Recently, there has been some discussion on social media about artistic authorship and how much of an artist's "hands-on" work must be done to ethically qualify the resulting artwork as their own. Up until recently, I have carved each and
Once again, I am donating an original marble sculpture to the Seymour Art Gallery's annual "Start with Art" exhibition. This event is specifically aimed at a younger audience, wherein Vancouver artists are invited to exhibit an artwork which are all
One of my collectors approached me to make a different base for a sculpture she had purchased from me years ago. In 1996, she and her husband bought “Ursula,” a white marble figurative sculpture, at that spring’s Sculpture in the Garden
My friends, George Pratt and Andrew Pothier and I presented an advanced stone carving course last week in Delta, BC, Canada. George and I are professional stone sculptors with over 70 years experience between us, and Andrew is owner of
I found a home for my sculpture, “Lift.” While I was showing my work at the NVCAC’s Art in the Garden Tour in May 2013, I met landscape designer Nancy Chen, of Melodii Gardens. She was impressed with my sculptures and
I will be participating in the Art in the Garden Tour this year, but I will be showing my sculptures in a West Vancouver, BC, Canada waterfront garden. I’m excited to unveil a new series of sculptures, inspired by the garden
“Lift” is an abstract form carved from a variety of Carrara white marble from the Petacchi quarry in Italy. The stone has a white background, with a lovely taupe veining. The sides are highly polished and the top surface is
Ever since I witnessed some mortuary sculpture in one of Berlin, Germany’s oldest cemeteries years ago, I have been fascinated with how stone sculptors can depict the human form seemingly revealed under drapery. I’ve experimented with this subject by carving a
A collector came to the gallery and wanted my humourous sculpture, “I’ve Got it!” He is one who appreciates a good laugh, and this sculpture was to go in the living room of his summer house. However, he wanted another
“Il Volo” is Italian for “the flight”, and I chose this title for this large abstract sculpture after its shape and the origin of the material. A while ago, I carved a small abstract shape from a scrap piece of rainforest