Early on in my career, I spoke in metaphors using animals to depict themes of power or group dynamics in my social-politically charged works that mirror our time. Although initially, I made sculptures of birds, bulls, dogs, rabbits and boars, it was these images that eventually became central to my figurative paintings.

I found I could achieve more with the surface of a painting than I could with a three-dimensional piece. As a result, I transferred my "building of a sculpture" to the canvas, in effect, creating "sculptures of paint". My style evolved as I drew rebar, mesh and wire into my paintings with the same visual aesthetic as seen in my sculptural constructions.

My paintings are about line, surface and movement. Layers and layers of gesso, pencil, crayon, oil stick are worked and reworked as I draws my images, only to completely cover up the work and then discover it again.

"Beasts to Birds" is an exhibition where I showcase my sculptures and paintings separately as well as together in installation at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

  Click here to see a slideshow of the event.