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Descansado

53” x 30” x 12”

Metal, Deer Jaw, Wood, Russian Olive Thorns

You OId Crank

33” X 32” X 8”

Wood (oak) Metal and Paint

Rip Me A New One

20” X 16” X 8”

Wood and Metal (screen)

Up by Its Roots

20” X 19” X 8.5”

Wood (birch plywood) Metal and Paint

Fetch

32” X 3” X 4.5”

Wood, (hemlock) Thorns, Metal and Paint

Logjam

13” X 14” X 11”

Wood (choke cherry) Metal and Paint

This Ain't No Cow Town

21” X 22” X 8”

Wood (Juniper) Metal and Feathers

Snowflake Feather

26” X 12” X 12”

Wood, Rubber and Metal

Pivot

8.5’ X 28” X 28”

Wood, Metal (tripod) and Paint

Degrader

20” x 29” x 13”

Painted Stainless Steel and Birch Wood

The title, Degrader, is a play on words. Modeled after a cheese grader, it dismantles the cheese in small pieces much like our political leaders.

Whole of a Hull

36” x 24” x 6”

Painted Wood, Metal, and Gold Leaf

This work was crafted to become an altar honoring ancient ocean vessels.

How Do You Expect Me To Ride This Thing?

48” x 27” 4”

Painted Wood and Metal

Represents a personal whimsical thought of human-powered vehicles.

Growth Rings

152”- diameter

7”- depth

The first attraction of this piece was the natural curve of the Russian Olive branches. I decided to paint the branches to enhance the illusion of expansion.

1955 CC

47” x 11” x 4”

Wood and Painted Metal

The soul of this sculpture is a flag mast from a 1955 Chris Craft mahogany boat.

Taming of the Screw

9’ x 3’ x 4’

Wood, Metal, Natural Tree Branches, and Found Objects

This sculpture is a reaction to our ignorance and lack of control over natural resources.

Fandango

69” x 27” x 56”

Wood and Metal

A visual interpretation of the song, “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by the band, Procol Harum. (“Trip the light Fandango”)

Baited

84” x 19” x 14”

Painted Wood and Steel

In response to the 2016 election, I fabricated this as an illustration that lured people to bad divisive politics.

Inner Circle

85” x 56”x 23”

Painted Wood, Aluminum, and Steel

The Inner Circle composition, mimics the idea of environmental decision that have been made by a very few people, when it affect us all.

Double Cross

Left: 20”- diameter

Rigth: 10”- diameter

Wood and Metal

Our National forest lands and parks have been stripped of protected status for the greed and benefit of corporations.

Sky Rake

34” x 24” x 9”

Wood, Metal, and Fiberglass

Sky Rake is a premise and contradiction: that there is no mecanisum or man-made solution to fix our dirty air.

Saw Tooth

6’ x 3” x 18”

Wood and Metal

Inspired by an anomaly ocean species, the saw tooth shark, created my own interpretation.

Propped Up

6’ x 1’ x 2’

Wood and Steel

Like many children, I was infatuated with flying. This creation brings me closer to my boyhood dream.

Pluck!

49” x 22” x 6”

Wood, Steel, and Cello String

This piece of art is a tribute to my wife and her cello playing. It also invites you to pluck the musical string.

Cocoon Canoe

64” x 30” x 36”

Painted Mahogany Wood

During the course of hunting and scavenging, I rescued a vintage mahogany boat from a bonfire. In honor of a decomposing Chris Craft “Cocoon Canoe” was created.

Tres Cajones

120” x 16” x 16”

Wood and Metal

Finding three containers and architectural wood column, I was inclined to create a tribute to masculinity.

When It Hits The Fan

94” (diameter) x 6”

Wood and Metal

Inspired by wind power and renewable energy, our politics seem to be in conflict, siding with oil corporations

Unraveled

40”x 12” x 14”

Metal and Wood

Playing drums in my youth, I rescued many drums from the second had stores. This is a tribute to the beat with in me.

Chief

7’ x 3’ x 3’

Wood and Metal

Native American territories had been taken by too many pioneers without justice.

Man Fan

52” x 60” x 4” (Paired together)

Wood, Metal, Gold leaf, and Found Objects

These tandem works are my reaction to a samurai’s diverse weaponry. His use of a hand fan pulled from his belt would distract an enemy, This misdirection, the samurai’s other hand use his sword to strike his rival.

Ring Toss

Our nations EPA has become diminished to a child’s game, “Ring Toss” To many chances lost by tossing the regulations out the window.

Wedge

64” x 20” x 18”

Metal, Wood, and Glass

Instead of wedge separating ideas, it unites them in the cage.

Fan Fair

43” x 43” 6”

Wood and Metal

This highly mechanized fan, screams testosterone.

Square Peg

32” x 30” x 19”

“Square Peg”, shows my personal feelings about my position related to normal life, complicated, protected and sometime confusing.

Can You Hear Me Now?

34” x 25” x 8”

Wood and Metal

“Can you hear me now”? is a response to impersonal technical communication, at arms length.

Prayer Stick

65” x 30” x 14”

Metal and Wood

As a small boy, my godmother took me to a Hopi reservation to witness a real Hopi Indian snake dance. Each dancer prier to the cermony prayed to be successful and placed pray sticks in the ground as an offering. This real life memory is clear to me to this day.

What a Whirl

38” (diameter) x 43”

Wood and Metal

This sculpture honors my dad, who was a mechanical engineer (Federal Bureau of Reclamation). This was my concept of hydraulic turbine.

Art from "The Hardware Show"

Top Image: “Foreman’s Persuader”

18” x 6” x 2”

Wood and Metal

A foreman can intimidate his workers to work harder and faster with this in his hand.

Bottom Image: “Flying Spinning Router Bits”

10” x 5” x 2”

Wood and Metal'

My fantasy of this tool that could be hand powered.

Flip Flop

36” x 28” x 10”

Wood, Metal, and Found Objects (Piano Mechanisms)

A nostalgic response to overly mechanized simple machines.

"If It Quacks Like A Duck"

9’- diameter

6”- depth

Wood, Metal, and Nylon

“If it Quacks like a Duck” is a representation of an idiotic idiom. Ironically this is not representative of anything.

Cuz It Felt Good

24” x 42” x 12”

Wood and Metal

This sculpture is a combination of found objects and fabricated metal because everything felt right.

What Did He Say?

110” x 39” x 8”

Wood and Metal

An ear trumpet reflects a interesting shape that has convened it’s self to a towering like flute.

Air Foiled Again

49” x 30” x 2.5”

Wood, Metal, and Found Object (Helicopter Blade)

A response to my obsession to aircraft and their construction.

Nice Grill, What's Under The Hood?

36” x 30” x 4”

Aluminium, Stainless Steel, and Steel (Hubcap)

This is a whimsical tip of the hat to auto mechanics in the past, present, and future.

Switch Blade

4.5’ x 7’x 1.5’

Wood and Metal

I was impressed of the mechanics of a folding knife, so this is my version.

Captain Lloyd

11’ x 3’ x 3’

Metal, Wood, and Gold Leaf

When examining this sculpture, it may appeared to one as an alien space craft.

Widget

7’ x 2.5’ x 1.5’

Painted Wood and Steel

This is a nick name I gave my daughter when she was a toddler. It is a tribute to my greatest creations.

I Know Danish Modern

20” x 96” x 5”

Wood and Metal

My fondness for great design was established from Danish modern furniture.

You'll Poke Your Eye Out

3’ x 24” x 10”

Wood and Metal

Mother’s warning about sharp objects echos in this sculpture.

Schnee Kran

7’ x 3’ x 1’

Wood and Metal

I was inspired by a beautiful dance of the Snow Cranes. To gain favor for a mate It would elongate it's’ neck and expand their wings and show off by dancing.

Descansado

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You OId Crank

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Up by Its Roots

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Fetch

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Logjam

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This Ain't No Cow Town

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Snowflake Feather

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Degrader

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Whole of a Hull

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How Do You Expect Me To Ride This Thing?

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Growth Rings

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1955 CC

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Taming of the Screw

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Fandango

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Baited

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Inner Circle

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Double Cross

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Sky Rake

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Saw Tooth

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Propped Up

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Pluck!

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Cocoon Canoe

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Tres Cajones

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When It Hits The Fan

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Unraveled

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Chief

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Man Fan

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Ring Toss

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Wedge

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Fan Fair

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Square Peg

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Can You Hear Me Now?

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Prayer Stick

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What a Whirl

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Art from "The Hardware Show"

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Flip Flop

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"If It Quacks Like A Duck"

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Cuz It Felt Good

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What Did He Say?

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Nice Grill, What's Under The Hood?

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Switch Blade

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Captain Lloyd

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Widget

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I Know Danish Modern

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You'll Poke Your Eye Out

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Schnee Kran

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