Installations

Commissioned Works

I love to work on site-specific projects for public spaces; they are complex creative processes that demand teamwork and social interaction.

Each project necessitates an individual design solution. The concept, materials and form are chosen to suit the unique nature and needs of the site and enhance it through a harmonious and integrated relationship
with art.

My starting point for each project is to tap into the unique energy of the environment and explore how art can enhance it. A successful project utilizes the ear as much as the eye. Interaction during the design process with the people who own and use the site is essential; ultimately the work is for them.

The works I design are emotionally layered and create a new and deeper sense of meaning of the site. This ranges from playful to contemplative.

River Road Improvement Project

Commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for Tucson AZ. 2007

As project artist, I created designs that referred to the Rillito River that lies adjacent to the road. Sidewalk enhancements and four retaining walls incorporate colored tumbled-glass, pebbles, and rock in flowing designs along the three-mile section of road.

Would a Blue Rose Smell as Sweet as a Red Rose?

Commissioned by London Contemporary ART Ltd, London England, for M/S Serenade of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruises International. 2004

Photographic installation of 12 black and white photographs of white roses behind red and blue glass in wood frames.

total dimensions: 4’h x 13’w feet, (1.21 x 4.5m)

There Are Many Ways To Kiss The Earth

Commissioned by London Contemporary ART Ltd,
London England, for Radisson Seven Seas Voyager. 2002

Photographic light-box installation incorporating twenty four black and white photos of roses behind blue glass. Stainless steel and glass panels were designed by the architect to feature the photos in the nightclub of the ship.

panels: 6.6h x 2.4w feet, (200 x 73cm)

Ghost Trees And The Big Nest

Commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for the Northeast Community Center Tucson Arizona. 2002

The work consists of 3 large images of Palo Verdi trees sand blasted on a 11 ft. high glass wall in the front lobby. Outside at the entrance is a circular concrete seating element, with a bronze sculpture of a nest resting on a rammed earth pedestal.

trees: 10h x 15w feet, (3.048 x 4.5) nest: 2.6h x 5w x 5d feet, (79 x 152cm)

Canyon Cascade

Commissioned by the Friends of the Library, for Bear Canyon Library, Tucson Arizona. 2008

A bronze sculpture of a stylized waterfall was created for the entrance of the library. Patrons were asked to describe in one word what their library meant to them; a selection was made and incorporated into the sculpture. Raised words and letters cascade down the surface towards granite boulders. On the boulders are additional words that have been sandblasted onto their surface.

Sculpture: 11h x 6w x 6d feet (3.35 x 1.82 x 1.82m)

We Are Nature

Commissioned by the Phoenix Arts Commission for the Cave Creek Wash Bike Path, Phoenix, Arizona. 2002

A seating area with trees and desert plants marks the beginning of the bike path located on a former landfill. The project consists of a semi-circular rammed earth wall, capped with concrete and inscribed text: “It is not man and nature...or man in nature, man is nature just like the trees. Both live and grow.” Inside the wall is a metal shade structure on a concrete floor with leaf imprints and a circular rammed-earth seating element.

Why Is The Sky Blue? II

Commissioned by International Corporate Art AS, Oslo, Norway, for Color Line. 2004

Photographic light-box installation of clouds for the Observation Lounge of the ship.

Photographs in brushed metal frames, 39 x 39 inch, (100 x 100cm).

Seeds of Knowledge

Commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for the Southeast Branch Library, Tucson, Arizona. 1999

Four bronze sculptures of desert seedpods assembled at the building entrance refer playfully to the desert landscape and the library’s purpose.

tallest seedpod: 8 feet, (2.43cm), longest seedpod: 10 feet. (3.04cm)

Skyline Road Improvement Project

Commissioned by the Tucson Pima Arts Council for Tucson Arizona. 2004

A design / build road improvement project for a one and one half mile section of road. As project artist of the design team, I created designs for sound walls, and other various types of walls, sidewalk enhancements, and seating elements needed in the project.

This project has won eight state and national awards for design excellence.

Images: serpentine sound wall of concrete block, cast in place barrier wall employing custom molds, sidewalk enhancement: one of 20 flag stone insets with poetic text sandblasted into the stone.

Something For Time

Commissioned by the Amsterdam Council for the Arts for The Werf, an assisted living facility, Amsterdam, NL. 1995

The theme of the passage of time is represented in a garden sculpture through the use of concentric circles, a spiral, and fossils. The work consists of a terrazzo floor with an inlayed brass spiral and five bronze columns with bronze fossils.

floor: 8’ x 8 feet, (2.43 x 2.43cm) bronze columns: 39 x 10 inch, (99 x 25cm)