Art
Final Harvest - 2006
| DATE | 2006 |
| MEDIUM | Steel, Wood, Found Materials |
| SIZE | 6′ X 6″ X 8′ |
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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Pacifica Sun Portal II - 1990
| DATE | 1989 |
| MEDIUM | Concrete and Steel |
| SIZE | 24′ X 22′ X 24′ |
This piece is the first of two sculptures referencing the Rancho Pacifico land grant area (now parts of Long Beach and Compton, CA).…
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Victoria Triad - 1989
| DATE | 1989 |
| MEDIUM | Concrete and Steel |
| SIZE | 34′ X 34′ X 24′ (including planting circle) |
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).…
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Solstice Arch - 1987
| DATE | 1987 |
| MEDIUM | Concrete and Steel |
| SIZE | 16′ X 8′ X 7′ |
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.…
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Sunhenge Park - 1987
| DATE | 1987 |
| MEDIUM | Found steel parts and Earthworks |
| SIZE | 210′ X 80′ X 18′ |
This permanent solar-aligned installation was built to preserve a memory of the previous U.S. Steel plant site.…
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Solar Tone Towers - 1986
| DATE | 1986 |
| MEDIUM | Concrete and Steel |
| SIZE | 110′ X 50′ X 28′ |
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.…
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Zambrano Sunwheel - 1986
| DATE | 1986 |
| MEDIUM | Painted Steel and Earthworks |
| SIZE | 45′ X 32′ X 30′ |
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.…
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Sanctuary II - 1984
| DATE | 1984 |
| MEDIUM | Concrete and Steel |
| SIZE | 8′ X 8′ X 10′ |
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.…
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Sanctuary - 1983
| DATE 1983 | 1983 |
| MEDIUM Mixed Media Istallation | |
| SIZE 30′ X 30′ X 14′ |
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.…
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Eyebeam Sungate - 1983
Solar Family - 1981
| DATE | 1981 |
| MEDIUM | Steel |
| SIZE | 50′ X 30′ X 28′ |
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. …
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Sol Marker II - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media |
| SIZE | 6′ X 3′ X 9′ |
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.…
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Summer Wings - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Steel, Brass, and candles. |
| SIZE | 36″ X 18″ X 24″ |
Drawing on themes from pre-1970 sculptures, this piece was inspired by the environment of El Valle, New Mexico.…
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Silverlace - 1972
| DATE | 1972 |
| MEDIUM | Steel and Planting |
| SIZE | 9′ X 9′ X 3″ (variable with planting) |
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.…
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