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A large American department store recruited me out to Milwaukee. After a few years, I decided to take a studio in one of the more walkable and lively neighborhoods. The old corner store front, on a side street was charming, and the rent was cheap. It had amazing light.
I was interested in three dimensional work at this time, exclusively using inexpensive common materials like cardboard, wire and fabric. The work was gestural and casual. It was about figures and movement. The challenge was finding that threshold for meaning. I developed simple sawn objects, wire works and cardboard wall pieces. Things came to together just slightly and then were finished
Wire & Fabric Sculptures
Red Ikea synthetic fabric throws, wire hangers, found plywood, fasteners.
Red Flourish vr1 (front), 2018 wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr1 (side), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr1 (back) wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr1 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr1 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr2 (front), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr2 (side), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr2 (back), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Red Flourish vr2 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric, wood, fasteners
Ribbon Figures
Pink synthetic fleece, wire, thread. Size vary, approx 8” to 18” tall.
Pink Figure vr 1 (front), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (angle), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (angle), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 2 (front), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (angle), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (back), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 1 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 3 (angle front), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 3 (back angle), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 3 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 3 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 3 (detail) wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 4 (front), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 4 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 4 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 4 (back), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 4 (detail) wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 5 (front), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 5 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 5 (side), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 5 (back), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figure vr 5 (detail), 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr , 2018, 1wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr 1, 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr 1, 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr 2, 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr 2, 2018 wire, fabric
Pink Mini Figure vr 2, 2018, wire, fabric
Pink Figures Grouping, shot in MKE Studio, 2018
Fabric Flourishes
Synthetic fabric, wire, thread. Sizes vary, each approx 20” tall.
Magenta Fabric Flourish (front), 2018, fabric, wire
Magenta Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Magenta Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Magenta Fabric Flourish (back), 2018, fabric, wire
Blue Fabric Flourish (front), 2018, fabric, wire
Blue Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Blue Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Blue Fabric Flourish (back), 2018, fabric, wire
Green Fabric Flourish (front), 2018, fabric, wire
Green Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Green Fabric Flourish (side), 2018, fabric, wire
Green Fabric Flourish (back), 2018 fabric, wire
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In the late 1990s after moving to San Francisco, I created a one-of-a-kind cardboard piece from salvaged materials and some gel medium. One of the ideas behind the wall sculpture was the poverty of its construction and material. It could not hold its shape without the binding of the gel and that feature would also become the face of the piece. I also liked the painterly and bumpy finish the gel as glue. It reminded me of 18th decorative arts, while somewhat allowing form to follow function. The shape itself came to me in a dream. I revisited this approach in my Milwaukee Studio years later, and again the spring and summer of 2023.
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 1998, 13"x26"x2", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste, acrylic black paint (angle)
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 1998, 13"x26"x2", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste, acrylic black paint (front)
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 2018, 30"x18"x4.5", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste (angle1) NOTE: front gel edge painted black 2023
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 2018, 30"x18"x4.5", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste (angle2) NOTE: front gel edge painted black 2023
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 2018, 23"x7"x4.5", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste (angle)
Cardboard Wall Sculpture no1, 2018, 23"x7"x4.5", salvaged cardboard, acrylic molding paste (front)