A sculpture series

Splendid Strangers begins with a simple idea:

...that the people we pass every day carry a life as vivid and meaningful as our own.

I’m drawn to small moments. Sometimes they’re quiet and ordinary. Sometimes they carry more personality. A gesture, or the simple act someone is caught in, that feels distinctly their own, natural, and fully themselves.

Even a brief glimpse can reveal something true. Something splendid.

Paying attention to it feels meaningful.

In my work, I simplify the forms and leave the surfaces rough. Then I push what first caught my eye, a shift in proportion, a slight exaggeration, just enough to bring the character forward.

The figures are not portraits of specific individuals. They are meant to feel shared. Familiar. Human.

This is my way of noticing that presence.