Drawing is the process that most closely reflects the thinking process. It has a plasticity that makes this action spontaneous, receptive and malleable.
4ft x4ft Lenticular image 2019
4ft x 5ft Digital print on canvas with acrylic paint.
Mixed media on archival paper 23” x 29” 2018
Digital print on canvas with enamel paint 48” x48” 2021
Mixed media on archival paper 29”x 32”
Mixed media drawing on paper 29”x 32”
Lenticular print 32” x40” there are three drawing stacked onto one picture plane. the viewable image changes when the viewer moves left or right. 2021
This Lenticular image is 32”x 40” and is a sandwich of three images on one picture plane. The image shifts as the viewer moves left or right.
This is a Lenticular print 32”x 40” It is a sandwich of three images on one picture plane. The viewer’s movement left & right causes the images to change.
Colored pencil & pastel on archival paper 32” x40”x 0” 2016
Silk screen & colored pencil on maple wood veneer 20”x20”x 0” yr. 2016
Pastel & colored pencil 20” x 20” x 0” yr 2019
Drawing on carbon paper 22”x 18”
Twenty mixed media drawing, framed each one is 20” x20” and three drawings at 10”x10”
Mixed media drawing 20”x 20”
The ceramic processes are the same that have formed the planet we live on. Heating, melting, crystallizing, cooling then weathering back. Clay is alive, self adhesive and spontaneous. It undergoes a transformation under fire that renders it one of the most permenant materials we know.
This is one of a series of twelve wall oriented works of fired slate and ceramic. 21" x 19" x 3" relief date :2016
Inspired by the process of Fracking and its effect on the water we drink and an uptick in earthquake activity near these sites.
This one in a series of wall works that incorporate river stones with the fired ceramic tiles. 9”x11”x1”
Ceramic, metal and magnifying lens 26" dia x 13" high
Drawing on Fiber Frax paper with pigments the heat fused between sheets of glass 14" x16"x 1/2" 2015
Glass tile 6”x6” x1/8”
Porcelain & glazed stone 14”x 15”x 4” 2018
Ceramic & copper sheet over wood 14”x 16”x 1.5” relief on the wall.
Vitreous ceramic plate 18” diameter.
Porcelain handmade plate with drawing of a crop circle. 18”Dia. yr.2020
Egyptian Paste on metal wire, 6” Dia.x 22”
Copper red high fired plate 17” Dia. yr.2019
Ceramic and rubber 12” dia. x 1” relief 2020
Clay on glass and porcelain slip on FiberFrax 4ft x 4ft x 4ft 2018
Fired slate cast glass and magnifying lens 14” x 20” dia. 2018
Egyptian Paste and clay 15” x 31”x 6” wide 2001
Creek stone 40” x 42” x 4” in relief from the wall. 2022
I am interested in public artwork that serves the community & site that host the work. The work is made with the collaboration of the stakeholders. The work will often serve as wayfinding or provide other functional aspects for the specific space or place.
Handmade ceramic tile, sheet copper 12ft x 44ft x 3” in relief. Located at Florida International University, Miami, FL One of two murals.
St. Louis, MO
This is a working drawbridge based on the painting by Vincent Van Gogh “The Langlois Bridge” Made of Concrete, Steel and Wood. 2006
12’ x 30’x 7’ wide Located at the St. Louis University’s Sculpture Park at the Henry Lay Foundation, Bowling Green, MO
Handmade ceramic tile at Hialeah community center, Dade Co. FL
12’x 43’x 2” in relief.
Plaza for the Dept. of Natural Resources Wet Labs. Marathon Key , FL
48’x 75’x 4’ high colored concrete with seating & plant retaining walls covered with handmade ceramic tile
Ceramic tile. Courtyard wall at the community center, Orlando, FL
12’ high x 65’ long
The artwork for this six story parking deck is first a timeline of the development of transportation vehicles along the low pedestrian wall. second 15 vac-u-formed wheels on each of the three exposed side of the garage that light up at night & act as signage for parking. 3rd there are 12 abstract designs in colored plastic along the top edge of the garage. Located in downtown Greensboro, NC.
This is a series of seven 33 ft tall totem poles, that connect the metro parking lot to the main business center in University City, MO. Each pole is dedicated to a group that make up this diverse area of town. Each totem lights up at night. Made of fiberglass with LED lighting.
Made of wood, creek stones & rubber. 10’ x 16’ x 2”in relief. 2016
Cast glass tiles, each one is 12”x 12” x1/4” relief. Located at “St. Louis Living, a home for adults with Autism. 2020
Neon & handmade ceramic tiles on the parking deck in downtown Columbia, MO.
Series of ten oil graphite paintings at the Caldar Medical Library, Miami, FL each on is 7ft x 8ft x 2”in relief.
Handmade ceramic tile & copper sheet over wood. 3ft x 30ft x 3” in relief. Sun Bank, Jacksonville,FL
Handmade ceramic & creek stone & rubber. 11 ft x 13 ft x 2 in. relief. 2019
Stabilized earth with fresco veneer 12ft x 30ft x 15ft Built at the University of N. Carolina, asheville,NC 2014
Three tons of earth constructed with plaster veneer on the 3rd floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. For the exhibition, “Material as Metaphor”
Ceramic wall relief 4ft x 6ft x3” relief
This a sculpture built on site at Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park. It is made of stabilized earth with a colored fresco veneer on the exterior. 12ft x 28ft x 14ft. The piece will weather away over time revealing objects embedded in the walls of earth put there by community volunteers.
This is a detail of the colored fresco veneer. Some of the connections made were first with the Earth from which the sculpture was made. Connections were personal with those people who worked together for the first time. A connection was made with the ancient Mound Builders of the region as well.
This is a view of the exterior of the sculpture. All fresco drawing was confined to this side to emphasize an interior/exterior relationship because the work is a metaphor for architecture.
This is a view of the interior. Objects that were embedded into the wall will be seen again in a few years by whoever happens by. In this way a connection will be made to someone the maker has never met.
This body of work is a combination of materials often juxtaposed with Clay. This allows me to do things with form that ceramics can not.
Made while in residence at the "Finder Arts District" Nanjing, China. Made of aluminum foil, glass, decals, stones and clay. 9'x 4' 1'
Date: 2015
Still from a video of spinning porcupine silhouetted against video of the road. 5'x5' date: 2015
Various materials, 5ft x 4ft , Nanjing, China 2015. A part of the cultural exchange while artist in residence.
Made of Linticular (3-D) images of historical political figures in China juxtaposed with images of Nature on wood. 8ft x 8ft.
Created while in residence at The Finder Art District, Nanjing, China
This was a part of the exhibition "River to River" Finder Gallery of Art
Nanjing, China 2015
Unfired clay over glass rods. 5ft x 5ft x 5ft. embedded in the clay are fragments from our past such as shoes, jewelry and photos, that are revealed when the clay cracks .
Unfired clay over wood, 10ft x16ft x 8ft when standing in Fort Zackery Taylor looking out through the triangle window of this work ones line of vision is on Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas in the gulf of Mexico.
This is a still image of the spinning hand floating above the stone on the chair. Created while in residence in Nanjing China 2015
size:44" x 21"x 19" Made of wood, cement and fabric
Foam rubber, wood and rope 2015
Size: 3ft x 4ft x 2ft
Made of cast Iron and glazed ceramic. This work is part of series that focuses on the peril of our drinking water here in the United States.
Size: 32" x 60" x 19" Date: 2016
This work focuses on the stress drinking water in America is undergoing today. The number one pollutant in our water today is pharmaceuticals. Our treatment plants are not designed to remove such pollutants.
Made of Cast iron and fired ceramics. Date: 2016
Size: 25" x 62" x 27" wide
This work is made of Slate, ceramics, wood and steel. 50"x 72"x 48" This advocates for the end of capital punishment. Date: 2012
This is a drawing machine made of glass, clay and live flame. The Burner is connected to a billboard atop the gallery. As the wind blows against the billboard, the pendulum of fire swings around marking the sheet of fiber-frax paper creating a drawing tracing the path of the fire across the paper. Paper Size: 32"x32"
Date: 2012
This is part of a body of work that brings attention to the direct relationship of solar flares and weather and earthquake patters here on earth. Cast Iron, 28"dia x 11" in relief. I consider cast Iron a ceramic process because it too undergoes a transformation in the heating and melting process.
Ceramic and cast iron 44” x 40” x 14” 2016
Egyptian paste over steel and ceramics 47”x 66” x 19” wide
This portfolio is of work made while an artist in residence 2013 in Fuping China and again in 2015 while resident artist at The Finder Arts District, Nanjing China where three artist from St. Louis collaborated with two Chinese artist that culminated in the exhibition "River to River" @ the Finder Gallery, Nanjing, China.
Ceramic, 4ft x 2.5ft x3ft made at the Ceramic art Village, Fuping China. Now in the collection of The North American Museum of Ceramic Art, Fuping, China.
Date : 2013
Ceramic with green glaze in reduction firing. 14"x 20"x20" Fuping, China, Ceramic residency.
Date: 2013
Starting with pottery made by the factory I then built walls of wet clay that connect the vessels into one interconnected form. after firing it was cut open using a diamond wet saw to reveal the interior pottery again. 45 inches x 37 inches x 30 inches. Created at the Ceramic Art Village in Fuping, China in 2013. Now in the permanent collection of the North American Museum @ the Village.
This work begins with existing fired pottery forming a still life, then wet clay is formed up around that pottery. The entire piece is then fired. I then cut back into the ceramic skin to reveal the original pottery still life using a diamond saw.
Size: 3ft x 2ft x 2.5ft
The form of a tree stump made of ceramic was turn upside down and filled with water. Pointing to the diminishing clean water. Ceramic and wood, water. Fuping China 2013
Size: 25" x 67" x 30"
This body of works was inspired by the desire to become a part of the long history of ceramics here in China. This series of fired ceramics was buried at various locations around the Ceramic Art Village compound to be discovered at some time in the future when this location is excavated as a archeology site.
Here is a fired plate with iron oxide brush work drawn by an unknown pedestrian while I was not present. I judged this to be a "collaboration" with the unknown visitor and fired the brush work (Eastern) to now be a permanent mark on this plate.
This is a device to possibly make tea using the sun magnified through the glass lens to heat the water in this tea pot. This sun will be in position for only 2 days (May 27-28) when the sun shines through the oculus in the museum exactly through glass and is magnified enough to ignite paper and small bits of wood stuffed under the tea pot.
Found ceramic tile, glass and ceramic plate.
Size: 22 " diameter 2013
Here is one of seven drawings of mixed media. Nanjing, China 2015
Linticular image, wood,plastic, graphite, ink and flocked image.
Size: 15" x 7" Date: 2015
Mixed media and paint on printed fabric.
Size: 4ft x 4.5ft
Still from a video projection. "River to River" @ Finder Art Gallery, Nanjing ,China Projection onto foam rubber and wood. 5ftx 3ft x 3ft
Foam rubber, string and wood.
2015 Finder Arts District, Nanjing, China
Mixed media drawing on wood with Linticular image and ink.
Size: 15"x 10"
The fan blows the foil blanket creating a watery fluid movement. The faces of the collaborating artist are decals on the glass box and the ceramic bowl contains "Rain Flower Stones" that are unique to Nanjing.
Size: 1ft x 4ft x 9ft Date: 2015
This drawing is made of found cardboard, wood, glass and fabric.
size: 10ft x 7ft x 3" in relief.
Handmade clay 30 inches x 33 inches. Nanjing China 2015
Unfired architectural blocks at the Fuping Ceramic Factory Village created while artist in residence.
Drawings with mixed media on wood 49”x 52”
Levitating hand over stone resting on wooden chair.
Each material lends its’ unique quality to the line and gives a greater importance to the surface of the work which adds another layer of meaning to the drawing.
Embroidery drawing on found fabric. 2021
Size: 10”x 10”
Digital embroidery on found fabric 18”x 18” 2022
Digital embroidery 8”x 10”
Digital embroidery on found fabric 2022. 20”x 20”
Digital embroidery on Found fabric. 20”x20”
digital embroidery on found fabric 2022. 20”x20”
Handmade stoneware plate 16” diameter. 2021
Handmade plate 15” diameter. 2021
Handmade porcelain with inlaid slips. 13” diameter
Handmade porcelain plate. 14” diameter . 2020
handmade stoneware plate 16” diameter. 2019
Handmade stoneware 17” diameter. 2018
