I think that the finished artwork has to have a vitality of it's own.
How do I know when I’m finished with a work of art? When the creative spirit is quiet and I don’t know what else to do then it’s finished.
My work is always exploratory, always questioning, always seeking and for a moment, when I complete a work, there's a moment's stilling of my passions, my feelings and a little depression follows the completion of the work, until a new adventure challenges.
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- Was commissioned to create an award made of sterling silver for Itzhak Perlman in honor of his being "Tikkun olam".
- Placed twenty-nine outdoor public sculptures (monumental size) in the USA and Japan. More than 850 works sold to private collectors.
- Created a stainless steel casting of a bucking bull, uniquely engineered to balance on the front legs alone.
- The Pageant Of The Masters, Laguna, CA. Reproduced "Olympic Rhythms", using a live person nightly for ten weeks.
- Created the largest stainless steel sculpture in the world built by a woman, titled "Filmstrip USA". It is located in Culver City, CA.
- Pioneered the casting of stainless steel as a fine art medium. Incorporated multiple artistic uses for stainless steel within a single sculpture: casting, punching, forming, welding and scrolling.
- Designs playgrounds, coining the term, "Play Sculpture" for sculptural forms in public parks.
- Teaches college courses in fine art.
- Conducts special art classes for children from grades K thru 12 in public and private schools.
- Directed art workshops for Art Supervisors from Los Angeles County schools: Grades K thru 12, emphasizing a creative teaching approach.
- Sculpting/drawing teacher for grades 7-12 at The Windward School Santa Monica, CA.
- Teaches Fine Art to traumatized veterans at the VA Hospital.
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