take me to tuscany

concrete • sand • limestone • plaster • hand powdered kyanite • crushed dried clay • 25 x 25 x 3  This sculptural painting was inspired by the marble found in quarries between Carrara and Massa in the Apuan Alps region of Tuscany.  I have always been endlessly fascinated by the gifts our earth has given us: art made from natural stone, metamorphic rock, gemstones, and the clay that’s needed to form in-between.  I began using plaster & premixed concrete as one of my primary mediums almost 2 years ago now. When I began focusing on embedding different minerals + materials + live components to my concrete mixes, I felt I was really tapping into my unique artistic foundation. It was something of my own. A textural experience within each new project that felt closer and closer to respecting and representing the indescribable beauty of natural stone.  Architecture has always been a motivator for my artwork— the past few months I’ve felt closer to rightfully building the trapped ideas I ha