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In
this series of works, I use the images of passageways such as doors, windows, ladders, and even
keyholes, to evoke the transitions, journeys, and secrets in life.
The empty spaces defined by these passageways represent different
“places” or “moments in time.”
Copper is the medium that I prefer to work in as it
changes texture and color dramatically with time and/or the creative
process. In most of these pieces, the evidence of the processes
involved in their creation is left intact, no polishing or grinding
down of the surfaces or solder or gouges in the metal. They remain
raw. The pieces are also initially torched - not just to facilitate
bending the metal or bringing out the various colors – but also to
signify passage by fire. Some pieces do have parts that have been
polished. This is in keeping with the themes of change, progress and
refinement, chaos and order.
Most work is cut from one flat sheet of metal in
order to “pull out” one something from one nothing. The pieces tell
different stories depending on the viewer and the place.
There is another theme that runs throughout the work
though: no matter how hard and difficult times may be, there is
always hope, a way out, even victory and rebirth . . .
Date and place of birth:
1950, Shreveport, LA
Education:
Parson School of Design, New York,
NY, 1984
New York
University, NY, 1982
Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA 1974 BFA
Solo exhibitions:
2009: The Long Road Home, KAOS
Gallery, Wilmington, VT
2001: Sculptures, Holocaust Resource
Center, Manhasset, NY
1996: Passing Through Again, Jemez
View Gallery, Jemez Spring, NM
1976: Matters Of The Art Gallery,
Baton Rouge, LA
Group exhibitions
2009: International Show, SomArts
Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007:Journey, Iron Willow Gallery,
Canon, NM
Artists In The Round,
SomArts Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Jemez In Focus, Sandoval
County Historical Society, Bernalillo, NM
2006: Luminescence: A Light
In The Dark, Art Jemez Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM
2000: The Mask: Magic Or Menace,
Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
1999: Invitational, B.J. Spoke
Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Huntington, NY
1993: Five In The Jemez,
Jemez Views Gallery, Jemez Springs, NM
Salon
Des Refuses, Gallery at the Rep, Santa Fe, NM
Sculpture, New Mexico,
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
1992: Sculptures, Fuller Lodge Art
Center, NM Sculptors Guild, Los Alamos, NM
Abstrat/Abstraction, Kino
Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1991: Time And Place, United
Albuquerque, Artists, Dartmouth Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
The Art Of Albuquerque,
Magnifico at Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
1989: Reptilian Hearts, Commission
for Snapshots, Inc. New York, NY
1986: Paperworks, Private Loft,
Hoboken, NJ
1984: Hoboken Heroes, Private Loft,
Hoboken, NJ
1981: Hermas Out! II, Just William
Inc. NY, NY Commission, installed: London, England
1980: Hermas Out! I, Just William
Inc. NY, NY Commission, installed: Los Angeles, CA
1977: MOTA-Vaters: Unitarian Church,
Baton Rouge, LA
Passing Through, Matters
of the Art Gallery (MOTA), Baton Rouge, LA
Erotica, MOTA Gallery,
Baton Rouge, LA
1976: Young Americans, University of
Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Old State Capitol, Old
State Capitol Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
1974: Works In Metals, Foster
Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
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