Art

An ode to the Dada artist Marcel Duchamp, creator of the “readymade,” who had a profound effect on the definition of art.…

One of a continuing series of projects and works that pay homage to 20th and 21st-century artists who had profound influences on the evolution of contemporary art.…

An Ode to the painters Charles Demuth, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Demuth’s “I Saw the Figure 5 In Gold,” “Painting no :5” by Pollock, and Rothko’s “No.…

This ( originally wax) object (top, left) was accidentally dropped on a hot plate, creating the “forest” stylization. The hand came later as a way to present it.…

Envisions an (ArPtolemaic) Armillary Sphere from the distant future depicting only the iron core of Earth a few seconds after our Sun’s supernova.…

Hypothetical 3-D model of a Supernova core at the instant of its creation. Reverse is the arrangement of “spokes” at the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico.…

Resolves the age-old paradox of “which came first….” This is it.…

This Gargoyle mother guarding her eggs was recently observed in New Jersey. The sculptural replica may be displayed in five different orientations.…

One of a series of mythological animals for our time. The Mythalennial is an interesting three-snouted creature that can look in three directions at once, yet still not know where it is located in time and space.…

These performance artists are able to defy gravity while vigorously rocking to and fro, confounding even the most skilled Cirque du Soleil stars.…

Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere), through a standard transfer tube.…

Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere), through a standard transfer tube.…

Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere) through a standard transfer tube.…

Just right for a very small sacred object, say a mummified finger (or, will enlarge for complete mummy).…

An envisioned future museum diorama, following the extinction of the Sand Hill Crane. Also suggests preserving a memory of the birds in a relatively permanent material (bronze) for posterity.…

Interprets conversations with a Magpie (Urraca in Spanish).…

This pair has evolved from the earliest depictions of sacred imagery based on cosmology, among the first examples of human mark making.…

Each of these six performers is able to support the other five in this “cluster” formation. They are also known to “roll” along on downhill slopes.…

These agile acrobats also dance horizontally when flipped 180 degrees, and often perform vertically. Any one of the four is able to support the other three.…

Also known as Müthman, Müthmom, and Müth (the younger). Species members stand on heads while sleeping, simulating Surrealist sculptures (See detail).…

Tragically, collateral damage, i.e. the killing of innocent civilians in war, continues to be carried out at a horrendous rate in wars worldwide.…

Two of three (Nasty) Homeric Sirens (L: 3.5″ X 3″ X 3.5″, Rt: 3.5″ X 2.5″ X 3.5″) practicing their hyptnotic performance piece.…

Depicts Druidic ritual wherein Forest Muses spring from limb’s of an ancient sculpture.…

Symbolizes the threat of Global Warming. An antique, worn-down shovel, used to maintain the acequia (irrigation ditch) in El Valle, NM, is interred inside cemetery fencing filled with metal “crops’.…

Symbolizes the threat of Global Warming. An antique, worn-down shovel, used to maintain the acequia (irrigation ditch) in El Valle, NM, is interred inside “cemetery fencing” filled with metal “crops’.…

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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?).…

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.…

Beach casting from Plum Island, MA.…

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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.…

Sanctuary was a one month mixed media installation at the Lopoquime/Nydak Gallery in Boston, MA. The hanging element was aligned to the cardinal directions, as were the wall mounted Beach Castings.…

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.…

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. …

Installation at Tufts University Visual Arts Gallery, Medford, MA. Site Specific installation dealt with the interface of Earth and sky (beach castings and Celestial alignment) and the dualistic point of balance between high and low tides (castings were made from the intertidal zone).…

A seemingly carved ancient stone inspired four surrounding interpretations of how it may have looked before weathering. The piece was shown at the 1975 Museum of New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts (Biennial exhibition) Santa Fe, NM.…

An Earth Casting from a site in El Valle, NM, oriented true East/West, records the Summer Solstice. At solar noon, shadows from the top brass rings fall on a corresponding arrangement of small brass pins in the “earth” surface.…

Drawing on themes from pre-1970 sculptures, this piece was inspired by the environment of El Valle, New Mexico.…

A pure, universal element (lead) is used to explore the effect of different materials on the content (meaning) embodied in the Nugget form.…

Found wagon-wheel rims provide a sculptural trellis for Silver Lace Vine (see detail). The seasonally-changing piece celebrates growth, life, and a fusion of sacred geometric shapes.…