Timely Commentary
Using the power of my art, I give voice to speak out against social injustices; to build awareness, educate and… to inspire a call to action!
This intricate high relief wall piece frames a sculpture that strikes at the globally and ongoing violence against women. Asking: Are we really EXPENDIBLE?
Globally, 89,000 femicides – gender-based violence and killings - were reported by the UN in 2023.
Dimensions: inches – 45h x 9w x 8d
Materials: Paper clay finished with stains & paint; Mahogany hand-carved wood.
This two-piece installation integrates a bas relief wall piece of a geisha offering tea to a cantankerous man who raises his tea cup demanding tea. The Edo era Japanese Kabuki theater was played by stereotyped characters who used exaggeration to show their feelings through painted faces, dance, music and voice.
Sculpture - Inches: 13.5h x 9w x 9d
Bas relief – inches: 13h x 15.5w
Materials: paper clay finished with stains, glazes and paint.
The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated “self-sheltering” – quarantining ourselves from others. As do butterflies, we long to be free from our “cocoons” giving us a basic sense of well-being and independence.
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After shows an old woman who survived the horrific realities of human trafficking. I have set-up a dynamic tension in her posture, facial expression and choice of color to express her extreme despair.
Dimensions (inches): 16h x 14w x 11d
Materials: Paper-clay with surface finish of oxide.
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These two distraught figures are earnestly reaching for each other but are unable to touch. To protect ourselves and the community from the Covid-19 virus, we had to "socially distance,” denying us the most human/animal need to be physically connected.
Kodama, the Japanese term for “spirits”, live within trees protecting them from harm. However, when a spirit, “kami”, becomes angry, it can cause great destruction: global forest fires.
Dimensions: Inches: 30h x 5.5w x 11.5d
Materials: Clay finished with stains and acrylic paint. Base, beetle kill pine designed and built in collaboration with artist and craftsman, Craig Demmon.
Sculpture is suitable for outdoor covered patios.
Tsunami is a deadly wave, a wall of water, born from an undersea volcanic eruption exacerbated by rising seas from global warming.
Dimensions: Inches: 14.5 h x 18.w x 19d
Materials: Paper clay finished with glaze, stains and acrylic paint. Shelf, beetle kill pine designed and crafted in collaboration with artist Craig Demmon.
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The iconic American flag, shredded and torn, wraps itself around blind justice.
Dimensions: Inches - 21h x 9.5w x 9.5d
Materials: Paper clay finished with slips, stains and acrylic paint.
A billion monarch butterflies have vanished! Herbicides have eradicated their life source, the milkweed plant, and global warming has disrupted their migration patterns. Help bring them back: plant milkweed plants!
Dimensions (inches): 26.75h x 22w x 19d
Materials: Mixed- media - clay finished with glazes, stains and acrylic paint; old chair from Denver Public Schools; base, beetle kill pine.
Mother Earth views her planet.
Dimensions: 56h x 11w x 11d - on pedestal
Materials: Mixed-media - paper clay finished with stains and acrylic paint.
Pedestal sold separately: Beetle kill pine designed and crafted in collaboration with artist Craig Demmon.
Only by LISTENING will the world community coalesce and shout for change: a call-to-action by every means, by every leader, country and individual to heal our earth.
Dimensions (inches): 46h x 18w x 32.75d
Materials: mixed-media wall sculpture.
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Before we, as a global community, can take action, we must first LISTEN and clearly hear what is being said. This woman cries out for our planet, feeling outrage that the voices of science are not being heeded.
Dimensions (inches): 46h x 18w x 32.75d
Materials: mixed media wall piece sculpture.
Shelf: beetle kill pine, designed and crafted by Craig Demmon.
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Only by LISTENING will the world community coalesce and shout for change: a call-to-action by every means, by every leader, country and individual to heal our earth.
Imagine WOMEN'S RIGHTS held captive within the confines of the "Tea Party"!
Dimensions (inches): 10.5h x 6.5w x 13d
Materials: Mixed-media.
Whether forced to leave their homes because of war, denied education and job opportunities, women throughout the world have lost their human right to be free!
Relief wall-hanging (inches): 27 diameter x 4.5 deep
Materials: Paper-clay finished with stains, oxides and acrylic paint mounted on a painted wood disc.
References the tragic experiences of displaced women from their home.
Fleeing their homes, what becomes of the women with their children when they are forced to become immigrants?
Dimensions (inches): 20h x 18.5w X 10.5d
Materials: Paper clay with surface treatment of stains and acrylic paints with stains and acrylic paint.
Miriam, Moses’ sister and strong leader, was one of the first immigrants to seek freedom with other Israelites who fled Egypt.
Dimensions (inches): 13h x 14.5w x 15d
Materials: Paper clay finished with stains and acrylic paint.
Dimensions (inches): 13h x 14.5w x 15d
Materials: Paper clay finished with stains and acrylic paint.
The tragic photo images seen through the media of thousands of people fleeing from their war torn homes has inspired this series of sculptures: displaced women, beginning with the flight of Miriam, sister of Moses, from Egypt.
Dimensions (inches): 15h x 22d x 13w
Materials: Paper clay with surface treatment of stains and acrylic paints.
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Dimensions (inches): 20h x 7w x 6.5d
Materials: Mixed-media: Paper clay with surface treatment of stains, carbon carbonate, acrylic paint & etched glass globe.
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Dimensions (inches): 22h x 17w x 17.5d
Materials: Paper clay, stains and acrylic paint.
Dimensions (inches): 40h x 9w x 15d
Materials: Paper-clay with surface finish of slips, stains, oxides and acrylic paint.
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Dimensions (inches): 13h x 8w x 16.5d
Materials: Paper-clay with surface finish of stains and acrylic paints.
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Imagine a world without Hate.
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Dimensions (inches): 11h x 11w x 12d
Materials: Carved concrete.
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Dimensions: inches 9.5h x 8w x 14d
Materials: Paper-clay with surface finish of stains and underglazes.
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After shows an old woman who survived the horrific realities of human trafficking. I have set-up a dynamic tension in her posture, facial expression and choice of color to express her extreme despair.
SOLD