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January 1973. Marble. Dimensions: 37 × 35 × 12 in (94 × 89 × 30 cm). Private Collection.
Sea Stone was my second carved marble sculpture, created while I was an undergraduate at Kent State University. The work reflects my early interest in the organic abstraction of Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi, and Henry Moore, and their ability to create simplified forms that seem closely connected to nature. The opening activates negative space, giving the solid marble a sense of openness and allowing the surrounding space to become part of the sculpture.
The title grew from my fascination with stones I collected during summers in Kennebunkport, Maine, and the way water and sand gradually transformed them into smooth, rounded forms, revealing the crystalline character of the stone. In Sea Stone, I sought to evoke that natural process through carving and polishing—as though the form had been shaped by the forces of nature as much as by my own hand.
January 1973. Marble. Dimensions: 37 × 35 × 12 in (94 × 89 × 30 cm). Private Collection.
Sea Stone was my second carved marble sculpture, created while I was an undergraduate at Kent State University. The work reflects my early interest in the organic abstraction of Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi, and Henry Moore, and their ability to create simplified forms that seem closely connected to nature. The opening activates negative space, giving the solid marble a sense of openness and allowing the surrounding space to become part of the sculpture.
The title grew from my fascination with stones I collected during summers in Kennebunkport, Maine, and the way water and sand gradually transformed them into smooth, rounded forms, revealing the crystalline character of the stone. In Sea Stone, I sought to evoke that natural process through carving and polishing—as though the form had been shaped by the forces of nature as much as by my own hand.