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Terra Cotta & Plaster
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Infant Joy
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Infant Joy
Title: Infant Joy
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Infant Joy (front view)
Title: Infant Joy
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Infant Joy (closeup)
Title: Infant Joy
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a Background of Plaster
Dimensions: 60 H x 28 W x 30 L (inches)
Notes: This is my favorite and I believe, my best sculpture. It is the central piece of the exhibit called to "Love a Child." I intended at first to show only a baby's joyous face on the mother's breast, with a look that expressed an infant's private view of paradise, and then surround this view with an oval. However, it didn't work somehow, so I added the mother's hands, then her head, and finally the whole supporting matrix. Ultimately, this process ended up taking 9 months... But curiously enough, it opened up a wellspring of joy within me - which I tried to reflect in the baby's radiating expression of contentment.
The baby lives within an aura of radiant joy. I contend that this is the same state of union that mystics of all spiritual paths seek, the high State of Union with all life - sometimes called cosmic consciousness or Christ consciousness. (1992)
Mother With Newborn
Medium: Terra Cotta on Hydrocal Base (Plaster)
Dimensions: 7 H x 15 W x20 L (inches)
Notes: A companion piece to Modern Madonna, (see the Terra Cotta category,) this piece shows a deep bond between the mother and the child. Various compositional details reinforce the warmth of the bond between them. (1992)
Dimensions: 7 H x 15 W x20 L (inches)
Notes: A companion piece to Modern Madonna, (see the Terra Cotta category,) this piece shows a deep bond between the mother and the child. Various compositional details reinforce the warmth of the bond between them. (1992)
Family on the Edge (full view)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a background of plaster
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: Quite early in our relationship, my late wife Junita noted the strong emotion in some of my work. So she suggested I try to capture this all too common family breakdown in a sculpture. Although suffering is certainly depicted in this piece, you may see that I am attempting to point to a solution.
The idea of the child seated in the middle of this piece came to me in a flash of insight. Even very young children have a great sense of how family life ought to be. They often possess great wisdom that knows that conflict is not how life should be. He is not drawn into the turmoil going on around him; rather he is connected to a higher state of spirituality, which is reinforced by the peaceful being above him. (2001)
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: Quite early in our relationship, my late wife Junita noted the strong emotion in some of my work. So she suggested I try to capture this all too common family breakdown in a sculpture. Although suffering is certainly depicted in this piece, you may see that I am attempting to point to a solution.
The idea of the child seated in the middle of this piece came to me in a flash of insight. Even very young children have a great sense of how family life ought to be. They often possess great wisdom that knows that conflict is not how life should be. He is not drawn into the turmoil going on around him; rather he is connected to a higher state of spirituality, which is reinforced by the peaceful being above him. (2001)
Family on the Edge (father view)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a background of plaster
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: The father pulling in one direction.
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: The father pulling in one direction.
Family on the Edge (mother view)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a background of plaster
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: The mother pulling in the opposite direction.
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: The mother pulling in the opposite direction.
Family on the Edge (closeup)
Medium: Terra Cotta on a background of plaster
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: This all too common family breakdown scene certainly depicts suffering.(2001)
Dimensions: 20 H x 8 W x34 L (inches)
Notes: This all too common family breakdown scene certainly depicts suffering.(2001)
Steel - Abstract: Selected Work
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