When I stumbled onto the magical, shape-shifting powers of sound, I couldn't help but wonder how it is that even a brief snippet of a particular voice or a small detail in a soundscape can transport a listener across time and place, all the while creating astonishingly vivid images in the mind’s eye.

For many years I built sculptures and installations around moments of listening —inviting visitors to draw near and listen to delicate layers of voice and place. A cabinet drawer might open to sounds of a thunderstorm rushing across a city street, or to a street vendor’s sing-song. A collection of leather-bound books might open to sounds of a late night summer walk along a gravel road or to the spoken memory of a childhood encounter. I designed these sculptures and installations for an experience that is aural, visual, and deeply private.

Now I mostly explore sound and storytelling apart from tangible objects, making projects for broadcast, podcast and audio walks. Despite the absence of physical form in some of these pieces, my interest as a visual artist is never far behind. I'm searching for aural images that are memorably visual: a red velvet cowboy hat flying in the wind, tiny pale feet tiptoeing through the spring rain...

I'm inspired by aspects of oral history, creative non-fiction, radio documentary and musique concrète. I'm curious about the ways stories give shape to experience, the musical textures and phrasing present in the sounds of people and places I record, and — more than anything — the unexpected flights of imagination and understanding that are possible as a listener.