Sculptures • 2
He who dreams while he is awake has knowledge of a thousand things which elude him who dreams only in his sleep.”
—Wols
quoted in W. Haftmann, Wols. Aufzeichnungen, Aphorismen, Zeichnungen, Cologne 1963, p. 53).
The Mobile Brain
Built on an antique wheelchair, seated with an 1800s steel drill-press, this piece is equipped as a fighting force with telephone…
Snake
During my 25 year woodworking period, I build many sculptures simply to highlight the quality of the wood, like Snake.
The Orange Hive
This artwork is driven by my desire to create a hive of unusual surreal construction, and the base is pressboard wood.
Raising Children: Rolling Dice
This piece evolved from the 1880s yellow patina carnival ice shaving machine (early snow cones) built on a vintage maritime ship’s window.
Liberty
The rare wood, Ziricote, has a very unique appearance, which is sometimes referred to as “spider-webbing” or “landscape” grain figure.
Egyptian Anubis Dream
Often various antique furniture direct my focus and I simply become the navigator of found objects as in this sculpture.
Gone Tuba
I found this instrument in the trash near a music store in unusable broken condition… Wrong!
She Spins Within
This piece is constructed from one slab of zebrawood cut with my skill saw, then sanded to allow for ease of turning.
Chanel
This sculpture began as a very magical object. It uses a beautiful old leather leg prosthetic from an old war veteran who lost his leg.
Victoria’s Secret
A small fired ceramic of a nude.
Kicking the Blues
After a vacation driving trip to New Orleans, I returned wanting to create the blues as I had enjoyed in New Orleans and Memphis, TN.
Raven
This piece is driven by the military gas mask a nod toward evil and sinister accentuated by the bird.
Owl and Fairy
This piece has a female mannequin base and a mixed-media constructed head.
The Pugilist
An antique wood column provides the strength of character attributable to the rough sport of boxing.
Horns and Crystals
Skull covered with Swarovski crystals atop a baby high chair.
The Albatross
Skull covered with Swarovski crystals.
Death of a Foil
Maple burl provided the base underlayment, where I was then able to attach the Victorian beaded dress.
Green Glow
This is a newel post from antique stairs. The glass was electrified with LEDs.