I sculpt beasts.
Layered with humor and personal symbolism, my creatures explore human relationships and the beast within us all.
It must have been a whisper.
Perhaps the voice of one.
Questioning procedure
of how things all were done.
It grew through generations.
From seeds of thoughts to trees.
To a forest on an island
drowning in the sea.
Some saw it as a threat.
To break a fractured nation.
Some did next to nothing.
Some drank it like salvation.
This activist for progress.
On predator rides prey.
A monument devoted
to what meek voices say.
H-84" x W-37" x D-25"
ceramic, wood, metal, foam, epoxy, antlers
Status: Sold
Could a beast be tamed?
To work or fight or die.
Giving up on hopes and dreams
Without pause to ask why.
Would a beast be tamed?
Through rules and laws and shame.
A life of sticks and carrots,
A rigged eternal game.
Should a beast be tamed?
To hit hits cues on stage.
To bury every instinct
Content inside a cage.
This beast was never tamed.
The wild won't leave its head.
And when their chains all rust away,
This beast tames you instead.
H-12' x W-6' x D-4'
concrete, fiberglass epoxy, foam, metal
Assumption Sculpture Garden
Germantown
1213 7th Ave. N
Nashville, TN
"Get your shelled ass moving!"
Barked the wild hare to its ride.
As the tortoise slowed its pace,
And raced on till it died.
H-36" x W-13" x D-25"
ceramic, wood, metal, foam epoxy
Status: Sold
It flew with wings of bolts and bones
Above the fog from coal.
It saw the sky was falling down
And did not tell a soul.
H-76.5" x W-84" x D-35"
ceramic, wood, metal, foam, epoxy
Status: Available
Start this day guns a blazin.
Sail steadfast towards the sun.
With seven seas to explore,
Don't anchor in just one.
H-39" x W-21" x D-17"
ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy
Status: sold
Building castles in your dreams
Are fantasies worth keeping.
Steal your passion from the moon
And stack bricks when not sleeping.
H-34" x W-21" x D-17"
ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy
Composing empires all your life
Remains a noble goal.
Still, obligations signed in ink
Should not involve your soul.
H-34" x W-21" x D-17"
ceramic, metal, wood, foam, epoxy
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