"As a father of three, and having multiple activities for work and community, I understand the idea of the busy lives of Americans these days," says William Baran-Mickle. "I thought it would be fun to create a body of work that showed what this looks like, and I settled on a focus on the 'to-go' quality of our lives. I am a fine coffee drinker, and to-go cups have filled my car, my studio and office. These sculptures take a humorous view of the running around we do, to attempt to do more than we have time for, worried that we are not doing enough.

"I also wanted to show a slightly different view of the domestic scene, where there were still regular, everyday items left around. In many ways, what I am showing in the wall reliefs are honest family-space portraits. They are at once familiar and uncomfortable because we hate to show our personal spaces cluttered or not yet cleaned up and tidy. Yet, if nobody is around, we are comfortable and relaxed allowing for the living we do in our own space."

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