"Your words become objects that I must carry..." she said. When Words Become Objects was conceived in response to a letter that was returned, unopened, by the recipient.
This interactive sculpture explores the weight words have on our lives. Once delivered, they can never truly be taken back, and we do indeed carry them with us forevermore. A human figure, beleaguered by the burden of words, carries a cube on its back inscribed with the word "OBJECT" repeated over and over. For those who are willing to look a little deeper, there is a message from the author of the letter to the original recipient — a message to which nearly all can relate, having experienced the same emotion. In that sense, it is a reflection on the individual human condition relative to our shared humanity.
As an artist raised by an engineer, Scot produces work that reflects a negotiation and exploration of the relationship between Subjective and Objective. His aspirations as an artist led him to a career in architecture and sculpting space, form, and structure. That said, he never stopped making art. His work is distinguished by its diversity, meaning he does not have a singular style or specific aesthetic per se. Rather, common threads will be found in the aesthetics of fluidity and motion as influenced by Art Nouveau and the organic thread of the Modern Movement.
