Artist Statement

'Soothsayer' continues my exploration of a dynamic history that exists in a state of flux and can be accessed laterally slicing a way through the exploded façade. The sculptures form is influenced by the appropriation of images of natural disasters gathered from news-sources, which are montaged into the form of a mask and in turn this acts as the starting point for the work. The sculpture absorbs found materials from the area that it arrives in, picking up stones from a local beach and gathering ash from a camp fire all interwoven within the resin medium. 'Soothsayer' appears incongruous to the environment that it is located in, revealing a primordial state as well as a future vision.