Art

Shadow of central solar marker stone, cut to angles of Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice sun altitude, falls on ground stones to record meaningful dates.…

Shadow of central solar marker stone, cut to angles of Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice sun altitude, falls on ground stones to record meaningful dates.…

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This piece is the first of two sculptures referencing the Rancho Pacifico land grant area (now parts of Long Beach and Compton, CA).…

Three vertical elements are aligned to sunrise and sunset points on the horizon at Winter/Summer Solstices (Lt., Rt), and north/south (the central vertical).…

Located on Hunting Drive in Monrovia, CA, this piece is oriented toward the North Star and suggests a cubic Earth symbol with wings (or solar panels?).…

Located on Huntington drive in Monrovia, CA, this piece is derived from ancient stone dolmens found worldwide.…

Across the street from Monrovia Sunshapes on Huntington Drive in Monrovia, CA, this piece is oriented toward the Summer Solstice sunset and Winter Solstice sunrise at that location.…

This permanent solar-aligned installation was built to preserve a memory  of the previous U.S. Steel plant site.…

Located in greater L.A. (City of Commerce, CA), a central tower with wind chimes is aligned facing due West (East behind), with flanking elements indicating Solstice and Equinox sunrise/sunset positions on the horizon.…

Fabricated from salvaged parts of the obsolete U.S. Steel plant, the “Sunwheel” directs light through the diagonal steel tube into an underground chamber twice a year.…

Located at Commerce Business Park in the City of Commerce, CA, this piece frames the entrance into the building.…

One of several solar-aligned public sculptures derived from ancient stone dolmens.  A “notch” in the circular, south-facing “capstone” element allows a beam of sunlight to fall on the tallest vertical element, indicating the summer and winter solstices.…

Created in 1983 for the Denny’s World Headquarters in Anaheim, CA, the atrium installation included five kinetic, hanging aluminum elements. When entry doors on the first floor were opened and closed, changing air currents in the atrium randomly moved the elements. …

Seven suspended elements suggest a progression of concept and emotion through their variations in form.  I also conceived them as 3-D symbols akin to letters or words.…

Truck parts were originally cut from 5′ X 8′ steel plates, leaving these pieces to be scrapped. They were cut/”folded” and welded back together to create the five solar-aligned elements.…

Ironically, the solar-aligned group came from a 62-ton, 40-foot long steel tube, part of equipment used at the U.S. Steel plant to make sections of the first Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. …