Sculptures

Sculptures 

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Wax Clay Head Sculpture & Reproductions

 

 

 

Using some leftover wax clay, I sculpted this little head in the hopes that it would be bronzed. But due to complications at the foundry, it never happened. However, my friend Barry Atkinson made a silicone mold of it and made 3 reproductions each with a different type of plastic - white, gray, and clear. Clear one is not shown. The lower right image is the original wax clay sculpt.

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Wax Clay Sculpture to Bronze

 

This egret or heron was from a sculpting class I took with Ron Pekar at DisneyToon Studios in 2013. We sculpted in wax clay with the intention of turning them into bronze (that part was done at a foundry by professionals). The top picture is the final result with an awesome circular base, courtesy of Barry Atkinson.

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Sharquita

I combined my love of bananas and sharks back in 2000, as the city of San Jose, California, had a downtown arts project where a select group of artists were chosen, based on their submitted designs, to paint fiberglass sculptures of sharks as a celebration of the local hockey team and, more importantly, as art pieces to be auctioned off to raise money for various charitable organizations. I believe mine raised around $3,000 for a children's cancer group. My design was featured with some of the other artists in the San Jose Mercury News and my shark had the prestigious location in the big open square in front of the San Jose Repratory Theatre. Unfortunately, within a couple of weeks after installation, some drunken vandals tried to steal some of the sharks, mine included. I heard that as they tried to lift my Sharquita, the weight of the concrete blocks it was bolted to caused it to nearly break in half. What a shame. I was unable to repair the damage myself, but I think someone tried to repair it and moved it into an indoor location. It was a fun project though!

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My Left Hand

   Clay sculpture I did when I was 19 at American River College, 1990.