ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“ I carve myrtlewood logs reclaimed from the beaches near my home in Trinidad, California. My commitment is to engage in the act of discovery in both the raw material and creative process with an intuitive and aggressive chainsaw carving technique, allowing the form to evolve as I work. After carving the shape to an even shell, I kiln dry and then refine the form with scrapers, chisels, and sandpaper. I thickly apply a coating, combined of beeswax and mineral oil, to the piece and then cure it in a kiln for twenty-four hours, before applying the final coat of paste wax. The finish allows in the viewer the direct sensual experience of touching wood. All of my sculptural vessels share interplay of points and planes to arrive at their tension of movement.”

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
MH DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2007 SHY BOY, SHE DEVIL, AND ISIS, The Art of Conceptual Craft," Selections from the Wornick        Collection, Museum of Arts, Boston, MA
2005 “Carving a Life: The Work of David Groth,” Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 “One Step Back, Two Steps Forward,” Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 “The Fine Art of Wood : The Bohlen Collection,” The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
2000 “Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Millenium,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1999 “The Art of Craft: Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection,” M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum,         San Francisco, CA
1998 “Living with Craft,” American Craft Museum, New York, NY