Artist Statement

As a child, I learned to strive to emulate the servants of God.

There was something admirable about that.

That's why my sculptures take on religious poses

or attempt to recreate stories from the Bible.

To adopt their bodily gestures and then freeze—

capturing the moment, just as it is in that one second.

I like the feeling of being alone with God,

someone who sees you as you truly are.

In that very second, just you and Him.

He created you.

With all your flaws and marks.

He created you in His image.

Human.

As a sculptor, I become the creator too—

the creator of little people.

With the flaws, with the bodies I have made for them.

They may become distorted, grotesque, repulsive.

They lack manners and grace.

What remains is only the feeling—

the realness.

The human.

The image of a person.

As a child, I lived in constant fear of Judgment Day,

of the earth swallowing me whole.

I still am.

I don't think pretending to be God makes it any better,

because I am only human.