Beauty Is What Sustains Things, Although Beauty

Generally In New York, People Just Walk Over You With No Problem About That. Other Countries, People Want To Resuscitate You, Like, After A Bit.

When I Was At Art School, A Lot Of Art Education Is About Art Being A Means Of Self-expression, And As An 18-year-old I Didn't Know If I Had A Huge Amount I Wanted To Express. It Was A Big Moment When I Decided I Wanted To Shift The Emphasis Or The Intention Of My Art From Something I Disgorged Myself Upon And Something That Actually Fed Me Or Made Me See The World Or Understand The World.

As With All My Work, Whether It's A Leaf On A Rock Or Ice On A Rock, I'm Trying To Get Beneath The Surface Appearance Of Things. Working The Surface Of A Stone Is An Attempt To Understand The Internal Energy Of The Stone.

At Its Most Successful, My 'touch' Looks Into The Heart Of Nature; Most Days I Don't Even Get Close. These Things Are All Part Of A Transient Process That I Cannot Understand Unless My Touch Is Also Transient - Only In This Way Can The Cycle Remain Unbroken And The Process Be Complete.

Nature, For Me Is Raw And Dangerous And Difficult And Beautiful And Unnerving.