Soldered brass, 16 x 12 x 11, 2010. A vertical tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Christ through an abstract, structural vocabulary. Set upon a square pedestal base and a baluster column, the work constructs a central lap-like basin that supports a dense cluster of diagonal, … Continue reading Pietà
Soldered brass, 16 x 12 x 12, 2010. Hale Pahu i'a (2010) is a dense, architectural tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that constructs a vibrant marine shrine. Taking its title from Hawaiian—translating to "House of the Aquarium"—the work arranges an array of brass hardware and decorative marine castings into an enclosed vertical structure. At its … Continue reading Hale Pahu i’a
Soldered brass, 2009. A low-slung, horizontal tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that investigates physical continuity, structural inheritance, and abstract narrative flow. Resting directly on the plinth without a pedestal, the sculpture links a series of distinct brass components along a crawling, angular vector. At one terminus, a cast Irish harp motif anchors the base, from … Continue reading Lineage
Soldered brass, 25 x 17 x 19, 2009. Olympian Cup (2009) is a monumental tabletop assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets classical sacrificial vessels and heroic trophy cups through an anthropomorphic, mythic syntax. The sculpture reads as an abstracted seated figure, where the large, deep chalice basin functions as the torso and two sweeping legs … Continue reading Olympian Cup
Soldered brass, 2009. An expressive, mythological assemblage in soldered brass that reinterprets classical narratives of abduction and hybridity through a surreal domestic lens. Joining the body of a saddled, prancing horse with a stylized female torso emerging directly from a miniature brass bathtub, the sculpture forms a centaur-like hybrid that evokes the violent abduction … Continue reading Rape of the Sabine
