I cannot remember a time in my life that I did not draw or paint. It has been an all-consuming, inextinguishable, desire for creativity. In recent years I have gravitated toward another livelong love: wood. As a creative device, while working in wood, I use the lathe, and proceed through a reduction process, as opposed to accession, as in painting, or two-dimensional art. Wood is relished for itself, it needs no other supplements. Most of my pieces are nonfunctional; created to be enjoyed for the pure shape, feel, and beauty of the hollow form. The exotic and imported hardwoods that I use are obtained from sustainable and sound reforestation programs of certified, reputable, environmentally and environmentally sensitive timber merchants who, as do I, have a strong, social, and humanitarian obligation to the earth and its resources. I design, and shape, and give these wonderful woods giving the tree new life. The soul of the tree lives in each piece.