"Momentum"
Gallery Without Walls City of Lake Oswego’s Rotating Collection - Lower Millenium Park
ART WORKS
Commissions
Metal Sculpture
Commissions
Ever-advancing my skills and perspective, I thrive on creating solutions for site specific and custom works. Sparking conversations and inspiring the imagination, with a vision that cannot be taught, and must be personally experienced is what I strive for in all of my work.
Pastels
Metal Sculpture
Commissions
I started working in pastels on a whim and I fell in love with the tactile nature of the medium. Heavily influences by Edgar Degas, Matisse and Renoir, I worked hard to develop my own personal style. I use additive and subtractive processes to create as much textural interplay as possible.
Metal Sculpture
Metal Sculpture
Metal Sculpture
I love paradoxes and possibilities - embracing the juxtaposition of contrasting elements. Like the patterns of an oriental carpet I juggle the geometric and biomorphic. The fractal rhythms in nature and manmade marching across the landscape all find their way into my work.
Maquettes
Stained Glass
Stained Glass
I usually start with a small-scale version on my ideas called a maquette. The ideas flow and expand as I play with different design concepts. It is important to me the sculpture has all "A" sides, that is, that every viewing angle has a pleasing design.
These are some of my working maquettes. I's not uncommon to make 3-6 maquettes of one
I usually start with a small-scale version on my ideas called a maquette. The ideas flow and expand as I play with different design concepts. It is important to me the sculpture has all "A" sides, that is, that every viewing angle has a pleasing design.
These are some of my working maquettes. I's not uncommon to make 3-6 maquettes of one design as I fine tune the image. Every model is a maquette until the final image is realized.
Stained Glass
Stained Glass
Stained Glass
I left the U of O art department in 1972 to do an apprenticeship at F&G Stained Glass. I attended Western Oregon University (OCE back then) and started doing commission stained glass. I learned to integrate architectural elements into my designs while studying with acclaimed German designer Ludwig Schaffrath, in 1978 at the Pilchuck Glass School.