“I really enjoy expressing myself through the permanent medium of bronze and stainless-steel sculpture. I feel that they are my enduring contribution to society and culture. It is my mark in the world. Most of my sculptures are limited editions so that only a few people can own them increasing their collectability and value over the long run. I love it when I have been added to a new collection and I can see the other artists in those collections. ”
What is your Background?
I have always loved doing artwork. I love looking at art and get inspired to try my hardest to do my best work. I have a BFA from CSU and have 20+ years of experience producing sculpture for myself as well as assisting other artists realize their vision. I have been showing my work professionally since 2005 in galleries and juried exhibitions.
What is your dream project?
My dream is to keep making my work on a monumental scale for public placement in parks and sculpture gardens. I view my residential scale work as studies for the large-scale pieces. I would like to make something large enough to walk under and around. Something big enough to be appreciated from afar and close.
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Just keep forging ahead thru good times and bad. Keep making the best sculpture I can and put it out there for people to see and good things will happen.
How do you seek out opportunity?
I tend to say yes to opportunities as they arise, and more opportunities and connections tend to result. Artist are incredibly open about what is working for them and where to find a good opportunity. I participate in sculpture on loan programs where my pieces are on display for a year or more in a public setting. I apply to open calls for public sculpture using CAFÉ. I think that the more visible I am the more opportunity finds me.
What role do you have in society?
I think artists have a really important role in society. I personally believe that my sculpture is my enduring mark left on this world. Bronze sculpture can last for thousands of years and therefore it is critical that I do the best that I can because it represents this society for an awfully long time. I would like to think that someday art historians might pick one of my pieces as a prime example of our age. Artist are also a great form of entertainment. Visiting an art show and mingling with the artists is an interesting way to spend an afternoon. I am always surprised at the variety in social status of my collectors. They vary from schoolteachers and hair stylists to real estate developers and hedge fund managers. I hear that artist are dangerous because we mingle with all classes of people.
Artist Statement
The current direction of my contemporary abstract sculpture involves contrasting polished stainless steel against textured, patinated bronze. I use split and improbably balanced geometric forms that are repeated in alternate configurations. Two bronze masses are separated by mirror polished stainless-steel orbs. They appear delicate and precarious but there is a strong internal structure that is cleverly concealed. I like using bronze and stainless steel because of its’ permanence and relative ease for maintenance. I get inspiration for sculpture from observing the natural world and spiritual experiences like exploring the desert south west and climbing in the mountains. Some pieces are more playful, using a play on words for their titles like the “Orbacado” and the “Ovilepod”.
I have lived most of my life in northern Colorado and currently reside in Loveland. Since I was about 10 years old, I always wanted to be an artist and now I am living my dream. In 1993, Shortly after graduating from CSU with a bachelor’s in fine art, I went to work for the sculpture foundries in Loveland. It was at the foundry that I learned the finer points of the casting process and refined my sculpting technique. I started showing my sculptures as a professional artist at one of many shows in 2005. I have hundreds of private collectors from all over the country and around the world. I have been commissioned to do massive versions of sculptures for public sculpture gardens in California and Arkansas. I am currently represented by two art galleries, Artful Sol in Vail, and Ramey Fine Art in Palm Desert.
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