Precarious Humor | Light Drama

August 30, 2026

These small clay vessels and beads take on human qualities—the tall one shouldering a precarious, almost slapstick load of boulders. A little like life: hard and heavy, with humor and precarious moments.

Confronting Demons

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness…”

August Wilson

This is a contemplation work: complexity, shifting perspectives, shadows and camouflage countered with yellow concrete x 4. Yellow a symbol of joy and energy and 4 representative of wholeness. Forgiveness = freedom = wholeness.

There Is No Script

For this month’s studio sculpture study installation, I couldn’t say it better than this: “Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art” – Charlie Parker

Mail Art

This layered, collaged and painted puzzle piece is my contribution to “We are all connected” mail art project. The surface is rough and not too refined for an emotive, human quality befitting the project title.

Three

Please support @fairshareartauctions earthquake relief fundraiser. My donation is a contemplative two sided painting “Three” of spiritual symbols. The reverse has Joss paper for remembrance and circle for prayer. All proceeds from my donation will go towards relief. Ends Feb 25th 2023

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Rough and Ready Rock

One large hanging sculpture and four related photographs will be in the New Jersey Armory Art Fair 14C. I want them bold and expressive and the rough and ready concrete, rock and textured cardboard are my go-to raw materials.

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Stop Right There

Two work for July 2022 Flushing Town Hall exhibit

All about the materials.

Ink Nº 8 is all about ink and time. Ink hit the paper and bam - I stopped right there, freezing the moment. No other marks needed. This looks like it was made a few seconds ago

Surfaces Nº 3 started out as a cardboard and yellow box collage but it needed something - a softening modifier. A coat of restraining white paint humanized and unified this piece.

Bleeding Rock and Stone

For the past 4 months a series of 3D assemblages and fine art photographs of assemblages have been my focus. The works are influenced by the stark bluntness of Brutalist architecture and an appreciation for the beauty and expressive qualities of the humble materials of rock, corrugated cardboard and concrete. The materials ability to shed identification of original use and take on human characteristics of passion, cruelty, sympathy and love, revealing and appreciating humanity in all its complex, terrifying and beautiful forms is what these works are about. They are the characters in my play.