In making a sculptural self-portrait I tried to be both literal and subtle. The drawings are all of me, some are just a line I like, while others are more detailed. Each drawing is done to emphasize a more graphic representation of me with a the economy of line that I so greatly favor.
The form came from two places. I wanted to represent life and the way one always seems to come full circle, but somehow more than one started out as.
I started with a spiral, but the actual portraits got lost in the shape. Then one day after a shower I was staring out of my bathroom window. The trees behind my apartment are not trees that would have been selected by a landscape architect, but they have a careless natural beauty that I appreciate.
The two ideas melded together into a loose spiral arrangement that I placed in the ground like it would grow to be a towering oak. The sculpture itself is stark and very much a blank slate. I did this to represent my potential for growth. While the trees are detailed and have depth that I seek. If I can find a place to safely store my sculpture I want to keep adding to it over the next five years and see how it evolves with me.
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