Unwind

Geometric form carved from Silver maple and dyed black.

Dimensions: 23″H x 6″W x 6″D, Weight = 8 Lbs

‘Elegance’, this is one of my most challenging forms to date. I am really excited to have completed it and love the lighter finish on the sapwood which creates a deeper contrast. The form is 30″ Tall x 15″ x 8″. I started with a 100 Lb Ambrosia maple half log and carved it down to 5 Lbs . 13 lbs with the base.

Wall sculpture. Turned, carved & sand-textured Oak, 24”W x 24”L x 4”D.

Hollow form sculpture, carved and sandblasted red cedar with an oil finish.

Dimensions: 25″ H x 11″ W x 9″ D

Wall sculpture. Turned, carved & sand-textured Oak, 24”W x 24”L x 3”D. Inspiration came from my west coast flights over the Rockies.

Wall sculpture. Turned, carved & sand-textured Oak, 24”W x 24”L x 2”D. Inspiration comes from my 38 years as mechanical design engineer. I have drawn on grid paper 1000’s of straight & curved lines. As a wood artist I get to carve and color between & outside the lines.

This sculpture was carved from some beautiful wide grain marbled pin oak. The form was sculpted, deeply sandblasted and coated with linseed oil base finish to enhance the vibrant grain coloring. Dimensions: 8”D x 7” W x 30”H. The close-up images of the sandblasted textured surface reveal beautiful medullary rays that flow with the form.

“Oak Star 44″, Wall sculpture, 11-pointed star form. Carved and textured from a 44 year old Pin Oak tree with an oil finish, 29″ Diameter x 8″ deep, 3/4” thick, 22 lbs sculpted down from a 270 lb re-purposed log.