This stuff is mostly for fun - playful expressions of my various obsessions.
last updated 8/2007
Armadillo Pot
I think armadillos are cool - although I guess I haven't actually ever seen a real one.
Hand-built, burnished with a stone,wood-fired in a pit under the direction of
Diego Romera. 3 in. high. NFS
Cedar Bowl
I love turning wood on a lathe - starting with a chunk of old wood and discovering
the beauty that is inside. My favorite materials are wood,clay, metal,and glass.
8 in.high. NFS
The Parable of the Wheat and Tares (front view)
The Parable of the Wheat and Tares
This is one of my favorite parables of Jesus. I consider my obsession with God to be
a healthy obsession because it makes me a better, less selfish person.
Raku pottery and metal. 18 in. high. NFS
Fish Clock
Most of my 3D work is "found object" sculpture. I love turning cool, old stuff into
something new. This piece is quite personal. The eye of the fish is a doorknob from
our old house in Kansas City - the first house that Mollie and I owned. The lips are
from an old corroded toilet seat that I found in the crawl space. The verse was
written by my son, Lee, when he was six years old. It says, "Hours are big.
Minutes are small. Seconds are hardly anything at all."
26 in. high NFS
Mermaid
She hangs in our bathroom. I hope the pennies will turn green someday.
Made from old lamp parts, cabinet knobs, lots of pennies, copper wire, etc.
11 in. high NFS
Joe Bob - Patron Saint of the Old West
I love self-conscious western kitsch. This probably stems from my childhood family
vacations to Canon City, Colorado. My distant cousin was a "real cowboy", and ran a working ranch there. Some of my best childhood memories have to do with being "out West". And Boy Howdy, here I am again! This piece was, I think, an excuse to make cowboy art. Joe Bob hangs on the wall, and is, of course, one-of-a-kind.
24 in. high found-object sculpture status: sold
Ruth
For about 3 1/2 years I worked at a stained glass studio in Kansas City as a designer
and glass painter. I couldn't make enough to support my family there, but it was
difficult to leave because it was a fascinating job for an artist - composing with
colored glass. This is one of ten, eight foot tall windows that I designed for a chapel
in Overland Park, Kansas. It was my first chance to design an entire job.
This is the only one I still like.
Sierra's Angel
When I got to Hallmark, lo, and behold, stuck away in a cabinet, they had all the
necessary materials to do things like this, and no one who knew how to use them!
The art of glass painting hasn't changed much over hundreds of years, and is somewhat
of a dying art. It is tedious, toxic, and expensive. This piece was created for Hallmark's "Angels" promotion a few years ago. It gave me a chance to d |
