October 1996. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 117 × 60 × 27 in (297 × 152 × 69 cm).
Collection Costal Discovery Museum, Bluffton/Hilton Head, SC. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Singer
Boys Toys II continues my interest in bringing together natural stone with familiar objects whose forms and associations carry their own histories. The upper bronze elements—a sled, bowling ball, and animal horn form—were cast from actual objects, allowing them to retain their recognizable character while becoming part of a new sculptural vocabulary. Their precarious placement above the granite creates a cascading, turbulent aura, as though the elements are tumbling downward yet have been arrested at a moment of unstable balance. This sense of suspended movement is central to much of my work.
The title introduces a playful but more ambiguous layer. These familiar “toys” suggest recreation, childhood, competition, and masculine culture, while the horn adds an organic, almost primal energy. Cast in bronze and combined with the weight and permanence of granite, the objects lose their ordinary functions and become charged sculptural forms. The work reflects my broader interest in combining disparate materials and associations to create what I think of as a “combustible mix”—one capable of generating multiple readings rather than a single narrative.
October 1996. Bronze, granite. Dimensions: 117 × 60 × 27 in (297 × 152 × 69 cm).
Collection Costal Discovery Museum, Bluffton/Hilton Head, SC. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Singer
Boys Toys II continues my interest in bringing together natural stone with familiar objects whose forms and associations carry their own histories. The upper bronze elements—a sled, bowling ball, and animal horn form—were cast from actual objects, allowing them to retain their recognizable character while becoming part of a new sculptural vocabulary. Their precarious placement above the granite creates a cascading, turbulent aura, as though the elements are tumbling downward yet have been arrested at a moment of unstable balance. This sense of suspended movement is central to much of my work.
The title introduces a playful but more ambiguous layer. These familiar “toys” suggest recreation, childhood, competition, and masculine culture, while the horn adds an organic, almost primal energy. Cast in bronze and combined with the weight and permanence of granite, the objects lose their ordinary functions and become charged sculptural forms. The work reflects my broader interest in combining disparate materials and associations to create what I think of as a “combustible mix”—one capable of generating multiple readings rather than a single narrative.
Wells garden
C. Grimaldis Gallery, solo exhibit 1997
Wells Garden
Wells garden with daughter Chloe c.1996-7
