March 1997. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 58 × 106 × 50 in (147 × 269 × 127 cm).
Pique à Terre VI, the sixth work in the series, developed as a spin-off from my earlier Rounder and Go-Round Series, continuing their circular vocabulary and my ongoing interest in combining stone and metal. At this larger scale, a massive granite slab is poised on a single point while the sweeping steel arc connects it to the lower stone, transforming weight and gravity into balance, movement, and unexpected levity.
The title references a dance position in which one toe lightly touches the floor, the other foot remains firmly planted, and an arm makes a sweeping gesture. I began thinking of myself as a kind of choreographer—arranging heavy, earthbound materials so that, in a sense, they appear to dance.
March 1997. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 58 × 106 × 50 in (147 × 269 × 127 cm).
Pique à Terre VI, the sixth work in the series, developed as a spin-off from my earlier Rounder and Go-Round Series, continuing their circular vocabulary and my ongoing interest in combining stone and metal. At this larger scale, a massive granite slab is poised on a single point while the sweeping steel arc connects it to the lower stone, transforming weight and gravity into balance, movement, and unexpected levity.
The title references a dance position in which one toe lightly touches the floor, the other foot remains firmly planted, and an arm makes a sweeping gesture. I began thinking of myself as a kind of choreographer—arranging heavy, earthbound materials so that, in a sense, they appear to dance.
with JVA, Wells studio, 1997
1999 book cover
proposal for Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis, 2006
Installation, Burke Art Gallery SUNY Plattsburgh, NY 1998
