ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My artwork is a dialogue between structured logic and unruly fire. Following a career in financial management, I have pivoted away from complex data systems to the uncharted mysteries of metallurgical alchemy. My journey has taken me to the crossroads where the precision of my professional background encounters the realm of Kandinsky's "inner necessity." Beyond this place, there be dragons!

My approach is both delicate and violent, a fundamental collision between chaos and control. Before the torch is fired, I use neural sketching on a high-performance NVIDIA RTX workstation to simulate light, shadow, and kinetic form. Harnessing Comfy node-based workflows, I create a digital laboratory to stress-test highly conceptual artifacts, pushing geometries and "forbidden" colors that traditional methods rarely suggest. Then, using a zero-emission hydrogen-oxygen torch to split water into flame, I catalyze the copper’s molecular structure to arouse iridescent oxide blooms. At 5,000°F, the metal enters an excited state of high-entropic flux, where my role as an artist is to fashion order by imposing a material presence.

My goal is to evoke elemental wonder. Whether through the quiet rotation of a kinetic mobile or the dimensional relief of a wall sculpture, I capture the tension between the calculated and the spontaneous. By integrating natural crystals and dichroic glass with "fire-painted" surfaces, I create objects grounded in physics yet elevated by the supernatural. My work asserts that in a digital age, the most profound beauty is still unearthed through the ancient, haptic struggle of hand, heat, and metal.