STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION

This practice is founded on a central premise: form is constituted by complementary opposites—opposing forces held in sustained relation, organized into stable equilibrium. Within the human figure, this manifests as architectural reality: tension balances release, angular structure encounters curved flow, openness counters withdrawal. Light and shadow function as structural elements that reveal volume and spatial relationship. Even the elimination of explicit gesture serves as compositional force, creating presence through restraint.

METHODOLOGY

For twenty-five years, this inquiry has proceeded systematically, treating the body as both subject and variable. The photographic work applies rigorous formal discipline—controlled lighting, geometric constraint, elimination of context, and near-orthographic projection—to isolate conditions under which opposing forces become perceptible. This approach renders subjects as they are structurally, not as they appear from a single viewpoint, preserving dimensional accuracy essential to formal analysis. Through this analytical approach, seven series emerged: Triangles and Horizontals isolated fundamental geometric principles. Continuum and Reflections achieved synthesis through complementary operations—formal integration of discrete elements and psychological recognition that the self emerges through integration of opposing aspects. Asymptote, Limits, and Conditionals then investigated equilibrium under varied constraints.

The sculptural work extends this investigation from two-dimensional image to three-dimensional mass, where gravitational force operates as tangible physical reality rather than captured moment.

STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLE

In this practice, completeness is not just an aesthetic preference but structural achievement—the state where opposing forces within a form achieve active balance. Neither element dominates; neither fully yields. This principle governs both the photographic investigations of the Figurative Structures system and the Stillness, Held sculptures, where material mass must organize to sustain equilibrium against gravitational pull.

The work demonstrates that equilibrium is not given condition but constructed state, achieved through precise organization of complementary opposites into sustained dynamic relation.