Artist Statement

“When my days have quieted and my hands are still,
I hope what remains is work shaped with care —
something fashioned in honesty,
touched with striving,
worthy of a lingering gaze.

And more than all of that,
when my name is spoken,
let it be said that through mistakes,
through stumbles and human folly,
Darryl tried —
tried to be good,
and tried to do good.”**