Wild Flowers
This series of bronzes called Wild Flowers revisits the theme of man's relationship to nature. This theme has been a frequent subject of art ever since the first prehistoric drawings were made in caves. Here I place anthropomorphic shapes within flowers to call attention to an obvious but often overlooked fact. Man is a component of nature, a part of its flower.Flowers are the sex organs of plants. The more I study them, the more they amaze me. And the more amazed I am, the more I want to emulate their process. Plants are tirelessly creative, continuously hopeful. When I see how many seeds a single plant produces, and how few of them germinate, I realize that the creative process of the artist must be as tirelessly productive and hopeful.
At the center of my flowers we find symbols that remind us of our own regenerative endeavors. In some we find overtly sexual images that equate our reproductive process to that of plants. In other blossoms, we encounter familiar icons of spiritual development. Our consciousness opens like a flower as we refine our spirits.
Plants have long contributed to the well being of human kind. In this series I suggest that their contribution goes beyond food, clothing, shelter, and medicine. By studying flowers we actually witness nature advising us on how to participate in infinite creation.