photographs, objects, wood construction

photographs, objects, wood construction

giclee prints

portraits of high school students shown accompanied by still lifes featuring photographs of newly formed clouds

friedrich froebel, who devised a system of educational activities for young children that became the basis of the modern kindergarten, had a specific sequence of tools/toys that he would introduce to the children, along with a set of maneuvers or tasks to master with each one. he called these 'gifts', and they included a ball of string, geometric shapes and forms, needle and thread, and other simple materials. the sequence included twenty gifts, and the twentieth was modeling clay. froebel encouraged the students to arrange the materials to create geometric designs and to represent the beauty and structure of shapes and forms found in nature. these drawings have been created directly on gallery walls with casting slip, a form of liquid clay. the series has also led to two related works, one in gold leaf and another in clay-covered papier-mache.

an ongoing enchantment with a beguiling shape

acrylic, paper collage, wallpaper, wood stain, woodburning,
wood construction

mural commission for the corner of lexington and howard streets in baltimore

color photographs and their mirror images

isolated projects created as answers to specific problems, or as ingredients in larger installations