My Process:

I try to take every element into consideration with each one of my designs, from type and tone of wood in general, specific sections of wood that have incredible character and grain pattern, the shape and lines of the natural edges of wood that will help transport the viewer into the natural world, the way I want light to play with the materials.  If I’m doing a piece as a commission, understanding the space it’s to inhabit helps inform these considerations also.

All this shapes the creative process in selecting the wood type, sections to use etc.  These facets are brought out in a professionally exquisite way, working the wood carefully and thoroughly to bring out the highest level of luster, detail and clarity possible.  I’m a handmade kind of guy, so I take great care and pride in the details of the woodworking and joinery, while also focused on letting the materials take center stage.

My resin work combines this handmade, high quality woodworking with a distinctive artistic approach to resin work.   The result is something truly unique with real depth and movement that mimics the true beauty of nature. Sunlight moving through the depths and currents of water.  I achieve this by building layer upon layer of resin, employing various color controls in each layer that blend both color and light through varying amounts of transparency, and concentration from one to the next.