About
I’m a sculptor whose practice is informed by travel and specific places. About half of my work is designed for public spaces, as featured in the video.
I’m ravenous about materials and technologies for making, whether ancient or emerging. I’m also a lover of process, particularly complex methods that require long-term planning and the development of new tools. I model in CAD and use custom-built design software like LineWorks (written with AI-assisted coding) to interpret site data, such as sound recordings, into buildable forms.
I also design and build. I was the general contractor for my own home, and that experience with structure, trades, and weather shapes how I engineer public work to last.
I grew up on the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, studied science and art in college, and then sculpture in graduate school at RISD. I’m the Mary Heuser Endowed Professor in the Arts at Wheaton College, where I founded and direct Public Art at Wheaton. I live in Norton, Massachusetts, USA.
Public Art at Wheaton
Founding Director since 2018. Public Art at Wheaton issues an annual call for proposals, provides funding, and facilitates the fabrication and installation of public works on the Wheaton campus.
How I use AI
I use AI as a workflow tool, mostly to speed up or automate work that isn’t creative. It writes code for applications I need but that don’t exist yet, like LineWorks, and it helps me organize large sets of data. It also helped build this website.
The edge is simple. Ideas, forms, drawing, material decisions, and the making are mine, and none of my renderings or images are generated by AI. If a task is about what the work is or means, I do it. If it’s about getting something done, I’m happy to hand it off.
I’m a tool person, from Japanese hand tools on a Tuesday to CNC machining on a Wednesday. AI is one more tool in the shop. A good tool extends what I can do without deciding what I make.