The sculptures I make, an alternative activity to the installations, are smaller in scale.  This work partially shares philosophy with traditional landscapes.  These portable sculptures capture essences from the rural countryside, package easily for transport and encourage perusal at a later date (preferably whilst comfortably indoors away from those pesky mosquitoes and the howling wind). They assume, however, a more tongue-in-cheek approach to capturing and displacing slices of rural Canadiana than their painted counterparts.  They are transients on the lam from place of origin.  Some are equipped with wheels, rockers, leashes, reigns and other such devices. They are hybrid beasts that inhabit that gap between the natural world and its exploitive master, humanity.  They intersect nature and culture. This motley selection of fugitives from the changing face of the Canadian landscape combine cast, found and constructed elements.  They imply narratives while relying on viewer interaction for activation and completion whilst discussing the more serious theme of vulnerability in the face of often overwhelming and sometimes destructive forces of natural and human design.