EMANATION
12” x 13” x 2”
WALNUT
2024
Walnut waves emanating from an off-centred focal point.
SPIRAL TECHTONICS
13” x 4” x 4”
NARRA
2024
Collisions and separations of spiral plates.
TRACK OF MY TEARS
8” x 14” x 2”
WALNUT
2023
A fluidity of ellipses and tears.
JANUS
13” x 4” x 4”
NARRA
2023
Beginnings and endings, transitions and dualities.
RGB
17” x 8” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2023
My first experiment with aniline dyes, in red, green and blue.
A MILE IN YOUR SHOES
13” x 5” x 4”
NARRA
2023
Empathy might really hinge on a visceral attachment to someone rather than on an intellectual assessment (Note: “A mile in your shoes” seemed to scan better than “A kilometre in your shoes.”)
JESTER
15” x 8” x 5”
TUPELO
2023
No hidden malevolence nor provocation of deep thought, just a wish to entertain, an invitation to laugh.
ARRAY
6” x 11” x 3”
WALNUT
2023
The crazed grain of this block of walnut didn’t emerge until the quiet of blossoms had full unfurled.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
14” x 7” x 5”
TUPELO
2023
A glimpse at behind-the-traquil-façade machinations that keep everything in motion.
MANTA
2” x 15” x 9”
NARRA
2022
While crafting more curves that pleased my eyes, I discovered this ray emerging from the depths.
CERBERUS
5” x 11” x 3”
NARRA
2022
The multi-headed mythical dog that guards the entry to hell is generally described to have three heads, but sometimes pictured with only two.
TABULA RASA
10” x 5” x 3”
NARRA
2022
Is the human mind a clean slate at birth? Or is it erased as we go along?
SUPERNUMERARIES
10” x 9” x 3”
BASSWOOD
2022
Huddled in dramatic and melodic support of the opera’s divas.
DUEL
6” x 14” x 2”
NARRA
2022
A species predisposed to self-annihilation.
TRUNK
14” x 9” x 2”
SAPELE
2022
Our worlds have never really been distinct.
INSEPARABLE
13” x 8” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2022
Standing strong and independent but always connected to the ones we love.
COLONNADE
11” x 9” x 3”
BASSWOOD
2021
My affection for architect I.M. Pei's Christian Science Center in Boston has never diminished. This is a slice of the gothic/Babylonian facade of what was originally the Publishing Society building.
OVERARCHING
8” x 15” x 2”
NARRA
2021
Eddies and whirlpools resolving into rainbows.
GRIDLOCK
14” x 10” x 3”
WALNUT
2021
Jammed and immobilized, like clotting blood.
S-SQUARED
9” x 13” x 3”
BASSWOOD
2021
Two s’s became four.
THE KISS
10” x 15” x 2”
BUTTERNUT
2021
From a visit to Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico. Its almost-vertical eroded canyon faces are so close they almost seem to touch, perhaps to kiss.
SCISSOR
14” x 5” x 3”
WALNUT
2020
At the juxtaposition of hands and tools.
DUET
14” x 8” x 2”
NARRA
2020
A mirroring of intertwining voices.
SAFE HARBOUR
12” x 12” x 3”
CHERRY
2020
Perilous entries guard the pleasures of the harbour.
UPROOTED
13” x 4” x 4”
NARRA
2020
The grain of narra can sometimes be so gnarly it takes on the appearance of the roots that support it.
BUTTRESS
12” x 9” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2020
These reinforcements to gothic walls add grace as well as strength.
GALACTIC CRACK
13” x 11” x 3”
SAPELE
2019
A window into my fractured visions of the universe.
CABAL
13” x 9” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2019
Secrets abound when enemies are perceived.
QUATREFOIL
14” x 8” x 2”
NARRA
2019
A variation on the gothic design element portending good luck.
STILL LIFE
13” x 8” x 3”
SAPELE
2019
The flowers and the vase together in a slow dance.
NEXUS
7” x 14” x 3”
NARRA
2019
I like to see how many ways things can fit together, particularly at that boundary of “just joined.”
DEEP POCKETS
13” x 8” x 3”
BASSWOOD
2019
From each side the pocket is deep, but from each end an owl is peering out.
MOGULS
10” x 13” x 2”
BASSWOOD
2018
The intersection of conflicting bumps and hollows.
GAUNTLET
8” x 12” x2”
YELLOW NARRA
2018
It takes two hands joined in trust to bring this one to life.
GENERATIONS
12” x 3” x 3”
WALNUT
2018
We grow in twists and turns, bent 100% by our heredity and 100% by our environment.
METEORITE
7” x 8” x 3”
WALNUT
2018
Something this size might actually cause damage striking earth at thirty km/second, but this one I just for amorphous fun.
RED RECTANGLE
7” x 12” x 4”
ROSEWOOD
2018
My take on one of the most distinctive galaxies discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope.
TECHTONIC
8” x 7” x 3”
BASSWOOD
2017
Faults, slips, and strikes. The ground beneath our feet is alive.
PARABOLIC
8” x 11” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2016
The straight-line courses we attempt to plot all turn out to be parabolas.
PLUMB
13” x 8” x 4”
BASSWOOD
2016
The straight vertical ray of darker wood in this sculpture lent gravity to this intricate piece of plumbing.
ECHO
8” x 12” x 3”
WALNUT
2016
Caves. Reverberating sounds recorded in the walnut grain.
ICE BRIDGE
9” x 12” x 3”
CHERRY
2015
The tenuous bridges that appear to be all that connect us may be only hints of the shared experiences that bind us.
CHASM
4” x 12” x 4”
YELLOW CEDAR
2015
The still-fluid reminder of a once-torrential onslaught of water.
RIVERRUN
2” x 13” x 9”
YELLOW NARRA
2015
Both bridge and river way, opening and closure.
LAVALEGS
18” x 3” x 3”
WALNUT
2013
The roots of a stylized volcano stripped of its conical cloak.