| Melbourne Beach Florida |
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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BODHISATTVA
Carrot wood on hickory
20" x 10" x 9.5"
Carrot wood on hickory
20" x 10" x 9.5"
Created in 2000. Acquired for the permanent collection of The Colquitt County Art Center. This beautiful carrot wood piece shows a Buddha head in a female form.
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CHAC MOOL
Camphor on black walnut
15" x 28" x 9"
Camphor on black walnut
15" x 28" x 9"
Created 1990. A Mayan sacrificial altar, this female Chac Mool won First Place at the 1990 Cocoa Village Art Show.
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THE DREAMER
Cedar on maple
10.5" x 38" x 9"
Cedar on maple
10.5" x 38" x 9"
Created in 1993. I was thinking of reclining Buddhas and my own inclination to dream of the future. One of my personal favorites, it was re-sold twice, maybe on Bay.
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WAVE
Spalted black walnut
22" x 14" x 11"
Spalted black walnut
22" x 14" x 11"
It is rare to find black walnut in the spalted stage (right before rotting), and it has a wild grain to it.
An award winner at Cedar Key Sidewalk Show.
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ARGONAUTA
Cherry on walnut
18.5" x 19" x 10"
Cherry on walnut
18.5" x 19" x 10"
Created in 1991. Part of the Shell series, the title is the Latin name for this type of Nautilus shell.
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JAPANESE TURRID
Cedar on cherry
32" x 11" x 10"
Cedar on cherry
32" x 11" x 10"
Created in 1989. Part of the Shell series, this South Carolina cedar's grain is unique because of the many knot holes where limbs branched off.
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TURTLE TOTEM
Poplar, cypress, Caribbean mahogany
57" x 12" x 12"
Poplar, cypress, Caribbean mahogany
57" x 12" x 12"
Created in 1988. The image shows the life and death cycle of the sea turtle. Our home in Brevard County is one of the premier nesting sites of loggerhead turtles.
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TULIP SHELL
Black walnut on poplar
36" x 7.5" x 5"
Black walnut on poplar
36" x 7.5" x 5"
Created in 1996. I was realizing that people prefer art to hang on their walls. I carved a three-dimensional piece of shell and mounted it on a board that hangs on the wall.
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..AND OUR MOTHERS BEFORE US
Chestnut on black walnut
66" x 11" x 11"
Chestnut on black walnut
66" x 11" x 11"
Made from a 100-year-old chestnut beam from a friend's barn in Tennessee. A tribute to our women ancestors, showing that the youngest of us stands on the shoulders of our elders.
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DEVI
Black walnut on hickory
53" x 12" x 9"
Black walnut on hickory
53" x 12" x 9"
Created in 2001. I was looking at a picture of an Indian sandstone deep relief carving of Devi, the curvaceous goddess who bestows fertility in womb and field on her devotees. I thought it would be great to show her holding the bounty of my wild yard: bananas, elephant ears, angel trumpets and sea grapes.
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FLAMINGOES
Holly on mahogany
8.5" x 4.5" x 4"
Holly on mahogany
8.5" x 4.5" x 4"
Created in 1981. This is definitely private collection because I hand-carved this with a knife on our two-month honeymoon trip out West.
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SACRED IBIS
Birds-eye maple on walnut
7.5" x 13.5" x 4"
Birds-eye maple on walnut
7.5" x 13.5" x 4"
Created 1990. A friend had given me a piece of birds-eye maple that had been cut out for a gun stock. I put it to better use.
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CHERRY MOON
Cherry
11" x 10.5" x 2"
Cherry
11" x 10.5" x 2"
Created in 1996. This is one of my many smaller works that hang from the ceiling.