REPRESENTED BY
The Lucy Clark Gallery & Studio
51 West Main Street
Brevard, NC 28712
828-884-5151
Email / Website
ADDITIONAL WORKS
North Carolina Museum of Art
Museum Store, West Building
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
Smith-Gilbert Gardens
Hiram Butler House
2382 Pine Mountain Road
Kennesaw, Georgia 30152
ABOUT
From the sprawling mulberry trees that sheltered my childhood home in the Piedmont of North Carolina to the stoic tulip poplars of my home in the Blue Ridge Mountains today, trees have quietly shaped my life.
I climb them. I walk among them. And, reverently, I carve them.
I am largely self-taught and drawn to salvaged wood as my primary working medium, not only for its warmth and organic beauty, but for its natural history. I am particularly drawn to trees that have fallen or otherwise been left behind.
I rarely begin a sculpture knowing exactly what it will become. More often, I begin with a block of wood and an intuition that something is there, waiting to be found. I follow the grain, the movement, the imperfections, my own mistakes, and the unexpected turns of the material. Somewhere along the way, the wood begins to suggest the hint of a form, and I follow.
I am often less interested in reproducing what something looks like than in capturing its essence—the gesture, movement, or spirit that allows us to recognize a familiar form without necessarily being able to explain why we recognize it. What I see in it may not be what someone else sees, and that is part of what I hope for. I want the finished work to leave enough room for the viewer to bring something of themselves to it.
My final finishes often vary—from oxidized metal coatings and pigments to burnishing with natural hard waxes and charring with fire. Yet beneath these varied finishes, every sculpture begins as an unassuming block of wood. And deeper within the wood is the thing I am really searching for: something felt more than explained.
There is an expectation in the art world that an artist should hone a recognizable visual language and stay predictably within those boundaries. I understand that impulse, but my allegiance is ultimately to the piece itself. Each sculpture asks something different of me, and I want the freedom to follow where the work leads.
In the forest, my heart sings. To the silent language of trees, I listen. And through my work, I attempt to give the forest a voice.
NOTABLES
2026
“Quiet Wisdom,” Fourth Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition — Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC
2026
”Unbreakable: Tree & Water,” Art Blooms outdoor exhibit April 2026 - March 2027, Smith-Gilbert Gardens, Kennesaw, GA
2025
“Guardian of Innocence,” honorable mention, Third Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition — Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC
2024
Feature Artist, The Laurel of Asheville
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