I have schizophrenia. As an artist it has given me a first hand experience that there is so much more to reality than what we can take in through our five senses. The surreal and uncanny have a foundation in our reality that is more relevant than ever. The title of this show ‘The Invisible Offering’ is paying homage to the mysteries of unearthing the unseen and the invisible. I value that which is hidden from ordinary view, questions from quantum physics like does one’s ephemeral thoughts or consciousness affect matter or are objects more potentialities than solid objects interest me as a sculptor. I also value questions from Buddhism that help us cope with our invisible inner world of emotions that often overwhelm us. Notions of interconnectedness and impermanence move me and make me want to understand them deeper. The idea of the offering or giving in this day and age I feel is important when kindness and thinking of others is a strong stance to take. Using abstraction and organic minimalism in my sculpture, I point to the ever changing qualities of reality weaving between the familiar and the unfamiliar. I am drawn to the sensual, ephemeral and ambiguous use of everyday materials in unconventional ways.

The surfaces of the sculptures appear to be left malleable, revealing their hand-sculpted qualities. I explore object relationships to each other and where they are placed generating a conversation between casualness and deliberateness of placement. Like a bewildering surreal still life a poetic relationship opens between the objects and puts our comfort in reality into question.