Work samples

  • Mishap
    Mishap

    Plastic laundry basket, wood, paint 34"H x 34"W x 29"D  March - June 2024

    Available for Purchase
  • Comfort Food
    Comfort Food

    Foam, paint, steel 36" H x 26" W x 22" D - January 2023

    Partly inspired by the sight of a homeless man pulling a slice of bread from the garbage.

    Available for Purchase
  • Art Barf for Sale $20 Each
    Art Barf for Sale $20 Each

     Wood, steel, paint, vinyl adhesive with ink jet print, plastic bags, cardboard, latex/acrylic paints, inkjet print on paper, staples

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  • Art Barf
    Art Barf

     Latex paint, cardboard, inkjet print on paper, plastic bag, staples  9 1/2" H x 8" W x 1/2" D - January 2024

    Originally conceived as a way to get rid of a lot of old paint that was drying out, but now I see there's a lot more to it.

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About Christian

Baltimore County   2024 OTW Artist  

I have a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago which I received in 1993, I also attended Towson University and the Maryland Institute College of Art.  I have three sons, ages 31, 25, and 15.

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Generally a selection of more recent work that is going in a direction that I'd like more of my work to go, essentially having underlying themes and formal qualities that can be more strongly tied together.

  • The Holey Pail Diorama- Study for a monumental sculpture
    The Holey Pail Diorama- Study for a monumental sculpture

    Imagine...a very large white 5 gallon bucket- Think Claes Oldenburg big, holes of varying sizes at heights for the tallest and the smallest, sun light pouring out beckoning the curious forward... will they be disappointed or amused by what they see...?  Okay, I can't make one that big so I scaled it back a bit and called it a diorama, the effect may not be quite as dramatic.

  • The Holey Pail Diorama- Study for a monumental sculpture
    The Holey Pail Diorama- Study for a monumental sculpture

    Interior view of the Holey Pail Diorama, looking through a 'peephole'  miniature bucket turned from PVC plastic, wire and plastic for handle.

  • Comfort Food
    Comfort Food

    Foam, paint, steel, 36" H x 27" W x 22" D - January 2023

    Available for Purchase
  • Art Barf
    Art Barf

    9 1/2 H" x 7 3/4" W x 1/2"D Latex, cardboard, inkjet print on paper, plastic bag, staples

    Originally conceived as a way to get rid of a lot of old paint that was drying out, but now I see there's a lot more to it.

  • Kneeling
    Kneeling

    Wood 23" H x 17" W x 27" D - June 2022

    Available for Purchase
  • Kneeling
    Kneeling
  • Bored Boards
    Bored Boards

    39" L x 24" W x 6" H Carved Walnut 2017-2020

  • Melting Ice Cube
    Melting Ice Cube

    36" W x 36" D x 12" H Paper mache', chicken wire - June 2020

    Available for Purchase
  • Lava Lamp
    Lava Lamp

    24" H x 6" W x 6" D Maple, December 2020

    Available for Purchase
  • Golden Shadow
    Golden Shadow

    43" H x 30" W Gold leaf on painted panel - June 2021

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    • The Yellow Boat

    This is a sculpture that I placed in downtown Baltimore on Pratt Street in 2011. It was originally part of the the Baltimore Sculpture Project which was sponsored by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.  It was planned to be temporary for two years, but its well into it's thirteenth year  It's seen a lot and been through bit but it's still there.  It's made of cypress and is 8' H x 8' W x 4' D 

    There was supposed to be a plaque by it that never got installed, here's what it was supposed to say...   in art and in life the journey and the destination are often one and the same.  The image of the boat hull together with the easel is meant to evoke not only a ship's mast, smokestack, and rigging, but an anchor and lighthouse as well.  My intent is to represent the wonderful places one my go by simply standing still.

    • The Yellow Boat
      The Yellow Boat
    • The Yellow Boat
      The Yellow Boat
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    • Easels

    The Yellow Boat Sculpture was a culmination of years of making easels as sculpture.  This is a selection of some the most important or best ones.

    • The Little Army of Color
      The Little Army of Color

      27"W x 24"D x 15"H  Poly chromed wood - 2002

    • Wall Easel
      Wall Easel

      34"H x 24"W x 8"D  Wood-Basswood - 1992

    • Easel
      Easel

      6'H x 3'W x 2'D  Painted wood - 1994

    • The Floating Easel
      The Floating Easel
      Available for Purchase
    • Little Art the Anchor
      Little Art the Anchor

      19"H x 9"W x 5"D  Cast iron - 1992

    • The Rainbo Club
      The Rainbo Club

      39"H x 27"W x 7"D  Painted sheet metal, neon, digital electronics

    • The Rainbo Club
      The Rainbo Club

      39"H x 27"W x 7"D  Painted sheet metal, neon, digital electronics

    • Candle
      Candle

      13"H x 7"W x 4 1/2"D Pigmented wax, wick 2010

    • Candle-Burning
      Candle-Burning

      13"H x 7"W x 4 1/2"D  Pigmented wax, wick - 2010

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    • Earth Bomb

    Climate change, environmental issues...geo political problems,  how can something not be said?

    • Earth Bomb
      Earth Bomb

      Acrylic on canvas 30"H x 30"W - 2021

      Available for Purchase
    • Earth Bomb
      Earth Bomb

      Acrylic on canvas 30"H x 30"W - 2021

      Available for Purchase
    • Earth Bomb Earth
      Earth Bomb Earth

      23" H x 11 1/2" W pencil and colored pencil on paper, 2018

      This is actually about how the Earth renews itself- and will, in spite of what we do.

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    • Earth Bomb Earth
      Earth Bomb Earth

      118"H x 53"W Pencil and colored pencil on paper - June 2020

      A much larger version of Earth Bomb Earth

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    • Bomb of Earth Bomb Earth
      Bomb of Earth Bomb Earth

      A closer image of the Earth Bomb portion of large Earth Bomb Earth

    • Earth of Earth Bomb Earth
      Earth of Earth Bomb Earth

      Close up of Earth portion of large Earth Bomb Earth

    • Throwing Up the Earth
      Throwing Up the Earth

      Latex on board, 28 1/2"W x 25 1/2"H - July 2019

      Somehow this came about after reading an article about environmental dumping, looking at a lot of Clyfford Still, and listening to the Rolling Stones.

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