The 3 Graces

December 27, 2024

These three beautiful Hardwood species (or something like them), fit well with the 3 graces project. Links below for details. Waiting to be commissioned through "Buy Me a Coffee". ...

Extinction Burst Grid wop

December 27, 2024

4 Scraped bills placed in mylar currency sleeves and inserted into the 1/16th inch grooves routed along the top and bottom spars. The mylar is highly reflective and distracting. Looking for an alternative. ...

Slicing Spruce and a Horse project interrupted

December 19, 2024

Such a long board to cut. Above is a photo of the resulting 1/8" and 3/16" spruce slices for Extinction Burst. They are cut to test the strength of the grid and problem solve them as containers for the currency sleeves. The horse drawing below is something begun before the "illuminations" commission and previously appeared in one of the paintings destroyed in the DHR fire from July ...

Extinction Burst (work in progress)

December 15, 2024

A piece about the decline and end of analog currency.

Illuminations

February 01, 2024

Commissioned by Davis and Louise Riemer. Inspired after locating an artwork on the property of Carl Djerassi of a thin alabaster plate embedded fairly high inside the stump of an enormous redwood tree. Walking inside the tree stump and bathing in the soft glowing light of the alabaster was an unforgettable experience. I tried to capture some of that here. I sourced the ...

LCD Gallery through January 31st, 2018

November 20, 2017

LIST OF ARTISTS: Robin Clark, Jason Hughes, Justine Smith, Oriane Stender, Finn Stone, Bran Symondson, Dan Tague, Lauren Tickle, Mark Wagner, Stacey Lee Webber, Robert Wechsler, CK Wilde La Colombe d’or Art Gallery 114 N. Main Street, Houston, Texas ...

Key

October 25, 2017

Currency ink on translucent alabaster. Part of a much larger work for Davis and Louise at DHR Investment Counsel.

Alabaster sketch

August 27, 2017

A faint ink transfer onto

Pochade Box

August 20, 2017

A custom Hardwood 8"x 10" Pochade box Made from Mahogany, Madagascar Rosewood, Tiger Maple, and Birch Plywood. Overall measurements 11-1/4" x 9" x 5.5". ...

March

March 26, 2017

The Illuminations project in progress. On the wall is the working mock-up. On the table are a little over 30 polished alabaster panels cut from large alabaster slabs. I spent about two months scraping currency to get the collected dust in the tubes and bags on the table. I'm almost set up to begin inking the panels. Each panel is also treated with a solution of 5% Paraloid B-72 and ...

Canvas grounds are drying

December 14, 2016

Preparing for some new work in the new year and letting these fresh white lead grounds dry between

Alabaster Delivery

October 07, 2016

384 lbs of Translucent

Pre-Amp Circuit Board

September 25, 2016

A Pre-Amp tube kit that I've had on the backburner for years. This came from Australia. The tubes are very old from the mid 1980's. A practice piece and a nice Sunday project to get up on the learning curve for my EleKit Amp and Preamp upcoming. I've learned to read resistor, capacitor and transistor values. The component design and why it works is fascinating. Am wanting to introduce an ...

DHR Illuminations Workup

September 22, 2016

Working up the DHR Illuminations commission. These are 20 of the 30 or so Currency symbols to be dusted onto thin alabaster panels. Have to keep altering/editing symbol and stone size before committing the symbols to the stone surface. Hope to have this side of the piece finalized in a week or so.. From the 22nd. ...

Sawdust Bed

September 13, 2016

An odd shape for a Sawdust bed. I didn't want to cut the scrap wood base that I had so I framed it up as it was and filled it with about an inch of sawdust. The sawdust will conform to the uneven surface on the newly re-sawn alabaster to prevent cracking and breaking during the pressure from my sanding and ...

Leave for One Second

September 13, 2016

Leave for one second and Ebee takes over my spot..!! Notice any similarity to the Gauguin sculpture below? and then, about an hour later...I get up and come back ...

Slicing Alabaster

September 12, 2016

Slicing an Alabaster slab for the Illuminations commission for Davis and

Flat File

September 09, 2016

I started this 8 drawer flat file about 2 years ago. Paper storage was the main reason I began to build it but the new DHR commission is the reason for it's completion. It measures 42" x 52" x 29" and is big enough and stout enough to hold the slim alabaster panels that I will create over the next two years. I built it upside down without a plan but enjoyed making it up and problem solving as I ...

Circle Cutter

September 09, 2016

I purchased this beautiful tool from the Luthier Len Lentourneau in Canada. He's also a machinist and makes a few Luthier tools of which this is an incredible example. It has everything you want in a heirloom tool; intelligent design, precision, quality materials, and weight. ...