Art
This is not a Pipewrench - 2017
| DATE | 2016 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 3.5 X 2″ X 5.5″ |
An ode to the Dada artist Marcel Duchamp, creator of the “readymade,” who had a profound effect on the definition of art.…
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Ode to O’Keefe - 2017
| DATE | 2017 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 2.5″ X 3″ X 4.5″ |
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.…
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Ode #5 - 2017
| DATE | 2016 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 4″ X 1.5″ X 5.5″ |
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.…
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Found Object - 2017
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 3″ X 2″ X 4″ |
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.…
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Still Point on a Turning World - 2017
| DATE | 2016 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 6″ X 6″ X 6″ |
Envisions an (ArPtolemaic) Armillary Sphere from the distant future depicting only the iron core of Earth a few seconds after our Sun’s supernova.…
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Superluminous Nova - 2017
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 5″ X 1″ X 5.5″ |
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.…
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Chicken/Egg Paradox - 2017
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 2.5″ X 2’5″ X 2″ |
Resolves the age-old paradox of “which came first….” This is it.…
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Musing on Liquids - 2016
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 3.5″ X 4″ X 6″ |
Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere), through a standard transfer tube.…
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Musing on Solids - 2016
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 3.5 X 3″ X 6.5″ |
Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere), through a standard transfer tube.…
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Musing on Pasta - 2016
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 4″ X 5.5 X 6″ |
Musings originate in a parallel universe and are propelled into our own (seemingly out of nowhere) through a standard transfer tube.…
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Reliquary - 2016
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 2.5 X 1.5 X 3″ |
Just right for a very small sacred object, say a mummified finger (or, will enlarge for complete mummy).…
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Urraca Whisperer - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 4.5″ X 2.5″ X 4″ |
Interprets conversations with a Magpie (Urraca in Spanish).…
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Star and Moon Dieties - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 5.75 X 4″ X 5″ |
This pair has evolved from the earliest depictions of sacred imagery based on cosmology, among the first examples of human mark making.…
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6 Acrobat Cluster - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 5″ X 5″ X 5″ |
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.…
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Four Acrobats - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 5″ X 5″ X 3.5″ |
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.…
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Loper Family - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 4″ X 3.5″ X 4″ (largest) |
Also known as Müthman, Müthmom, and Müth (the younger). Species members stand on heads while sleeping, simulating Surrealist sculptures (See detail).…
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Memorial to Collateral Damage - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Maquette, bronze and wood base |
| SIZE | 12″ X 6″ X 4″ scale: 1″ = 5′ – 0″ |
Tragically, collateral damage, i.e. the killing of innocent civilians in war, continues to be carried out at a horrendous rate in wars worldwide.…
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Sirens - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 7″ X 5″ X 5 “ |
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.…
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Druidic Muses - 2015
| DATE | 2015 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze |
| SIZE | 6.5″ X 4″ X 9″ |
Depicts Druidic ritual wherein Forest Muses spring from limb’s of an ancient sculpture.…
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Terra Cotta 5 - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Video Frame and Digital Print |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ |
One of some 70 circular objects and artworks photographed for the video, Hijrah, presented at the Currents International New Media Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.…
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Terra Cotta 4 - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Video Frame and Digital Print |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ |
One of some 70 circular objects and artworks photographed for the video, Hijrah, presented at the Currents International New Media Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM., Santa Fe, NM.…
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Terra Cotta 3 - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Digital Print and Video frame |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ (Print) |
One of some 70 circular objects and artworks photographed for the video, Hijrah, presented at the Currents International New Media Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.…
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Terra Cotta 2 - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Digital Print and Video Frame |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ (Print) |
One of some 70 circular objects and artworks photographed for the video, Hijrah, presented at the Currents International New Media Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.…
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Terra Cotta 1 - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Video Frame and Digital Print |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ (Print) |
One of some 70 circular objects and artworks photographed for the video, Hijrah, presented at the Currents International New Media Festival, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.…
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Adventure to Eco Earth - 2014
| DATE | 2014 |
| MEDIUM | Book |
| SIZE |
Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals! by Rick and Lisa Fisher, is an entertaining and thought-provoking picture book for the juvenile set, and (forever) young adults who love reading to kids and seeing fantastical art.…
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Ode to Albers 9 - 2013
| DATE | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oil Pastel, W/C, Digital) |
| SIZE | 18" X 18" |
Ode to Albers 8 - 2013
| DATE | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oil Pastel, W/C, Digital) |
| SIZE | 18" x 18" |
Ode to Albers 7 - 2013
| DATE 2013 | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oli Paster, W/C, Digital) |
| SIZE | 18″ X18″ |
This series explores optical/perceptual effects produced by applying watercolor washes over an oil pastel under drawing. The juxtaposition of certain colors in proximity produces the retinal effect of depth, as well as changing one’s perception of the colors themselves–as Joseph Albers demonstrated.…
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Ode to Albers 3 - 2013
| DATE 2013 | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oil Pastel. W/C,) |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ |
This series explores optical/perceptual effects produced by applying watercolor washes over an oil pastel under drawing. The juxtaposition of certain colors in proximity produces the retinal effect of depth, as well as changing one’s perception of the colors themselves–as Joseph Albers demonstrated.…
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Ode to Albers 2 - 2013
| DATE 2013 | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oil Pastel, W/C, Digital) |
| SIZE | 18 ” X 18″ |
This series explores optical/perceptual effects produced by applying watercolor washes over an oil pastel under drawing.…
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Ode to Albers 1 - 2013
| DATE 2013 | 2013 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media (Oil Pastel, W/C, Digital) |
| SIZE | 18″ X 18″ |
This series explores optical/perceptual effects produced by applying watercolor washes over an oil pastel under drawing.…
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Plum Island Tidal Disk - 2007
| DATE | 2007 |
| MEDIUM | Glass from Bronze copy of Sand Cast |
| SIZE | 22″ Diam. X 1/4″ thick |
Slump cast directly from a bronze casting, this first glass copy interacted with the bronze patina to produce an integral red coloration.…
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August Rain - 2006
Flash Flood (August) - 2006
Fragment #3 - 2004
Fragment #2 - 2004
Fragment #1 - 2004
Fold 3 - 2001
Fold 2 - 2001
Fold 1 - 2001
Double Curl - 2001
Curl 4 - 2001
Curl 3 - 2001
Curl 2 - 2001
Curl 1 - 2001
Fold/Curl - 2001
Twins - 1996
Nugget Reflection 2 - 1995
Nugget Reflection 1 - 1995
Duck Dirigible - 1986
Tortuga Condo Complex - 1986
Harbinger Hummingbird - 1986
Trashmaster Toad - 1985
| DATE | 1985 |
| MEDIUM | Birch Plywood |
| SIZE | 36″ X 25″ X 64″ |
Trashmaster Toads on Eco-earth recycle non-bio-degradables into solar collectors on Eco Earth. See: https://www.facebook.com/EcoAnimalAdventure/?ref=bookmarks…
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Möbius Möth - 1985
| DATE | 1985 |
| MEDIUM | Oak-Veneered Plywood |
| SIZE | 32″ X 28″ X 30″ |
Sculptural interpretation of a Mobius Moth featured in Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals! see: https://www.facebook.com/EcoAnimalAdventure/?ref=bookmarks…
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Current Chart - 1985
Plum Island Tidal Disk - 1985
| DATE | 1985 |
| MEDIUM | Bronze from Sand cast original |
| SIZE | 24″ Diam X 1/2″ thick |
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Dancing Celebrant - 1984
| DATE | 1984 |
| MEDIUM | Plywood |
| SIZE | 36″ X 20″ X 40″ |
One of a series of fantastical animals made from recycled plywood in the 1980s.…
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Hovering Hogcraft - 1984
| DATE | 1984 |
| MEDIUM | Plywood |
| SIZE | 20″ X 16″ X 30″ |
Sculptural interpretation of the Hovering Hogcraft found in Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals! The Children’s book, by Rick and Lisa Fisher, presents renewable energy ideas to the younger set.…
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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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Three Spaces: Three Visions - 1980
| DATE | 1980, Massachusetts College of Art |
| MEDIUM | Beach Castings, Mixed Media |
| SIZE | 40′ X 30′ X 12′ |
Beach castings from Plum Island, Massachusetts.…
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Interface - 1979
| DATE | 1979 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed Media Installation |
| SIZE | 40′ X 30′ X 10; |
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).…
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Plum Island Tidal Disk - 1978
| DATE | 1978 |
| MEDIUM | Plexiglass, plaster, sand |
| SIZE | 24″ Diam X 3″ Deep |
First of a series of beach castings from Plum Island, MA. Later cast in Bronze and Glass. Many of the beach casts were taken from the intertidal zone (while the tide was out).…
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Bubble-Powered Gator Craft - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Pen and Ink |
| SIZE | 12″ X 14″ |
One of some 30 pen and ink drawings used in later digital composite illustrations for Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals.……
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Kelp Konverter - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Pen and Ink |
| SIZE | 12″ X 14″ |
One of some 30 pen and ink drawings used in later digital composite illustrations for Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals.……
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Solar Wind Squirrels - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Pen and Ink |
| SIZE | 12″ X 14″ |
One of some 30 pen and ink drawings used in later digital composite illustrations for Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals.……
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Möbius Möth - 1974
| DATE | 1974 |
| MEDIUM | Pen and Ink on paper |
| SIZE | 12″ X 14″ |
One of some 30 pen and ink drawings used in later digital composite illustrations for Adventure to Eco Earth: Eco Animals.…
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Elemental Nugget - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Lead |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″A p |
A pure, universal element (lead) is used to explore the effect of different materials on the content (meaning) embodied in the Nugget form.…
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Elemental Nugget II - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Wood |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
One of a series of pieces exploring the primary elements.…
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Nugget #10 - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster, Adobe, Pastels |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
Literal and representational Earth are combined, compared, contrasted.…
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Nugget #9 - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster, Acrylic Resin, and pigment |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
Another variation on the concept of Dualism.…
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Womb Nugget - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
This Nugget embodies the ideas of reproduction, duplication, and a synthesis of Earth and Sky/Universe.…
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Split Nugget - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster |
| SIZE | 14″ X 6″ X 12″ |
Nugget representing the splitting of “wholeness” into two balanced parts. A resulting visual metaphor for dualism is suggested.…
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Nugget #3 - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
The Mandorla shape in this Nugget “reveals” receding duplicates, the sacred number 3, and circle/triangle shapes symbolizing the duality of earth and universe.…
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Solstice Nugget - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster, Brass, Compass |
| SIZE | 10″ X 14″ X 12″ |
Aligned N-S using a compass set into its top, brass rods set into the surface trace the sun’s shadow pattern at solar noon on the Summer Solstice.…
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Nugget #21 - 1973
| DATE | 1973 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster |
| SIZE | 10″ X 6″ X 12″ |
Final reductivist stage of the Nugget evolution suggesting wholeness, completion.
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Journey III - 1971
| DATE | 1971 |
| MEDIUM | Ceramic and Wood |
| SIZE | 23″ X 6″ X 18″ |
One of eighteen elements in the installation “Earth Altar III,” exhibited at the University of New Mexico Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.…
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Earth Altar III - 1971
| DATE | 1971 |
| MEDIUM | Mixed-Media Installation |
| SIZE | 12′ x 4′ x 12′ |
Installation at the University of New Mexico Fine Arts Gallery. Includes Earth castings, Stone Nugget hanging, maquette of the Earth Mother Shrine, Nugget 21, barn wood, and earth.…
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Earthcast - 1971
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Plaster, earth |
| SIZE | 24″ Diam. X 2.5″ |
One of the first in an ongoing series of earth castings in a variety of media. Usually shown in groups, to indicate the direction and continuity of water and wind patterns, they are located in installations to designate solar coordinates on the horizon.…
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Nuggets IV - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Shaped plate etching |
| SIZE | 20″ X 20″ |
Shaped-plate etching (4 elements), aquatint, drypoint. Further development of nugget forms, concept.…
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Snow Nuggets - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Snow |
| SIZE | 20′ X 6′ X 3′ |
Nambe New Mexico. Further evolution of the Nugget concept to a time-based, outdoor, process piece. Nuggets changed form while melting away over a three day period.…
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Ritual Nuggets V - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Raku-fired Stoneware |
| SIZE | 6′ X 12″ X 3′-8″ |
These pieces were used to commemorate the separation of five friends at the end of undergraduate college years. After a campfire celebration sharing songs, memories, and tall tales, all went their different ways, each with one of the pieces, ritualizing their connectedness into the future.…
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Nugget Etching #3 - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Etching (Intaglio, Aquatint) |
| SIZE | 10″ X 12″ |
Third in a series of etchings dealing with development of the “nugget” forms and concept. Emergence of the shapes from a Jungian-inspired “collective unconscious,” along with an emerging human form, are suggested.…
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Nugget Etching #1 - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Etching (Intaglio, Aquatint) |
| SIZE | 12″ X 14″ |
First in a series of etchings dealing with development of the “nugget” concept and forms. Emergence of the shapes from a Jungian-related “collective unconscious,” along with an emerging human form, are suggested.…
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Ceremonial Nuggets - 1970
| DATE | 1970 |
| MEDIUM | Raku fired clay |
| SIZE | 16′ X 16″ X 5″ |
A series of womb-like shapes that represented a path to consciousness, the evolution of spiritual awareness, growth. Also related to a study of sacred numbers and Tantra Art.…
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