"The Chopper"
The "Chopper" will be going to the gallery this week!
The "Chopper" engine
Spring Forward fashion show at the Skylight on Santa Fe in Denvers art district.
Close up of the "Chopper"
"Angst"
Showing at the Skylight in Denvers Santa Fe, art district. For Spring Forward Fashion show.
Toil
Misch # 1
Misch # 2
SEXY
Lets Dance
The Chopper
"The Chopper" “The Chopper” is my most prominent and involved piece to date. It is constructed entirely of found objects, primarily old farm equipment. That equipment includes a 1920’s Oliver hay press, horse-drawn hay rake, and a couple of swather parts and pieces. It weighs somewhere around 1 ton and measures almost 20’ long, the front wheel is 60” tall. “ The Chopper” maintains many of the functional aspects of the original equipment, with rolling wheels adjustable ride height, and a parking brake for good measure.
The "Chopper" will be going to the gallery this week! This piece is one of the most involved and larger scale pieces i’ve created to date. It is constructed primarily from old farm equipment collected around the area. I started with an early 20’s Oliver hay press, a horse drawn hay rake and some windmill check valves.
The "Chopper" engine windmill check valves, some ring gear parts and a couple 6.0 engine parts.
Spring Forward fashion show at the Skylight on Santa Fe in Denvers art district.
Close up of the "Chopper"
"Angst" Painted early in 2022. Covid craziness was still at a high, the war in Ukraine was just beginning, my personal life had changed in ways that I was not sure I loved. The general feeling was that of Angst and uncertainty about my life, life for my family and life for the world in general. Acrylic paint on canvas stretched over wood backing. 60”x48”
Showing at the Skylight in Denvers Santa Fe, art district. For Spring Forward Fashion show.
ToilA piece to help us consider the hardships and struggles that those who came before us endured.
Misch # 1 Inspired and guided by the music of Tom Misch. Acrylic on canvas. 40” x 22”
Misch # 2 Inspired and guided by the music of Tom Misch Acrylic on canvas. 20” x 16”
Commission
SEXYSexy was my first experimentation with hollow, welded stainless steel. Once the Piece is assembled and ground smooth of all the welds I am all to burnish shading into the stainless giving it character and dimension.
Lets DanceRemnants of the gold and silver mining that were so prevalent in the San Juan mountains. Rusted steel, flagstone. 18’ w x36”l x 24” t weighs 275 lbs.
Holes In The Sky and Hands On. Shown in Arte Bella gallery, Santa Fe
The ChopperConstructed of multiple pieces of equipment, a horse drawn hay rake, an Oliver hay press, a 66 chevy pickup. This is the Chopper. at 20’ long and close to 1500lbs already this is a beast!
This view is looking through the window into our gallery in Santa Fe. “Arte Bella” was a collaboration gallery with 6 artists. The work in the foreground was all done by me. It lasted for 1 year and sold very close to zero art. haha. It was a great learning experience and a fun place to hang some art for a while.
One of the first big pieces of furniture I created. This is made up of over 100 pieces of both mild and galvanized sheet steel, concrete, multiple light sources and colored papers. I never had a chance to weigh it. I would estimate it at 3,000 lbs ! The concrete top is made of several pieces made to fit together. I was just learning to play guitar at this point in life and was very inspired by the shapes of electric guitars. I listened to a lot of Jimmy Hendrix in order to get this built.
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