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“Iaim for a kind of balance of curiosity and puzzlement.
The basic nature of the work is fun, and guaranteed fresh. Do these images depict a kind of machine, something bio-me- chanical, or an alien life form/landscape? In any case, the work invokes a thoughtful response, a kind of “Brain Candy.” The influence of Tanguy, Duchamp, Picasso, Calder, Kandinsky, Nevelson, Bontecue, and many others, is apparent in my work, tempered by thirty-plus years as a technical writer and illustra- tor for a variety of manufacturers.
“The collage/mixed media pieces begin with filling a sketch book with a series of imagined part drawings. Over the years I have developed a vocabulary of parts that are assembled with- out a predetermined plan. It feels like a 2D sculpture. Once the basic shape is established, the technical components are add- ed. The structure becomes blended into an object that pres- ents the viewer with an insoluble subject, thereby maintaining freshness every time you see it.
“I worked in the corporate world at a time of extraordinary change, and have an appreciation for the technical apparatus.”
Simon BerSon