Furnace Master
"Throughout my career industrial the forms of the landscape have intrigued me. Growing up in southernmost part of Louisiana, I was exposed to mammoth oil platforms, commercial fishing, industrial fabrication facilities, and the people who work there. In the conception of my art, I draw fro these images. As an adult, I realize that there has always been an underlying intimacy between human beings and their machines. Machines, like humans, consume, produce, and waste energy. I try to draw parallels between the two."

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MFA University of Tennessee
BFA University of Louisiana-Lafayette
2004 Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
2001-03 Adjunct Faculty, West Virginia University, Morgantown, KY

Production Manager

 Michael Bonadio

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Education: 2003 Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture, University of West Virginia

I’ve always been inspired and intrigued by images and influences of the past. I find myself appropriating such well-known symbols to set up scenes and stories loaded with personal poignant relevance. Drawn towards child-like innocence and wonder, these references become a tool to relate to a broader human experience shared by many, rather than one alone. The first exploration of the new and unexplained is intriguing to me. The wonder and dissolved mystery that comes with the end of childhood is universal and I hope to appeal to the similarities that exist in man’s psyche.

 No person shares the exact same life experiences. Though the stories will differ, there is often a common thread that unites us and allows people to relate on a broader spectrum. The details may not be the same, but the situations are usually similar: everyone has encountered death; heartbreak is inevitable; even absolute joy and the recognition of happiness are emotions shared by people worldwide, despite location and upbringing.

Coming from a traditional family with well-preserved customs, I am often frustrated by society’s modern tendencies to trivialize the supposedly outdated methods of creation and instead embrace the synthetic nature of current life. I value the tangible process of creating these tableaus and often have my materials act as vehicles to reference a greater romantic symbolism that is both old world, yet still relevant.