Welcome to my site.  Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable.  For about the past 5 years I've been creating wall-mounted assemblage art with vintage found objects.   My work has undergone an evolution during that time.  I first started framing collections of old things that I felt were interesting and worthy of appreciation, but defied easy display.  This included everything from vintage egg beaters and catcher's masks to sunglasses and shoe polish tins.  Next, I moved into more boxed assemblage, somewhat in the vein of one of my art heroes, Joseph Cornell.  This allowed me to use some of my impressive collection of retro knick-knacks and curiosities, collected over the years at yard sales and junk stores, in imaginative and provocative ways.  But, ever restless, I soon began thinking "outside the box" and started creating more free-form and sculptural - while always wall-friendly - assemblages. 


 I enjoy the hunt for great vintage parts to use, the diversity of materials I get to work with, and the ingenuity involved in making my assemblages structurally sound, while not distracting in terms of construction technique.  It is my contention that the use of vintage items, be it bits of wooden furniture, metal machine parts, 100+ year old paper ephemera, or whatever,  brings a certain authenticity and mystery to a piece that cannot be equaled otherwise.  Each assemblage is unique, and generally, along with the aesthetic and emotional impact, creates some curiosity.  Where did that part come from?  What was it's original purpose?  How, after all this time, did it find it's way into this piece of art?