My art has always been strongly influenced by nature and our social condition. The importance placed on who we are as a community or individuals has transformed my work. Our sense of identity is tightly connected to our desire and ownership of our possessions. As people, we idolized our physical homes and placed much importance in “things, but as nature and man-made objects join together, they grow in unison and become a renewed world. This is not necessarily a single out thought about building communities or owning a house, but a universal feeling of empowering our identities. I hope that in time my sculptures public or private become symbols of strength and contentment in a community, an institution or a family.