About Art With Nails

Art with Nails is a body of work in which image emerges through material, light, shadow and tension.

Each artwork is constructed from individually placed nails in steel or brass, set into matte acrylic glass with precision and intent. Yet the final image is never defined by material alone. It is completed by light. By shadow. By reflection. By the changing atmosphere around it.

In the black steel works on white acrylic glass, the composition gains depth through shadow play. As light moves across the surface, the nails project rhythm, contrast and sculptural presence. In the brass works on black acrylic glass, another character appears. Under the right light, the brass catches the sun and releases a warm golden glow, giving the work a quieter and more intimate intensity.

What makes this medium so compelling is its tension. Steel and brass are raw, powerful and industrial materials. Matte acrylic glass is delicate, refined and seemingly still. Together, they create a fragile balance between hardness and softness, force and elegance.

In works such as my reinterpretation of The Creation of Adam, the image is never fully fixed. Through its three dimensional structure, the relationship between the forms shifts with perspective, light and shadow. From one angle, the hands seem to move towards one another. At certain moments of the day, when the light falls just right, they appear to touch. Not in material, but in shadow. It is within that fleeting moment that the work comes alive.

Materials such as brass and steel may also evolve subtly over time through oxidation, allowing the artwork to shift in character over the years. In that sense, each piece carries not only an image, but an ongoing relationship with light, material and time.