WAR BABY

foam, nails

 

UNTITLED (orange)

foam, steel

 

UNTITLED (blue)

foam, latex, steel

 

UNTITLED (purple)

foam, steel

 

UNITITLED (red)

foam, steel

 

THE MARTYR

foam, arrows

 

 

MASTER

cast foam, wood

 

THE MURDER

cast foam, aluminum

 

 

STARMAN

aluminum, steel, cloth, resin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOODOO SELF PORTRAIT

cast foam, pins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPEN

cast aluminum

 

 

 

 

 

INFINITE POWER AND INCREASED FLEXIBILITY

carved pine, yoga ball

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN THE BAPTIST MONSTER

carved oak, Burger King tray

As a child my family would go to church and then eat fast food after. Here I juxtapose the story of John the Baptist losing his head and a toy monster included with a kid’s meal.

 

 

ECSTASY

carved oak, Slip-and-Slide

Religious iconography (hand carved, three feet tall) juxtaposed with a Slip-and-Slide (ordered online, fifteen feet long).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A CARTOON DEATH

carved oak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAND

carved oak, rope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RED GOD

carved oak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100 JESUSSES

cast foam, kiddie pool, water, fan

An attempt to synthetically recreate a miracle.

 

 

 

1982 WARRIOR MONUMENT

carved oak

A ten-foot tall monument to the video game warriors of my youth: Pac Man, Donkey Kong,  Frogger, Pinky, Space Invaders, Dig Dug and Q-bert (in descending order).

 

 

 

 

 

 

OBAMA: NAKED, LEVITATING

polyform clay

An eighteen inch tall sculpture in response to Horatio Greenough’s George ‘Jupiter’ Washington. The President is at once real (naked, human) and ideal (levitating, inspirational).

 

 

 

 

SPACE DEITY

recycled wood, steel

Scrap materials from the studio reorganized themselves into a god. I had nothing to do with it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FREEDOM OF CHOICE

glass, wood, metal, gumballs

You can choose any spout to get your treat. The gum, however, is always the same.

 

 

 

 

WORRY

ceramic busts, fishbowl, fish

 

 

TASTY AMERICAN

cast hard candy, cap-gun caps

Enjoy this three feet long tasty treat: the sugar rush, the explosive caps between your teeth.

 

 

 

SLEEPLESS

cast plaster

I could not sleep. I kept imagining a rolling ball of hands.

 

 

 

 

CHRYSALIDES


turned aluminum

This group of over one hundred unique forms was installed at the 2006 Key West Sculpture Exhibition and then permanently in The Children’s Memorial Park in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.

 

 

 

 

 

HEAD

carved limestone

A feminine self-portrait.

 

 

 

 

 

G. I. JOHN SERIES

cast neoprene

The G.I. JOHN series of sculptures and installations depicts an intrepid army of one. These life-size cast neoprene action figures promote anti-terrorism initiatives and defend core American values. This elite commando force has been deployed to numerous domestic targets:  national landmarks, state parks, universities, office spaces, parking lots and living rooms. Dedicated to the defense of American citizens in these volatile locations, G.I. JOHN is here.

This series was in response to the notion of “us” versus “them.” “Us” obviously playing the role of the good and godly defenders of freedom at home and abroad, and “them” serving as “the other” or “evildoer.” I cast myself in the role of our fearless hero, embellishing my physique in synthetic material.  Our villain is never apparent but lurks somewhere in the periphery. These works existed as both sculptures and installations.

 

 

 

 

MUSHROOM CLOUD

lint

With the United States entangling itself deeper into conflict in the Middle East, I was considering how small, seemingly unimportant decisions could develop into major conflict. I began to pay closer attention to inconsequential materials in my daily activity. This photograph shows a sculpture of a fifteen inch mushroom cloud made from a year’s worth of my collected lint from my dryer.

 

 

 

SELF-PORTRAIT

concrete

This cast relief was a colossal rendering of my handprint. Three feet in height, it was completed with the exacting detail of my fingerprints copied meticulously into the clay original.

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concrete, steel

This concrete and steel sculpture was inspired by a NOVA program about a mathematician who worked for several years to resolve a centuries-old equation. Art, like pure mathematics, is often in pursuit of something that serves no obvious practical purpose but, instead, has an inherent quality of beauty.

 

 

 

 

THE MORNING RITUAL

wood, brass, photographs

I created this fifteen inch tall sculpture while studying abroad at The University of Tasmania. The program was focused on furniture with an emphasis on inventive design with high craftsmanship. This piece reflected both my acquisition of new skills and my desire to create something that gave a sense of home. The cabinet includes moving parts, photographs, and music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSALM 23

cast aluminum and bronze, wood

This  seven feet tall group of mark-making tools aids the artist in drawing ideas into sand, earth or water. The title is derived from the biblical passage, “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.” As the “rod” and “staff” might comfort the religious, an artist’s tools give her comfort.