• Available Work

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• Artist Information

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• INquire

  

  Radial Sculpture
  
  Redwood with ebony base
  Art dimensions: 16" x 16" x 3"
  $2,200
  
  
  

  

  Dyed Black Beech - Rolling Waves
  
  Dyed black beechwood
  Art dimensions: 5" x 7"
  $1,200
  
  
  

  

  3-D Dots
  
  Sycamore, purple heart
  Art dimensions: 3.5" x 7"
  $1,150
  
  
  

  

  Merging
  
  Cocobolo with ebony base
  Art dimensions: 10" x 12" x 5"
  $2,800
  
  
  

  

  Rolling Wave
  
  Dyed sycamore
  Art dimensions: 11" x 10" x 6"
  $1,800
  
  
  

  

  Open Wave Bowl on Stand
  
  Mesquite bowl on painted maple
  Art dimensions: 11.5" x 10" x 10"
  $1,800
  
  
  

  

  Spalted Maple with Recessed Wave
  
  Dyed maple
  Art dimensions: 4" x 9"
  $1,200
  
  
  

  

  Flying Rib Bowl
  
  Maple, mahogany
  Art dimensions: 8" x 4.5"
  $900
  
  
  

  wood sculpture, bowls, natural, abstract, earthy, decorative, contemporary, geometric, rhythmic, patterned, meditative, motion, graceful, polished, functional, sculptural, oceanic
  
  
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  Rolling Waves
  
  Dyed liquidambar, oak
  
  JBEA141205C

  

  Getty Bowl
  
  Bleached poplar
  
  JBEA141206C

  

  Recessed Rolling Wave Bowl
  
  Turned wood
  
  JBEA141201C

  

  Sycamore Hollow Vessel
  
  Sycamore
  
  JBEA141204C
• Biography/Statement
  "After spending over 25 years in Hollywood, filming television commercials, I began experimenting with a lathe I had inherited. As I developed new techniques, I found that I could remove the restriction of the vessel and let the design stand alone as a sculptural form.
  I try to include a certain amount of “how did he do that” into my work, while staying true to good design. Contrast plays a very important role in my work. I enjoy combining multiple woods of varying colors and textures or using dyes and stains to create rich contrasts, enhancing the rhythmic lines that are very much a part of my work.
  ​I have lived my entire life either near or in (surfing & kayaking) the Pacific Ocean. The ocean waves with their rhythmic undulations have always fascinated me and are the inspiration for the work I have created. I am constantly trying to expand on the major elements of my design, not only by contrasting lines but also by extending those elements beyond the walls of the vessel.
  ​How does a bowl make the transition from 'functional object' to 'object d'art'? It is my hope that my rhythmic waves, placed in just the right position, will both capture your imagination and raise my bowls to that higher position."

  Press

  Featured in American Woodturner Magazine
  

  

  

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  Featured in Woodturning Magazine
  

  

  
• Awards

  2017
      American Association of Woodturners:  Peoples Choice Award
      Niche Awards Finalist, Wood Decor
      Niche Awards Finalist, Sculpture
  
      2016
      Niche Awards Finalist, Wood Decor
      Niche Awards Finalist, Glass Sculptural - With a painted wood piece?
  
      2015
      Niche Awards: 1st Place, Painted or Colored Wood
      American Art Awards:  1st Place and 2nd Place, Sculpture Non-Representational
  
      2014
      Niche Awards: Finalist, Turned Wood
      Niche Awards: Finalist, Painted or Colored Wood
  
      2013
      American Association of Woodturners:  Symposium Instant Gallery Award
      La Jolla Art and Wine Festival:  1st Place, Wood
      Beverly HIlls Art Show:  2nd Place, Mixed Media
      American Art Awards:  2nd Place, Sculpture Non-Representational
  
      2012
      Niche Awards:  1st Place, Turned Wood
      American Art Awards:  1st Place and 2nd Place, Sculpture Non-Representational
      Wharton Esherick Museum:  3rd Place, Sticks and Stones Jewelry Competition
      Beverly Hills Art Show:  2nd Place, Mixed Media
      Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica:  Show Publicity Photo
      Segmented Woodturners Symposium:  Symposium Instant Gallery Award
  
      2011
      Segmented Woodturners Association:  1st Place “One Species” Contest
      Woodturners America, Beauty and The Beast Contest:  Finalist
      Orange County Woodworking Exhibition at the Orange County Fair:  2nd Place Open Form Turning
      Orange County Woodworking Exhibition at the Orange County Fair:  Honorable Mention Segmented Turning
      Glendale Woodturners Guild:  1st Place “Wood Jewelry” Contest
      American Association of Woodturners:  Symposium Instant Gallery Award
      Design in Wood, San Diego: Honorable Mention: Embellished Wood Turning
      American Association of Woodturners:  2nd Place “Bleached Wood” Contest
      Glendale Woodturners Guild:  1st Place “Open Space” Contest
  
      2010
      Orange County Fair Woodworking Exhibition:  1st Place Open Form Turning
      Orange County Fair Woodworking Exhibition:  2nd Place Closed Form Turning
      Orange County Fair Woodworking Exhibition:  Industry Award presented by Deft Finishes
      Orange County Fair Woodworking Exhibition:  Honorable Mention Segmented Turning
      Santa Monica Contemporary Crafts Market:  Show Publicity Photo
      Sawmill Creek Fall Turning Challenge:  2nd Place Bowl Category
  
      2009
      American Association of Woodturners:  2nd Place “Turned Wood Egg” Contest

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  Past Exhibitions

      "Craft Forms 2017"  Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
      "Why Wood? Contemporary Practice in a Timeless Material,"  Collectors of Wood Art Exhibition
      "Beyond Boundaries:  Wood Art for the 21st Century," Collectors of Wood Art Exhibition
      American Association of Woodturners, Gallery of Wood Art
          "Currents," "Rising,"  "Harmony,"  "Merging" Exhibitions
      The Wharton Esherick Museum, PA
          Wood Jewelry, Vases Exhibitions
      Del Mano Gallery
          "Small Treasures," "Turned and Carved Wood," "Hot Tea"
      Messler Gallery,  Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
          "Turning 20,"  "Student Work,"  "New Work by Faculty"
      Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai CA,  "Contemporary Wood: State of the Art"
      Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston NC, “Masters of Turned Wood Sculpture”
      Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, Seattle WA,  “Box Show”
      Peters Valley Craft Center, “Considering the Kylix”
      Dunn Gallery, Oakland, CA
      Thomas R. Riley Gallery,  Cleveland, OH
      The Folk Tree Gallery, Pasadena, CA
      Infusion, Vail, CO
      Easton Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
      Glass Menagerie, Corning, NY
      Los Angeles Arboretum,  Forces of Nature I & II
  
  
      Loveland Colorado "Art in the Park"
      SOFA Chicago
      Art Palm Beach
      LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
      American Craft Exposition,  Evanston, IL
      Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
      American Craft Council, Baltimore & San Francisco
      Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica CA & Pasadena CA
      Beverly Hills Art Show (Affair in the Gardens)
      La Jolla Art and Wine Festival
      Design in Wood at the San Diego Fair
      Orange County Woodworking Exhibition at the Orange County Fair
  

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  Publications

      American Woodturner: Cover Photo:  February 2017
      Creative Wood, New Zealand, March 2016
      American Art Collector:  Sculpture Feature,  July 2016
      Woodworker West:  Merging Exhibition,  Nov/Dec 2015
      Woodworker West:  Niche Awards,  May/June 2015
      More Woodturning Magazine:  Artist Profile,  September 2015
      American Art Collector:  Rising Exhibition,  November 2014
      Woodturning Magazine:  Cover Photo,  August 2014
      Woodworker West:  AAW Rising, July/Aug 2014
      Woodturning Magazine:  Cover Photo,  August 2013
      Woodworker West:  Turning Topics,  Nov/Dec 2013
      Woodturning Design Magazine:  “Dots Bangle”  July 2013
      Woodturning Magazine:  Artist Profile & Interview, February 2013
      Woodworker West:  Niche Awards Review, May/June 2012
      The Crafts Report:  Strength in Numbers,  June 2012
      Niche Magazine: Niche Awards Review, Winter 2012
      Woodturning Magazine:  Featured Artist,  January 2012
      American Woodturner:  Ornaments, December 2011
      American Woodturner:  Featured Artist:  June 2011
      The Highland Woodturner: (Internet)  Featured Artist, November 2011
      Tropical Exotic Hardwoods: (Internet) Featured Artist, July 2011
      Woodworker West:  AAW Symposium Review, May/June 2011
      Palisades Post:  Front Page Lifestyles Section. Full Page Article, 10/28/2010
      American Association of Woodturners:  Turning of the Week (Multiple Times)
      Segmented Woodturners Association (internet): Turning of the Week (Multiple Times)
      Woodturners Unlimited (internet)  Turning of the Week (Multiple Times)
      World of Woodturners (Internet):  Multiple Cover Shots