My assemblage work has always been a form of cultural comment or criticism. Using the mass-produced, material artifacts from my surroundings makes sense to me, in a very basic way, to use culture to speak to culture. Much the same as how we use words to talk about language and just as a poet or philosopher would take meticulous care in choosing words to convey ideas, I employ the same discretion in the use of my materials. The playful gestures and absurdities are for me helpful in-roads to thinking. My attempt is to bring to bear our profound nature within the world of our own creation, and what that means and implies. Some of my pieces encompass a specific idea while others approach a greater concept. There is certainly multi-layered meanings to the materials that I use, which may encourage too divergent of ideas. It is my hope however that I can create a focus of the pieces so that it generates a deeper understanding and that viewers will stop, consider and wonder. [from introduction to an exhibit in 2000, revised Jan. 2007]