There are several shapes and forms that pervade in an artist’s mind through their lives and recur in their compositions. There are the elliptical compositions of Raphael, the egg form in Brancusi’s work and the straight black line of Mondrian
There are numerous techniques for carving stone and each depends on the type of stone, the scale of the sculpture and the complexity of the composition. This short video shows me working on a large, abstract sculpture which I am carving
Inspired by the optical illusion of the picture of the two faces or a vase (above left), I created the sculpture which I titled “Octavia” (above right). I used a piece of Belgian marble, which is deep black in colour
After 17 years, “Coy Glance” has finally found a home. Sometimes an artist has to wait a while before the right patron comes along. I carved the sculpture in 1995 and Peter Bentley, then President and CEO of Canfor Corp., unveiled
In 1987, a new stone was brought to the attention of my colleague, Babe Gunn in Port Alberni, BC, Canada. A logging truck driver dropped a piece off to her to try. He said he’d picked it up on one
“White Horse Wave”, 2006 I have carved a few small scale horses in the past and wanted to carve one a little bigger, so in the summer of 2006, I took a piece of carrara bianco marble and executed “White Horse
“On Burnish’d Hooves His Warhorse Trode,” 2011 I have long had a fascination with Medieval lore and have enjoyed reading stories and listening to music based on Arthurian legends. The books by Canadian author Jack Whyte about King Arthur and the
In December, 2011, Mia Jagpal, producer and host of Telus’ myVancouver community program came to the gallery to interview me. As it is a television service provider, the CRTC requires that Telus provide community programming on their OptikTV service. Mia
Congratulations to Maia H-W, of North Vancouver, our winner of The 2011 Studio Show's sculpture draw. Maia's family has been collecting Michael's work for many years, so it was meaningful to have her win the original cat sculpture. May you enjoy
Michelle and I celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary in Venice, Italy at the end of the hot summer of 2008. While we were sipping cool drinks in a small piazza one afternoon, I watched two gondoliers as they waited for