Hello Everyone! I want to let you know about a few exciting things happening as well as update you on the voting in Georgia. First, I have redesigned and relaunched my website, steelstatue.com! Please spend some time looking through the new gallery and video page. The shop is stocked with t-shirts, prints and sculptures and you can
Please come visit me at my open studio 43-50 11th street, space 200G LIC NY 11101, May 18th – May 22nd from Noon to 6pm It is a fun opportunity to see where I work and how I make my sculptures. This new sculpture is included in a group show
Things have been very busy lately with Installations Popping up in Georgia, Virginia and Florida! I just returned from installing sculptures in Suwanee, GA and Roanoke, VA. I was thrilled with the placement of the pieces and quality of both exhibitions. Dancer XX was installed as part of the new round of
Have you ever dreamed about doing something huge? I made a twenty foot tall kinetic figurative steel sculpture that flows with the wind. Check it out in this Dancer XX Dream and ArtPrize Installation Video!!! About half a year ago, in April 2014, I had a vision to build a
With ArtPrize 2014 in full swing I wanted to share some of the media buzz for Figures in Motion. I was delighted to do a few interviews during the installation of Dancer XX as well as all the other sculptures in the Fifth Third Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids. I was
I am very pleased to share that I made a short list of entries for the 2014 ArtPrize Early Buzz list! http://www.artprize.org/lists/list/2639/?page=1-2 The list is a group of the top twenty-five entries appearing on lists generated through the ArtPrize App. I am honored to be in such good company with
I am thrilled to be heading out to Grand Rapids Michigan for ArtPrize 2014. Opening Wednesday Sept. 24th and showing through Sunday Oct. 12th I will be displaying my entry titled: Figures in Motion. My work will be installed in the plaza of Fifth Third Bank on the corner of
This is one of my favorite sculptures. It was made as a commission for a patron in Florida who went so far as to request a very specific pose and theme for the sculpture. At first I was a bit skeptical about taking direction from him on the look and design of one of my sculptures. As an artist I have always felt I should make what I need to make and what I want people to see, then show it to the world. I never wanted to fit my vision into someone else’s box and be constrained by the ‘eyes’ of someone else. But after a few long phone conversations about pose, theme, design and look I got comfortable with this clients vision and actually enjoyed the process of collaboration.
About a year ago I did a very fun interview with an old college friend Jesse Shafer and his partner Greg McHale for their New York centric website On the Real. They approached me about a series they were doing uncovering interesting new yorkers telling their stories. I had done
I am excited to once again be involved in Long Island City Arts Open 2014 (LICAO) with the presentation of two large-scale kinetic sculptures in a group show at The Gotham Center! The show at The Gotham Center is titled: Go Figure and includes 14 artists who all draw inspiration from