A lot of my work is like picking potatoes; you have to get into the rhythm of it. It is different than patience. It is not thinking. It is working with the rhythm.

If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that.

Time gives growth, it gives continuity and it gives change. And in the case of some sculptures, time gives a patina to them.

I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.

I did tests on small stones before collecting and committing myself to the larger ones.

If I'm going to understand the land, I have to understand the wind, the snow, the rain, the leaves, the ice, and changes in temperature. It just reflects a reality for me.

I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.