"Artists have a special role to play in the global struggle for peace. At their best, artists speak not only to people; they speak for them. Art is a weapon against ignorance and hatred and an agent of public awareness… Art opens new doors for learning, understanding, and peace among people and nations." Koffi Anna.
As an artist, I strive to attain a degree of certainty and sense of continuity in an ever-changing social and built milieu. I am compelled to explore intrinsic natural form and process. This active pursuit employs the classical techniques of sculpture to interpret a philosophical tradition; the ancient perspective on universalism, cyclic natural systems and the quest for equilibrium between opposing forces. I am inspired by the nature experience, the process of change and by living at the turn of a millennium. This rare event presents an opportunity for collective reflection on evolution. At this time, visual imagery, as presented by an ever-more encompassing, technologically driven, and centralized media, continues to focus on confrontation, conflict and turmoil within a global dimension. Through the nexus of various symbols such as the lotus flower, fish, dove and moon crescent, a transcendence of the division, alienation and de-sensitisation that often results from this pervasive global media phenomenon is implied. The rejuvenating and transformative nature of the surf/ocean experience can be seen to be suggested by dynamic abstract form. The appearance and associated ideas of larger scale sculptures are enhanced through extraordinary illumination, complementary performance art and on-going public participation.