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Width: 54cm
Material: Carrera marble
Weight: 35kg
Price: sold
Carrera marble bowl
My work for 2011 will focus on the boundary between function and art. This bowl is exactly what I'm striving for. Its functional, in so far as you can fill it with anything, but its geometry and form are instantly pleasing from any angle. Modernism fused with classicism. I'm intensely pleased with this piece.
Width: 20cm
Material: Iranian Travertine Marble
Weight: 36kg
Price: sold
Male Torso
My interpretation of the male torso follows a hard polished exterior, but hints at a confused and broken interior. Portions are functional but the overall impression is a hard, difficult approach to modern man. The tension in the sculptural form is tempered by the stunning Iranian travertine.
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Width: 20cm
Material: Iranian Travertine Marble
Weight: 31kg
Price: sold
Female Torso
A stunning piece of Iranian marble. Incredible cream colored patterns wrap around the sculpture like a sash. The form hints at the turmoil surrounding the female figure. The modern figure is challenged with surgical procedures, sickness, and the wear and tear of life; all of this before one touches the psychological aspects of identity. I'm hoping for a return to a concept of what a woman really looks like, and I hope this piece starts that discussion. My world never needs another pornographic, size 0, cigarette smoking, and popcorn eating model. I hope each viewer of this marble sculpture finds their own interpretation of the form.
Width: 75cm
Material: Australian Red Marble
Weight: 325kg
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Mother Nature / The End of Salmon
Stylized salmon emerge from the red marble with the haggard image of Mother Nature dying with the last wild salmon. Mother Nature has always been our symbol of stewardship. As an artist, I decided to "deepen the mystery", and portray what the image of Mother Nature would be when our current inability to manage wild stocks, results in the end of the magnificent Pacific Salmon. She emerges pushing herself up from the red stone clutching the carcass of the last salmon - her mouth open in a wail. This piece represents the fear that we need to instill in those provincial departments that moniter the salmon in our rivers, the federal government when the fish enters into the ocean, and the international bodies that should be responsible when the fish migrates into international waters. A difficult subject - but I hope this marble sculpture can be a catalyst to create a better future for all Salmon.
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Width: 60cm
Material: Turkish Marble
Weight: 210kg
Price: sold
Nocturne
Nocturne - subtle, sensual elements, curve in an almost pensive, slightly submissive manner. As dusk falls towards night the hues of this stunning marble change from bright luminous edges and its gold mottled core, to a more graphic hard shadow that invites - touch. Textured and smooth elements compete for light, curving through form. Can stone, an unyielding material, become supple? I think it has in this beautiful piece of Turkish marble. "Nocturne" - from the french word for "night"...when anything becomes possible.
Width: 76cm
Material: pastel ink pencil on paper
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Conception I
My concept of attraction and conception. Sexuality through tonal palate. Earth, soil, and fertility. Reds, Browns, blending through a visual depiction of faces, and biology.
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Width: 52cm
Material: Vancouver Island White Marble
Weight: 250kg
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'Sulis' Roman goddess of the waters
Inspired by a trip to Bath, England. I realized that 'Sulis', the goddess of the waters, was worshipped accross Europe and south to Rome in the 7th century. I carved this "Sulis" from a large block of black and grey veined marble. Her form changes from front to back. Abstract human female in front alters to nautilus and kelp on the back. I wanted a Goddess unhindered by shape. Calming, healing. The face abstract and haunting. Ultimate homage to feminine power.
Width: 76cm
Material: Charcoal, Ink, watercolor on watercolor paper
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Symbols
The endless number of signs and symbols we view. Motifs, logos, instructional signs, directions, millions of them a year. This piece, "Symbols" is about the amalgamation of all of those things into a kaleidescope of colors where meaning becomes lost. The quality that becomes almost like 'noise', where the artist never has to stop layering the symbols onto the paper.
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Width: 46cm
Material: Rocky Mountain Alabaster
Weight: 26.5kg
Price: sold
The Alabaster Wave bowl
Recent discussions have focussed on whether or not a 'functional' piece is an 'art' piece? I'd like to think so, but some times the distinction is dubious. This bowl reflects the ocean waves and is carved from a magnificent piece of Rocky Mountain Alabaster. Its weight, size, and design reflect the art side of the equation; Whirls, holes, and a spiral interior rotate around its epicenter. It would dutifully hold fruit - so its functional. I'm doubting it would do well with cheerios though. Is it art? I think so. Enjoy.
Width: 76cm
Material: charcoal on 140 lb paper
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Whiskers
The second in my series exploring graphic elements. I decided to take the motion of animal whiskers and expand it into pattern.
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