Vignette, an installation, is composed of a table, lamp, wall hanging, and chair. Artist\u27s Statement: The desire to create is strong. My life is seamless between aesthetic decisions about what I am making, what I am wearing, how I live, what my beliefs are, etc. Also, conceptual decisions of who I want to become. Art for me is not separate from other disciplines. It is the how of how I do everything. The impulse is sometimes stronger than at other times, but everyday I am an artist. When I create objects, my focus is on beauty. I want my works to inspire awe, just as I want awesomeness in my daily life. Mediocrity is not something I aspire to. I design my life to be authentic and I go to painstaking lengths to make that happen, in th...