Relative truths, shifts in viewpoints, which alter the interpretation of an object, and literal and figurative lenses, which change the seeing of objects, are subjects that drive my work. When differing truths meet, yet still stand as truths, I am especially intrigued, and this is what prompts much of my investigation in glass art.
Before I came to the Ohio State University, I worked figuratively and used the figures to narrate tales that were personal or mythical. The themes that ran through these narrative stories were based on a dichotomy. I depicted situations that were normally seen as negative but by shifting my viewpoint, portrayed the situation in a positive light.
I made a conscious decision when I arrived at OSU to work in a different way from the method I used in the past. I stopped using glass to tell my tales and started listening to the stories the glass has to tell. I am learning about the internal life of glass.
I am also questioning my assumptions about art and trying to understand viewpoints that are new to me. Sometimes, polar ideas are able to hold equal validity in my mind and this especially interests me. I strive to include the possibility of different truths in my current work and realize that this theme has been a constant in much of my work.