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"&lt;p&gt;My kinetic sculptures and abstract paintings are the result of a life spent exploring the relationships between the industrial and natural worlds, between human progress and humanity\u2019s excesses.&amp;nbsp; The Northwest, and the small towns that have been my home, provide the stark contrast of immense natural beauty overlaid with an industrial superstructure. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is in this intersection of nature and industry that I find inspiration. So many of the seemingly surreal organisms that exist in the wild are both mirrored and threatened by human machinery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My sculptures are heavily influenced by the visionaries of the industrial revolution.&amp;nbsp; The quest for flight, the ceaseless desire for faster, more versatile and efficient transportation relied undeniably on the workings of the natural world.&amp;nbsp; The 19th century produced mechanism from organism.&amp;nbsp; Though I am thoroughly fascinated by machines, I am troubled by our culture\u2019s resulting disconnection with the natural world.&amp;nbsp; My work, therefore, considers a regression from mechanism back to organism. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sculpture is a means through which I can explore the concepts of movement, functionality and esthetics. Understanding physics, and the way things work, has always been a fascination of mine.&amp;nbsp; My paintings, alternatively, provide an avenue for a departure from the laws of physics.&amp;nbsp; Through painting, I conceive of things as a blend of organism and mechanism. Since I was very young, I have been taking things apart and reconfiguring them in new and different ways, and painting allows me the greatest freedom in this aspect.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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