The raw blocks of stone are ready for my public art sculpture project. I will be carving two companion, four foot tall pieces that will flank the front doors of a new branch of Vancity Savings Credit Union in Vancouver,
I am pleased to announce that I have been awarded the commission to create two sculptures which will adorn the entrance to a new branch of Vancity Savings Credit Union in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Vancity wants to keep you in anticipation,
After 32 years marketing my original fine art stone sculptures from our location in Moodyville, North Vancouver, Canada, I'm moving my gallery and sculpture garden. I will continue to operate my studio from the old location, but gallery has to move! The
I have been working on a large granite banana slug public art sculpture, commissioned for the new BC Children’s Hospital TACC. I started work on the piece on March 10, 2017, after I transported the raw block from my supplier.
I have been commissioned to create a sculpture for the new Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children’s Hospital. In the Spring of 2016, I entered an open call competition for public art sculpture for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s massive
My abstract sculpture, "Angel" carved from Carrara white marble has found a home on the newest vessel of Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The Regent Seven Seas Explorer was christened on July 13, 2016 in Monaco by her highness, Charlene, Princess of
I have been invited by the Harmony Arts Festival to do two interactive stone polishing demonstrations at the "Dialogue" stones in John Lawson Park in West Vancouver, BC, Canada. I did one on Wednesday afternoon and will be there again
Michelle and I visited the Venice Biennale 2015 on May 26th and 27th. I won't review all the pieces we saw, but the next few posts will be about ones that I liked most.
Above and below is "Night Blooming Genera," 2015, by Helen Marten of Great Britain. The 8 foot long sculpture looked to me like a suspended giant shrimp or krill. Each element of the mixed media sculpture is a delightful art work in itself - fish net floats, detailed sea shells, fish hooks made from metal, glass, steel, ceramic, plastic... This artwork engaged me to want
I have been writing about how much "hands-on" work must be done for an artist to claim full authorship of a sculpture (see Pt. 1 , Pt. 2 , and Pt. 3). Up until recently, I have carved every one of my sculpture creations
I have been writing about how much "hands-on" work must be done for an artist to claim full authorship of a sculpture (see Pt. 1 and Pt. 2). In 2006, I received a commission for a public art sculpture for the