I feel that our environment has a profound effect upon our souls. The beauty of our surroundings inspires us to live more fully and appreciate the inner harmony of our world. Furniture that is beautifully made allows us to relax, while being enlivened, in our home and work spaces.

I am inspired, in designing furniture, by the influences of ancient architecture as well as the more modern Arts and Crafts movement. I strive to bring the best elements of the ancient and the modern into a fresh, contemporary expression of design.

In creating furniture, I use fine hardwoods such as quarter sawn white oak, white maple and cherry wood, as well as the more exotic hardwoods such as babinga, ebony and German pear wood. It is essential in building fine furniture to pay attention to grain and color, selecting the wood that best serves the design.