Introspection

diorite
19″ high with base

An oddly-shaped rock balanced upright in my stoneyard for years, and weathered while I contemplated its effect on me. I started to carve with no clear plan or vision. But increasingly as the shape took form, the look and feel and balance of the stone invited me into a state of Introspection and I projected that into the stone.

Introspection won Second Place in the Federation of Canadian Artists’ 2026 annual international Calendar Exibition competition.

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I projected Introspection into the stone. Now, now, and now, how does it feel to carve the stone? How am I experiencing doing it? How does it feel at night when I’m stiff and sore, and what does that tell me about tomorrow? Right now, how am I experiencing the form? That process of looking inward, introspection, was the name of the game for me in carving this piece, and in many ways. It was my physiotherapy, my psychotherapy, and my spiritual therapy all at once, and that’s why I called it Introspection.

Call it Cobra or Bird or Madonna if you want (most people do). I call it Introspection.