Mental Movement

Chad's Artisan Statement: Art is the oldest form of expression and personal creativity known to man. From Neanderthal cave paintings to the design and implementation of tools used to help make primitive life easier, art has existed longer than the spoken or written word.

In today's environment art represents more than just a visual stimulus. In addition to being pleasing to the eye, quality art should also be thought provoking and sometimes even controversial. It can, and probably even should, mean different things to different people. If any given art work doesn't lead to further conversation or argument between two or more people viewing it, than it probably isn't the most effective piece of art to begin with.

Millennium Manhole

Millennium Dice

From a more personal standpoint, art is a yearning from within, something to show off my creative side. It brings me great pleasure to provide art sculpture that is always a conversation piece.

Display and presentation has a lot to do with defining the fine line that separates art from everything else. An artist's own perspective, experience and thought process should be relayed in his or her artwork. My passion and background falls in the area of wood work and wood sculpture. The expression of art through my interpretation is demonstrated in wood textures and the use of different species to create specific effects and contrasts. I also incorporate a repeated hole or circle in varying patterns to help express my own unique look and feel. (See the Circle Story for more)

Revolution and Motion in Time

Lifesaver 2000

As I continue to grow and change, my art changes with me. As I mentioned earlier, one's art reflects one's mind at the time the piece is conceived and produced. My work is a study in contrast, because that's what how I view life. Man verses women, good verses evil, light verses dark, life seems to hold together precipitously by the attraction and repulsion of opposite forces.