Art
Twins - 1996
Nugget Reflection 2 - 1995
Nugget Reflection 1 - 1995
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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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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