ARTIST'S STATEMENT

There is an old rhyme that involves “krik krak break your back”, and I thought it an appropriate reference for the sculpture, “Krak Baby”. In my profession as an educator I hear and see a little too much of the dark side of our society. The formation of this sculpture arose from the role that drugs, crack specifically, play in the family dynamic. It’s insidious. One of the worst lows is to have a child born addicted to the substance, and/or used as a vehicle to traffic the substance. I have taught one or two students born to the addiction, and watched their emotional, mental, and physical vulnerability to the chemical. It ain’t pretty, nor is the sculpture, and that’s o.k. Art has a broader role than just entertaining the viewer; it should also educate.