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Lots of activity at the sculpture studio these days! I have nearly exhausted my second 2000 pound shipment of premium, smooth as silk, water clay. How many life size (or larger) figurative sculpture can be created from two tons of clay one might ask? Not enough, I say!

A certain amount of time I have allocated for photo shoots both conceptual and specific. These sessions are vital to the birthing and manifestation of new sculptural concepts. Once approved for further development through meditation , an in-depth study of the documentation is implemented, measurements and sizing calculations are taken and then comes the clay. Lots of clay.

Recently Completed- Two life-size sculptures; Fallen Angel and Sweet Dreams

Fallen Angel
A noncommissioned, speculative piece This piece depicts a young angel crying on the lap of a wise man. Inspirations - Often times I draw from the subconscience. I feel that from a higher power I have been greatly inspired. One thing is for certain- I was absolutely driven to pursue this piece like none other and thus I consider one of my best endeavors to date.

Sweet Dreams
As the title may hint, this sleeping beauty evokes a mood of peacefulness and sereninty. I envision this piece placed around a pond, pool or garden. How about on a bear rug next to a fireplace?

Current Projects
I am days away from completing The Proposal. It is scaled up from a gallery size version still in progress called Destiny. This piece is a life-size of a man on his knee reaching upward and preparing to ask the big question to the girl of his dreams. The other life-size currently under progress depicts three young women crushing grapes, opening and drinking the nectars of their labor. This is a fun piece that directly relate to experiences I have had working the fields and wineries of the Napa and Sonoma valleys in my younger years.

Future Projects
My next life-size will be the final hour of Socrates in the year 399 B.C. as witnessed by Phaedo and later chronicled by Plato. It will also include the likes of Crito and one other of his colleagues, perhaps Apollodorus, who was most emotional during the ordeal. This piece, like Fallen Angel, I expect will be very powerful. At the same time I will be starting on a piece in a particularly dramatic pose of the two principal dancers in the second act of Swan Lake.

Artist Notes:
What is art? Applied knowledge through interpretation. Better yet, what isn1t art? Everything that is created is a form of expression. That expression has meaning and therefore is an art form. Art in our culture Whether it be fine art or not so fine art, I would like to think that it has some sort of significance in representing a view, a segment of history or sign of the times. I feel I have achieved true art when it is viewed by most as thought provoking and powerful in one sense and at the same time aesthetically pleasing and unobtrusive. I feel that for public installations the artist has a certain obligation for keeping within certain parameters.

Influences Experiences throughout my life have shaped who I am as an artist. Max Earnst (see bio) Travelling in the merchant marines and seeing the sculpture of Northern and Mediterranean Europe. Artists- Auguste Rodin, to a certain extent Michealangelo, Snoden, Malvina Hoffman, Michael Parks, Maxfield Parrish, Robert Mapplethorpe, 19th century French sculpture, and Olivia de Berardinis. There will always be a place for art, whether it be in the finest of museums, on the wall of your mom1s sewing room, or in the bottom of a river. Just as long as there is and will always be ART. As this relates to the big picture and since I believe everything created is an art form, we as a society, as mankind in turn have an obligation to preserve all that nature has created. This is where art in the purest of form lies. I strive to share with the world the essence of joy, sorrow, victory, failure and essentially what it is to be human.