I like to create art out of old scrap metal, saws, tools, bike parts, gears, horseshoes, whatever old rusty recycled metal that calls out to me.   I have always, since I was a child, liked to take things apart and see how they were made and put them back together, not always as what they were originally.   

             As a child I would peddle my bike to the local landfill and look for bits and pieces to use on things I was making, often towing things home where I could better take them apart.  At the landfill I found many things to tinker with, and my bikes were a mishmash of different parts I brought home from the landfill.

             When I got older, I started refinishing and repairing antique oak furniture, I would find pieces on the side of the road and in people’s garages that they were going to throw away and I would bring them back to life, sometimes into different pieces of furniture.   My house is full of antique furniture, all saved by my hand, and other pieces were sold at local antique shops.  

  I started creating art sculptures shown in the gallery to get through the cold winter months.  Now I go to the scrapyard instead of the landfill to find my art supplies, I look for old scrap metal items to make each piece of art.  Each piece I make is original and for me it’s all about giving these old forgotten objects new life, showing how something old can be recreated into something new and beautiful.

  My wife and family have encouraged me and insisted that people besides themselves will love my creations. I hope that people will see each of my pieces as a creative new use of old forgotten materials and that the world would be a better place if we all saw the beauty in everyday objects.