This series of sculptures include totems which were made using wood from an old cherry tree that I had taken down and milled from my old home in Takoma Park, MD. Farm pieces and other junkyard finds are integrated into this work.

Sculpture, assembledges and functional art the can be displayed outdoors

Most of my early work was built around my large collection of old farm equipment that I found in junk yards. As you will see I used plowshares, old wheels and other artifacts that I found, most of which were used in early farming in our country.

My functional art period began early in my exploration, making lamps, mirrors and tables using a variety of found objects that I had in my studio. A friend of mine was rebuilding an old log cabin and I became the receipient of the ends of the logs. The logs are oak and from and old Indiana log cabin. I then clean the logs, and cut them to size for cocktail tables and lamps. The copper is incorporated into each piece. For the first time I am also doing commissions for the tables and lamps.

During the past 4 years I began to move away from sculpture period and explore two new avenues of expression- Functional art and 3D Metal Collage . It all started when I purchased a truck full of old patined copper downsproject and other copper roofing elements. I then aquired over 120 feet of 20in wide copper roofing material found in the rafters of our friends Yellow Barn Farm. The amazing thing that I found was that the otherside was painted a milk red and dated back to the late 1800's. These two materials , the greenish colored copper and the red painted copper , became the base foundation my new work. I am working on a new series which I call RoofTop Views which incorporates piece of rusted corregated metal along with all the other found objects that I have around my studio.

This a continuation of my 3D Metal Collage Series with the focus being the various pieces of a rusted corregated metal , varities of copper pieces ,and other interesting do dads