Artist Statement
My path to art has been winding and, at times, interrupted. I began in pharmacy and medicine, eventually becoming an orthopedic spine surgeon, where I spent decades helping people regain function and vitality. When my own health challenges brought me to a crossroads, I returned — more deliberately — to a lifelong passion for making.
I hold a certificate from the Glassell School of Art and have trained with master goldsmiths and master glass artists. But the deeper education has come from illness, recovery, and learning to be present in the studio when the body asks for patience.
Goldsmithing is the heart of my practice. It is a craft of delayed gratification — meticulous, demanding, and quietly profound. The process matters as much as the finished piece. Each commission is a collaboration, a translation of someone's story into something lasting and worn close to the body.
Glass extends that practice into light and color. The fluidity and luminosity of kiln-formed glass allows me to explore form in ways metal alone cannot. Together, gold and glass create work that moves beyond traditional boundaries.
Writing completes the triangle. Through memoir and reflective essays I explore healing, creativity, and the quiet moments that shape a life. All three practices — goldsmithing, glass, and writing — are rooted in the same belief: that making is a form of listening, and that beauty, carefully attended to, is its own kind of healing.
My memoir The Quiet Return is available on Amazon at amazon.com/author/thesehandsremember. I write regularly at thesehandsremember.substack.com