Beginning first as a young boy, and now again as a middle-aged man, I find myself influenced by the environs outside the city. As a sculptor, I enjoy working with the materials that nature has provided, and try to expose the sensual characteristics of the various species of wood that I use while simultaneously pushing their individual structural limitations. As a two-dimensional artist, I have worked in charcoal pastel and watercolor to develop monochromatic images that capture the architecture and landscape of upstate New York and Maine. All work is done on archival paper.