Zipper Box
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Your Eyes
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Window Box
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Wind Lilies
These sculptural “Wind Lilies” are constructed out of a full range of man made materials; plastic bottles, aluminum cans, industrial hoses, stainless steel wire, wood and foam. The use of common urban objects and recycled materials to build a flower that will move with our water and in our wind is a metaphor for Nature […] more…
Wind Columns
These tall colorful free standing kinetic sculptures can be configured to fit just about any available site. Each sculpture made up of recycled multicolored plastic detergent caps, attached to a sturdy flexible 3/8” fiberglass rod is mounted to a solid concrete base for stability. Designed to pick up the slightest breeze, they gently sway in […] more…
Why Pay Less?
Body printing on chicken eggs series of prints for an experimental print show, at AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI more…
Wainscot
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Video Chignon
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Traveling Croton
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Tidal Pool
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This Way, That Way
I was asked by the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA to make a series of sculptures for a street level window installation at a construction site in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA. This piece was one of 5 life size sculptures that were inspired by road construction and Hopi Indian, Kachina Dolls. Collection […] more…
This Side Down
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Thinking About It
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The Light Show
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Swatch
I bought a box of red and yellow hacksaw blades at a job lot store. As I worked with these blades in my studio I began to see the possibilities outside their intended function. These blades became a material to fabricate and weave into patterns reminiscent of both traditional American Indian blankets and modern abstract […] more…
Sun Dots
A site-specific sculpture for the courtyard of the DOT Headquarters, Visitor’s Center and Auditorium. Using materials that honor the Department of Transportation and the work they do, I constructed a large planting of colorful, kinetic, and reflective flowerlike dots sparkling in the Florida sun, swaying in the tropical breeze. more…
Striped Marker
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Spindle
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Specimen
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Slide Collection
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Skylight
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Skinny
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Skin House
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Shimmer
From the first time I saw a audio cassette laying smashed in the road, it’s shiny black magnetic tape snaking across the asphalt, rippling in the breeze, sparkling in the sun light, I knew this mysterious black film was an important material. more…
Set Design for Brian Jones
One night installation for a tap dancing review at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI more…
Self Portrait Right Thumb
5,000 pieces from slides of my life, pictures of friends, places, art, memories. Punched out by hand using a 1/4” paper punch. Secured to Homosote with 5,000 brass plated pins Tracing the whorl and loop of my thumb print like so many molecules of DNA following a skin pattern virtually unchanged since birth. more…
Self Portrait Right Ring
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Self Portrait Right Pinky
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Self Portrait Right Middle
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Self Portrait Right Index
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Self Portrait In Chenille
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Sampler
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Sample
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Relentless Rain
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Reflecting Pool
A site specific outdoor sculpture 30 feet in diameter for the Visitor’s Center of the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Institute at their Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island. This sculpture won the “Commercial Cast-In-Place Concrete Pavement Award”, from the Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Illinois more…
Puppy / Dog
This piece titled “Puppy Dog” plays with the idea of one sculpture that is both a Puppy and a Dog. With its head down and black nose sniffing the ground it is Puppy, while it’s red mouth open, neck stretched out it is Dog. more…
Pole On Wickenden Street
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Playful
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Perfect Health
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Night Bloomers
With these pieces titled, “Night Bloomers” I continued to explore the hidden material of the 3.5” floppy disk – out of it’s shell; to touch, twist and bend this thin, black, shiny, opaque disk of film. I started to experiment by pushing the disk into different size round indentations that I made in wood. I […] more…
Maquette For More
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Lunatic Fringe
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Loving Cup 38-D
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Looking Out to Sea
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Line Stick 3•14•45
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Line Stick CB-542
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Line Stick 220-320
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Landscape
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Labyrinth Marker
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Jugs
“JUGS” was made for the lobby of a company that manufactures garden hoses. Using a strong sculptural shape that is easily identifiable with the holding and carrying of liquids, I chose the classical urn, jug form and built them out of the actual products that the company made, rubber and plastic garden hoses, a product […] more…
Jeannie
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Jacks
These large outdoor sculptures were inspired by the child’s game of Jacks. Set off on a slight rise these colorful sculptures are the first public works of art to be commissioned for Slater Park, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 200 hundred years, and were the kick-off pieces for their new Sculpture Park. more…
Hubba-Hubba
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House Special
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House Plant
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Hook, Hanger, Flap
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Hearth in the Park
This installation is located at the newly built Harvard Street Park, in Cambridge, MA more…
Harmony Delight
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Happy Nest
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Grutson
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Full Circle
In this piece “Full Circle” I continued to explore the hidden material of the 3.5” floppy – out of the shell; to touch, twist and bend the thin, black, opaque disk of film. I started to experiment by pushing the disk into different size round indentations that I made in wood. I found that different […] more…
Floppy Disks
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Earth to Earth
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Dragon & Phoenix
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Croton Zarzamora
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Croton Verde
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Croton Tropical
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Croton Roja
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Croton Los Alamos
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Croton La Ploo Ma
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Croton Grande
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Croton Fresco
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Croton Fantasma
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Croton Dorado
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Croton Delgado
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Croton Clasico
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Croton Celofan
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Croton Carnaval
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Croton Calle
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Croton Boda
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Croton Blando
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Croton Ancho
This giant Croton Ancho leaf which means “Wide Croton” in English is from a series of over 20 different leaves, some of which have over 35,000 sequins individually held in place with small custom made stainless steel pins. more…
Croton Adios
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Crate
I’m very interested in the process of packaging things and the relationship between an object and its container. I’m fascinated by the perception that a collectible, such as a toy, is made more valuable if its original package is still intact. more…
Constanza
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Color of Black
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Catalonian Fantasy
On a recent trip to Barcelona, Spain I came back inspired by the iron gates, grilles, fences, doors and railings made by Catalan metal workers over the centuries. Those metal shapes and forms I saw in Spain all felt so familiar to me having lived in Providence for more than 45 years, living in and […] more…
Can Man
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Bubble Gate
Artist’s Statement: Gates don’t usually attract people but rather act as a deterrent to progress, as very tangible obstructions and barriers, part of a system of commands and rules. The implication of gates in our current culture is that of traffic control. My interest in the gate is opposite this, I wanted to explore the […] more…
Black Water
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Billy Boy
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Best Friends
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Beneath the Glare
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Adirondacks
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A Ray Of Peace
I was asked to build a sculpture that would fit into a very large cavernous armory building without getting lost in the space. The reason for building this piece was to help the City of Providence draw attention to the need for renovating and restoring this historically significant building and raise money for it’s construction […] more…
9 x Twist
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Peace Marker
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Galaxy of Prawns
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Double Wonders
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Balls to the Wall
This sculpture was designed specifically for a Sports bar on deck #5 of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s new ship, “Adventure of the Seas”. It is constructed out of new and used golf balls, mini golf balls, logo and range balls. more…
Captails
This commission is part of an outdoor sculpture park that is being established in Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI. These 14 colorful kinetic “CAPTAILS” six feet tall, float on the water among the water lilies and sway in the wind, creating an ever-changing formation for the viewer. more…
A Meandering Intuition
This commission sculpture is currently under consideration to be included in the sculpture park of a large investment company. Following the design of a classical walking labyrinth, this human scale sculpture will be constructed out of 4” diameter stainless steel tubing, meandering around in a field of wild flowers and tall grass. The path leading […] more…
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