The Other
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Fragment
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Croton La Ploo Ma
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Dragon & Phoenix
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Adirondacks
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Art for Attleboro – Windcatcher Installation
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Bike Rack – Crab
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Rug
I am interested in working with small units (stitches, tiles, mosaics, pixels) to build a larger idea as illustrated in “Reflecting Pool”, “Sun Dots”, “Wind Columns” and “Black Water”. more…
Two Blues
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Self Portrait On Rice Paper – Ring
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Inspiration for Loving Cup 38-D
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Hubba-Hubba
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Slide Collection
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Checkered Marker
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Paperwork Reduction Act
The attorneys that commissioned this sculpture specialize in Tax Law, so it was only fitting that I make the piece out of the actual IRS Tax Forms these people work with. At tax time, when emotions are running high, and the tax forms get wadded up and thrown around the room, this installation is […] more…
What Is A Book? How Do We Learn?
This sculpture has two components both of which address the idea of the book as an object, the process of learning and teaching students to think. The first component is the formal structure of this installation that starts with a large maple bookcase measuring 4 feet high by 12 feet wide and 15 inches […] 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…
Croton Clasico
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Why Pay Less?
Body printing on chicken eggs series of prints for an experimental print show, at AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI more…
Traveling Croton
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Warning
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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…
First Tree
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Hook, Hanger, Flap
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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…
Galaxy of Prawns
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Hey You
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Uh Oh
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House Plant
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Squawk
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Lunacy
This is an interactive sculpture, that can be arranged in various configurations. more…
Legs
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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…
Chair
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Black & White Marker
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Treepee
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
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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…
Help
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Floppy Disks
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Thinking About It
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Self Portrait On Rice Paper – Index
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Your Eyes
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Croton Verde
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Stop
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Like Candy
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Purple Tree
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Self Portrait On Rice Paper – Middle
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Brick
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Sentry
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Getting Around
This sculpture was commissioned by the advertising agency to honor one of their clients, Dexter Shoe. I went up to Dexter, Maine and toured the factory where the shoes are made. After two days of dumpster diving I returned with a car load of shoe making materials that I then used to build this sculpture. more…
Barnacles
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Relentless Rain
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Soon But Not Yet
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Grutson
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Jeannie
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Labyrinth
Costa Rica more…
Red & White Marker
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Small Pond
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Croton Fresco
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Road Kachina
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Kimono
As part of an invitational gallery show based on the theme “Kimono”, I chose to construct my kimono out of asphalt roofing shingles, a material that always reminded me of subtle colored fabric with an interesting texture. more…
Scotty
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Garden Cone
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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…
Line Stick CB-542
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The Blue Poodle
Edition of 10 more…
Croton Adios
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Perfect Health
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Self Portrait Right Ring
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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…
Ova Da Summa
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Twist
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Croton Fantasma
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House Special
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Harlequin
This is an interactive sculpture, it can be arranged in various configurations. more…
Croton Grande
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Pawtucket Garage Mural
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Bishop Woods
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GE Afghan
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Nice Garden
This sculpture was commissioned by a manufacturer of plastic and rubber garden hoses. I wanted to build a sculpture that would honor the products the company made and show their customers and staff that while it might only be garden hose to them, it was a fascinating and beautiful material to me outside of it’s […] more…
Sample
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Bike Rack – Flower
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Constanza
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Self Portrait Right Pinky
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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…
How To Triptych
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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…
Tile Study
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Virginia Biltmore
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Skinny
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Color of Black
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Zipper Box
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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…
Specimen
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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…
Above the Wainscot
Study for a large wall relief more…
Labyrinth Marker
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Looking Out to Sea
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Wainscot
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Croton Roja
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Danio Malabaricus
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Spindle
Spindle Spin Video more…
Skin House
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Puzzle Marker
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Landscape
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Flux Cone Project
Invitational Flux book project Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI Edition of 17 unique cones. more…
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…
Maquette For More
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Parrot Jungle
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Croton Calle
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Playful
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Self Portrait On Rice Paper – Pinky
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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…
Jumper
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Blue Jumble
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Caution
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Through The Looking Glass
This is an interactive sculpture, it can be arranged in various configurations. more…
If You Want It Get It
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Self Portrait On Rice Paper – Thumb
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Video Chignon
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Tuna Windows
Proposal for a series of 15 stained glass windows for the RI Convention Center, upper level. more…
Beneath the Glare
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Self Portrait In Chenille
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Peace Marker
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Line Stick 220-320
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Striped Marker
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Lunatic Fringe
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Big Flower
The yellow plastic bags of this kinetic sculpture catch the wind and swell up with air creating movement and a light rustling sound. Coming up and out from between two trees it looks like a “BIG FLOWER” against the Providence skyline. more…
Arborvitae
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Croton Celofan
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The Light Show
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Hearth in the Park
This installation is located at the newly built Harvard Street Park, in Cambridge, MA more…
Croton Blando
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Croton Delgado
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Over Here
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Flag
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New Skin
There laid in the grass, along the river, the body of a large fallen tree. No leaves, no limbs, no roots, in some places no bark. My proposal for this permanent sculpture was to bring a dead tree back to life through the magic of art and paint. A work of art to be looked […] more…
Earth to Earth
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Croton Carnaval
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Zucca Cone
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Better Safe Than Sorry
Edition of 11 Prints more…
Happy Nest
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Newport Art Museum
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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…
Bear Right
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Black Water
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Croton Boda
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Shadow
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Tidal Pool
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Skylight
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9 x Twist
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Swifty
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Tiger Log
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Loving Cup 38-D
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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…
Pole On Wickenden Street
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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…
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…
Oranges
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This Way, That Way – Model
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Self Portrait Right Index
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Can Man
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One Step Closer
Study for an architectural installation to be constructed out of ceramic tiles and cast concrete. more…
Croton Tropical
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Annie
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Windows on Technology
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Couple
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Double Wonders
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Architecture
This is an interactive sculpture, that can be arranged in various configurations. more…
Window Box
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Floating Wainscot
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Croton Zarzamora
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Mother
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Croton Dorado
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Border Crossing
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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…
Backbone of the Record Industry
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Best Friends
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Collected Works
This is an interactive sculpture, that can be arranged in various configurations. more…
Set Design for Brian Jones
One night installation for a tap dancing review at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI more…
Line Stick 3•14•45
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Croton Los Alamos
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X Squared
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Sampler
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Raucous
This is an interactive sculpture, it can be arranged in various configurations. more…
Seascape
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Self Portrait Right Middle
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Billy Boy
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Child
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I Get It
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Harmony Delight
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Sunny Side
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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…
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…
This Side Down
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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…
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