Dancers, Healers, Mystics

I carved several of these heraldic blocks only to realize that there was no place for them in this carving. No problem. They immediately went into the Cathedral of Childhood sculpture.

One Fine Day

The artist at rest. Finally.

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Apotropaic Apps

Call Now

Originally Apotropaic Apps and Call Now were a single work. But a 4 foot cell phone a top a 6 foot figure is 10 feet! That's too big for me or my studio. So it became two related carvings. Instead of a 3D figure, Call Now is the ad for the latest must have EYE phone.

This was the original idea, except it would be over 10 feet tall! It became two separate carvings.

Facebook Babylon

These endless fern blocks began as a filler for another project. That didn't work, but they kept telling me "Make more of us!" I did, but kept asking "Who are you?" This went on for quite a while...

I painted several blue and green, which evoked the Gates of Ishtar. Then I knew where the work was headed. 2016, the USA elected an ignorant man with the means to do great harm, a story as old as Babylon, but with the help of modern social media: Facebook Babylon

Carved wood relief 29 x 96 x 5 inches

Facebook Babylon, a large wood carving in the studio, almost finished.

Drawing of the Nimrud lion.

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The Book of Miriam

A studio visitor saw the beginnings of this work and said, "It looks mysterious, like a fairy tale."
It's ironic that the story of Mary, one of the female archetypes of Western Culture is also a fairy tale.
I made this sculpture as a book/cathedral to tell her story.

Finial of the Queen of Heaven inspired by Romanesque sculptures. I used this tiny carving as inspiration for "Listening to the Moon" sculpture in Japan.

Orpheus and Eurydice

We know of her because of his love. We know of him because his music soothed the savage beast and changed the course of rivers. His music could even stop or reverse time. If only while the music plays. Carved wood relief 45 x 29 x 5 inches

Her Husband's to Aleppo Gone

This line from Shakespear's Macbeth captures the curse and the plight of the Syrian refugees.

Carved wood relief 38 x 83 x 5 inches

Her eyes were so sad from the moment they were carved.

To Grandmother's House

To Grandmother's House shows the inspiration, creation, and installation of a large wood carving and CorTen steel sculpture by artist Patrick Gracewood. Part of the Trolley Trail, a walking trail at the terminus of the new TriMet Orange light rail line.

Monster Log in my driveway. The beginning.