February 1998. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 27.5 × 45 × 9 in (70 × 114 × 23 cm).
Private collection
Angler reflects my continuing interest in bringing a sense of life and movement to inherently heavy, inanimate materials such as steel and stone. The granite mass appears to lean forward in an active, almost bodily gesture, while the long outstretched steel element has the fluidity of a fly-line cast through the air. The sculpture transforms weight and rigidity into a moment of balance, motion, and suspended energy. This idea of “choreographing” heavy materials was central to my work of this period.
The title reinforces this sense of action. Rather than literally depicting a fisherman, the sweeping curves and implied flexibility of the steel evoke the graceful movement of someone fly-fishing—the line extending outward at the moment of a cast. In this way, Angler uses gesture rather than representation to animate stone and steel, giving static materials an unexpected sense of fluidity and life.
February 1998. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 27.5 × 45 × 9 in (70 × 114 × 23 cm).
Private collection
Angler reflects my continuing interest in bringing a sense of life and movement to inherently heavy, inanimate materials such as steel and stone. The granite mass appears to lean forward in an active, almost bodily gesture, while the long outstretched steel element has the fluidity of a fly-line cast through the air. The sculpture transforms weight and rigidity into a moment of balance, motion, and suspended energy. This idea of “choreographing” heavy materials was central to my work of this period.
The title reinforces this sense of action. Rather than literally depicting a fisherman, the sweeping curves and implied flexibility of the steel evoke the graceful movement of someone fly-fishing—the line extending outward at the moment of a cast. In this way, Angler uses gesture rather than representation to animate stone and steel, giving static materials an unexpected sense of fluidity and life.
