The Art and Beauty of Sailing on Display at Emery Cove Marina
An article on Wind and Stone recently installed at the Emery Cove Marina written by John Arndt
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Wind and Stone
Granite and steel
15 feet
Located at the Emery Cove Yacht Harbor in Emeryville, CA
Wind and Stone activates the landscape; with water nearby on both the work’s port and starboard sides it suggests the peninsula is afloat within the bay. The colossal weight of the stone contradicts the lightness of the form, creating a dialogue between symbols and materiality. The bow of the work points toward the bay, acting as an entry point for the viewers’ imagination and suggesting an experiential journey. The negative space formed by the center of the sails creates two open windows onto the surrounding landscape — framing the Bay Bridge and The Marina. As the view changes from different vantage points, so does the relationship between the two sails. The ever-changing perspectives can be experienced on both land and on the water.
The Bridge
The Bridge, 2023
Cor-ten weathering steel, recycled steel bridge parts, recycled granite
18 x 34 x 12 feet
Located at Cauley Creek Park in Johns Creek, GA
The Bridge is a sculpture celebrating the bridge as a foundational form which connects communities. It takes the shape of two groups of recycled abstract figures made of the steel from the old bridge. The two groups are held together by carrying a colossal arch made of recycled stone. The recycled materials are emblematic of transformation: in life and in time and form.
The Boat in the Field
The Boat in the Field, 2023
Cor-ten weathering steel and recycled granite
25 x 20 x 12 feet
Located at ML “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve in Dublin, OH
The sculpture consists of two intertwined images. A cor-ten steel towering shelter consists of a spire roof on multiple bent long columns and a boat structure made of recycled granite, floating in midair. While the tall towering shelter connotes stability and rootedness, the boat is a symbol of transience and journeying into the unknown, beyond the horizon. Juxtaposing these two images represents stasis and kinesis, two forces vital to the human condition.
A Behind the Scenes Studio Visit with Dublin Arts Council
On March 15th, 2023 I gave the Dublin Arts Council a studio visit as well as some insight into my daily life in the studio.
Forthcoming Sculpture The Boat in the Field for ML “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve in Dublin, OH
More information about this sculpture can be found in this article in The Columbus Dispatch here
Meet the New York sculptor turning Rogers Bridge steel into a 34 ft statue
I was featured in the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald for an upcoming project in Jones Creek, GA. Read about it here
Skirts and Pants, 2000 in the backyard terrace of Nancy Hoffman Gallery
This work deals with one of the seminal works of the 20th Century, Duchamp’s The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors Even (The Large Glass), and engages Duchamp’s attempt to reduce the figure to a flat image locked in glass. My approach was to take the opposite stand—to monumentalize the figures and to free them into a three-dimensional installation.
The Sun, 2019 in the backyard terrace of Nancy Hoffman Gallery
Stone
Monument to Their Memory
Cor-ten weathering steel and recycled granite
25 x 13 x 4 feet
Located at Golden Spike National Historical Park in Promontory, Utah
The image of a colossal railroad track rises from the ground up toward the sky. As it climbs upwards, it diminishes gradually creating a feeling of distance until it reaches a vanishing point. The top of the sculpture curves slightly to one side suggesting a slow gradual turn of direction. The rails of the track are made of Cor-ten weathering steel supporting crossties of massive recycled granite. The granite is recycled from old bridges and used to line many American roads as curbstone. By lifting the image of a vanishing railroad track upright, the work creates a bridge between the terrestrial and the celestial, as if it is a ladder connecting the sky and the earth. The work’s connection to the heavens memorializes the lives of the railroad workers that built the first Transcontinental Railroad; it joins the hands that made the work in the past to the visitors in the present day.