Il Ponte Vecchio
22" x 21" x 6"
Italian travertine noci
This horse sculpture on a bridge is a symbol of a passage or journey. This series is inspired by riding by horseback in Italy and Ireland on many of the old trails traveled by pelligrini. Many people made these pilgrimages mostly on foot, throughout Europe for a spiritual awakening of the soul.
2013
Horse Tower bronze
8" x 3" x 2"
bronze 2013
These studies in clay were bronzed as miniatures of larger pieces I carved in travertine. (insert page)
Towers are a common architectural element in Italy. They date back centuries in cities and villages where they were used to protect from invaders or to ring bells on church towers to summon the worshipers. These pieces were my attempt to use an architectural form for the base of the sculpture and invent something other than a flat base.
Bison vertebrae discs
3" x 2" x 1/2" each
bronze
2013
Each one of these pieces is a cast of a disc from the bison back vertebrae. A beautiful textured element in itself, as a grouping gives a monumental idea.
Peace Warriors
5" x 3" x 3"
bronze, terra cotta, steel
2013
Inspired by the Tang Dynasty terra cotta sculptures of women on horseback this series represents my idea of using the Arts to implement international peace.
Instead of guns and weapons, the women play musical instruments.
Equipeans
21"x 5" x 5"
terra cotta, terra sigillata fired to cone 04
This series of Equipeans began on a day looking out the window of my studio at the horses on a snow covered pasture. These figures emerged from a playful approach to the clay from my subconscious mind and represent the relationship between human and horse.
2013
Bison Scapula
40" x 12" x 4"
bronze
2013
These bronzes scapula bones are part of the Bison Bone group of bronzed bones from a bison bull who was the head of a small herd on our ranch. A majestic animal and a tribute to the American Bison, I spread the bones in the fields for four years and let the coyotes clean them. Then after making molds of them, they were cast in bronze. These particular scapula bones have a nautical feel.