Trash gathered from a children's play area in a local state park. Children learn from their elders. If grown-ups can't find the time or inclination to dispose of waste properly, how can we expect the next generation to do so? Recycled materials, woven copper, steel wire, chemical patina, polychrome 18" x 24" x 2".

"John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America." ( Wikipedia) What wasn't mentioned was that Audubon shot the birds he painted and stuffed them to allow closer examination. Taxidermy was considered acceptable and appropriate in the early 1830s. The extinction of a species was almost unheard of then. Our planet faces possible death in the future. Maybe it is time we thought about changing our approach to the environment around us. Recycled materials, woven copper, steel wire, chemical patina, polychrome 18” x 24” x 2”

"Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km across the Pacific Ocean in a handbuilt raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands." ( Wikipedia) Heyerdahl repeatedly risked his life sailing across the Pacific in a raft, proving Trans-cultural diffusion between ancient peoples was possible. Heyerdahl accomplished this with rudimentary tools, gathered materials, and a few volunteers. Today, from the comfort of a desk chair with computer technology and the internet, ideas and technology-shared between individuals and entire countries should be simple. So, why can't the nations of the world aggressively address the issue of global warming? Recycled materials, woven copper, steel wire, chemical patina, polychrome 18" x 24" x 2".

Assorted flotsam collected between Whitelock Street and 2200 Callow Avenue immediately after the Whitelock Street corridor was bulldozed to force dug sellers out of the neighborhood; copper, steel, mosaic tile, steel wire, discarded bullnose pliers, steel plates, and wood. 72” x 30” x 4”

GIGO. Garbage in: Garbage out. It couldn't be simpler. The quality of input determines the quality of the output. If we poison our groundwater, eventually, we poison ourselves. If we fill our oceans with plastic and other waste products, we kill the sea creatures and sea vegetables that provide us with food. If we continue to cut down our woodlands and burn fossil fuels, we create greenhouse house gases, which increases the earth's temperature. It is a continuum. GIGO. Recycled material, waste pipe recovered from a stream, woven copper, chemical patina, polychrome 21" x 18" x 6."

Patriotism and pollution do not need to walk hand in hand. Recycled materials, woven copper, steel wire, chemical patina, polychrome 72” x 14” x 2.”

When I was young, finding a box turtle or looking at fireflies on a summer night was one of life's great joys. I never see live box turtles anymore. But, I found a turtle's carapace half-buried in mud and concealed by stilt grass in the field that abuts the Beaverbrook. The beautiful coloring of the shells covering was long gone, but the carapace's plates' hexagonal pattern was still evident. Lightning bugs and turtles are few and far between; loss of habitat to ever-expanding suburbs, light pollution, pollution of the water, collision with cars, and illegal trade has dramatically diminished these and many other species. Six unit, hexagonal plaiting with chemical patina, 13" x 9" x 8".

“In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the Joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again.” Monty Python’s Flying Circus Peace throughout the world shouldn’t be a joke. Recycled materials, woven copper, steel wire, chemical patina, polychrome

Flotsam collected between Whitelock Street and 2200 Callow Avenue immediately after Whitelock was bulldozed to force dug sellers out of the neighborhood; copper, steel, mosaic tile, steel wire, discarded pliers, steel plates, and wood. 96" x 36" x 4"

Garbage In-Garbage Out Flotsam collected between Whitelock Street and 2200 Callow Avenue immediately after Whitelock was bulldozed to force dug sellers out of the neighborhood; Recycled materials, disused sewer pipe, copper sheet, plaited copper, steel, chemical patina.