Seawalls are built by man and changed by the ocean. The seawall series initially explored the graphic angularity of a recently reconstructed seawall at Minot Beach, and the juxtaposition of that angular strength set against the free-form strength of the rocks and the overpowering strength of the ocean.

As I continued to work, my focus became the subtle variations in the color and texture of the concrete and then moved to focus on complex angles formed by the concrete walls. In many of these images a range of color is layered as transparent veils of illusion and the literal seawall is no more; it has evolved to become interlocking shapes of delicate color. Later, being startled by the ocean?Äôs destruction of that newly rebuilt seawall in less than a year, I returned to the seawall imagery. I pulled the pieces apart and formed my own constructions of ephemeral and crumbling concrete.

The seawall has come to be a personal icon signifying contradictory forces between nature and man, between us all, between our inner spirit and the person we reveal to others, between sorrow and joy. At times these forces are held in delicate balance, at other times we are aware of a powerful imbalance.