LOVE, LOSS, etc.
UPCOMING SHOW
APRIL- MAY 2027
:: Over the past six years,
I have been working on a body of work that traces a journey through love and loss while reflecting broader, shared experiences of memory, connection, and the persistence of beauty.
Some sculptures are bathed in light, others stand witness while some invite the viewer to interact—allowing the viewer into the narrative.
The show, LOVE, LOSS, etc. will be at Zeller Studios in Hopkins 2027. Opening night Thursday April 8th. Anyone there that night can enter to win a sculpture. Here are a select few sculptures which may be at the show:
The Space Between
Sculpted as a meditation on parenting when one parent has been lost, The Space Between shows two figures spiraling around each other, forever unable to see the other. The sculptures remain upright solely from them being engaged in this dance and the support it offers—circling around the space where there is no longer any dialogue, or perception, only intuition and trust. A dance in action, assuming the other’s moves while relying on unseen connections and the support it enables.
The breastplates were designed with a Braille description of the sculpture—in an attempt of inclusion for some, while alluding to a language—spoken, silent, perceived by few. The bronze pour failed gloriously and didn’t cast as intended.
What was a language understood by few became a language unrecognizable, except in fragments.
This tied in nicely with the nature of this piece exploring the help and influence of our loved ones from the worlds beyond.
Luminary
Numerous times, complications from biopsies brought my spouse a brush with death. One time was especially dire. Stunned, we talked of what happened. She said this may happen again and she might not survive. She offered this:
We have said everything
we need to say to each other, but
we know,
we know that
we love each other,
we are grateful,
we have loved our life and
we look forward to all the
worlds of God together.
I wrote those words down back then and now, as I was sculpting this, those words came back and wouldn't leave. This sculpture seemed the obvious reservoir for this lone sentence, this moment offered so eloquently. I encoded it into Morse code, cut it into the robe and
let the light out.
Plans Change
The first sculpture I imagined after my spouse’s cancer diagnosis reflects upon our strength and vulnerability, a bronze figure clothed only in paper. One element spans aeons; the other lasts weeks, months, or years. A meeting of strength and frailty—human.
It took many attempts—many failures—to realize this piece. Cloaked in building plans drawn by my father-in-law, it can be adorned with these plans, others or designs of your own making. With your interaction, the story can evolve.
Interactive Bronzes
As a sculptor, not touching sculptures at museums seem so wrong. With this in mind, I made a number of works that can stand alone, sure, but whose real nature shines through interactions with you.
Wait!
I started this piece over 10 years ago in response to thousands of migrants dying, drowning as they fled toward safety (this is ongoing—over 8,900 deaths were recorded in 2024 alone).
I returned to it at intervals—during sickness, caregiving, cancer, epidemics, riots, hospice, death, grief, the Epstein files, ICE raids, war…
just, for love of God—Wait!
Abandon Series:
In times of being immersed in LOVE or LOSS my mind was like a broken record, forever replaying moments.
One way to break these loops was to shape them into poems. This series, a revisiting of an older style of mine, was made to hold these little truths that would not let go.
Along with the sculpture, the future owners get the poems and blank poem templates in which to write their own.
The story evolves.