About the Sculptures

My images share a surrealistic sensibility of fantasy.  I often work with images that are remembered impressions of momentary perceptions.  When we happen to see objects or scenes that stir up some sort of association with our previous experiences, the feelings that we have forgotten are then brought back in a strange way.  Some of my images are the result of such distorted memories and half-forgotten stories.  

Many of us go through different stages of growth as artists.  At present, I appreciate more intuitive, pure, aesthetic expressions of art without any reference to social issues.  By exploring what I make, I am eager to figure out what really moves me to make art. 

In general, I take an illustrative approach to making sculptures.  My very early art experiences as an illustration student at Columbus still remain a strong part of me, and it influences my working process as a sculptor.  I visualize an image, usually a scene or an ambiguous landscape, then the pieces are built to suit the image.  My works consist of multiple objects of various sizes and shapes.  I seldom focus on one particular object as a main focus.  Each object interacts with its surrounding object in the environment and becomes an integral part of the image.  As painters depict a scene or image on a canvas, I create an imaginary fantasy environment within an intimate enclosure using sculptural objects.  I enjoy the combination of the pictorial quality of the sculpture settings (illustrative approach) and the actual physicality of being surrounded by three-dimensional objects in space. 

Paper has been my favorite medium for the past dozen years.  I try not to be tied down to a certain medium so as not to be limited in my own expressions.  However, I do have a special fascination and infinite love for papers of all sorts.  Although the permanence of some industrial material is appealing, they cannot express the transitory, or illusory quality of change in paper.  

EJ