My first memories are of being surrounded by art and antiquities. My mother was an accomplished painter; my grandparents and parents had a gallery and antique shops in New York City, Houston and upstate New York. However, none of that sparked my future life as an artist.

When I was twelve, our parents took my brothers and me to the Guggenheim’s Calder exhibit. To that point, whenever we entered a gallery, museum or antique shop, the words we heard were, “Boys, put your hands in your pockets and do not touch anything.”

Then came the Calder exhibit. The first words from the docent were, “Go ahead, son, make it move; bring it to life.”

These words are my mantra. I want to bring my metals to life. I call my work “reflective kinetics” – hand-formed stainless steel that responds to light and movement (whether induced by the human hand or the environment).
http://gallery.mac.com/famosart/100100692 or 100744