An Offering

An Offering draws inspiration from Marcus Rediker’s 2007 book The Slave Ship: A Human History. The eight works pay homage to the many West African people who were uprooted from their families and forced to endure the brutality of the Middle Passage. The shape of each work mimics the diagram of the 18th century British slave ship the Brookes. The figures and shadows in each work represent the multitude of unknown Africans who were captured and forced to live an uncertain future shaped by their captors.

Light Emitting Studies

In Light Emitting Studies, I employ both cerebral and sensual faculties to make sculptures that combine tiny blinking electrical circuits with simple materials. Sensors integral to the circuits respond to ambient light and change the frequency at which the lights blink. I free-form solder the circuits into sculptural compositions and then augment them with art materials, brightly colored trash, and cheap craft supplies. The resultant amalgamations respond to the environment, signaling tenderly and playfully to the viewer.

Time Enough at Last - vignette from Twilight Zone episode of same name

During some of my travels, I visit the historic libraries of the towns and cities, finding their inherent beauty to be peaceful places of culture, community, and learning.

Nearly everything is either made of or made to look like BOOKS! Banning and censoring books are some of the first steps taken to create an autocratic society to keep people in line and not question authority.

Creeper

Silent slug/ Oozing through my sanguine veins/ Sticking to my inside walls/ My languid limbs now lame./ Secretive slug/ Creeping closer to my brain/ Seeping sludge through my thoughts/ Ridding all that was sane./ Smug slug/ Embalm me with slime / Dull my senses/ Stop all time. 

Suburban Gothic

A dark shadow lays across the suburban landscape. Creeping in from the undeveloped wilds that rim the gated communities and strip malls this bleak ichor seeps in through basement windows and the gap under the back door, coming in to unsuspecting houses, laying claim to all it touches. Children living in this privileged environment come to feel alienated from their surroundings. This land of milk and honey feels wrong, haunted by some unnameable menace.

Cigarette Planet

The Cigarette Planet is a 30" mache globe covered with cigarette butts that I picked up off the streets of Baltimore.

Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet. They are made from plastic and after smoking, the filters are filled with harmful chemicals that then leach into our soil and water when flicked on the ground as litter. 
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