Hands that Work

"The World is in Our Hands" This piece is my stab at being environmentally conscious. However my views on this topic have really expanded over the past 4 years. I find that there are true efforts to work on the environment by mankind and I also find scammers who claim they care, when in fact they don't, they just use the concept for financial gain. So I'm a bit disappointed by the subject now and I cant build on this idea any longer. Bronze, '2016 10"w x 8" h2

"Helping Avocados" This piece was created to honor the avocado growers in Southern California. Its meant to be conceptual in that the hand is inside the avocado making sure it grows into a healthy plant. Bronze, '2016 8" w x 6" h2

"Helping Avocados" This piece was created for a competition that used avocados as the theme. The judges were located in the San Diego area and in the heart of avocado growers in California. This piece won an award and I loved participating with such an awesome group of artists Bronze, '2016 8" w x 6" h2

"Handbrush" This piece is about using your hand to paint brush your life along. Its a play on words which is something that I use for inspiration often in many of my pieces Bronze, '2015 5"w x 8" t2

"Abstract Struggle" These pieces were meant to illustrate man's struggle with issues that he has no control over and it consumes his soul, spirit and life. Made in bronze. Bronze, '1979 10"w x 10"l x 13"t3

"Hands that left" This piece is about a group of women who are artists and my friends. They allowed me to model their left hands, and then on the back side of each hand is a shallow recessed shape where the left hand has left its space. This is a piece that was just prior to me leaving California to relocate to Texas, so its symbolic for me and I wanted to start working on a large scale again. Bronze, '2016 each hand is life size and the entire sculpture is about 4.5' tall by 3 ' wide

"Staircase of Hands" This piece is about the challenges we face during our life how nice it is when we receive helpful hands helping us climb to our goals in life. Bronze, '2016 36"w x 40" t3

"Handling the Baggage" This piece is about the challenges we face during our life and how we need to build and move on with our lives. This was a collaborative piece done with Paul Hall, a master wood artist Bronze, '2016 48"w x 36" l x 50" h2

"Life in a Nutshell" This sculpture is a small infant and represents the concept that life begins with a child and from then forward all the elements of a persons lifetime are summed up within that individual being. Aluminum '2015 10"w x 10"l x 10"t2

Funk-tional — "Pine Cone Back Scratcher" This piece is about use of hands to use a FUNK-tional item like a pine cone in an everyday activity like scratching the back in the shower. Only pine cones would never be used in the shower, thus it represents an idiom of sort. Aluminum '2015 13"w x 4"l x 26"t2

Funk-tional — "Pine Cone Weights" This piece is about use of hands to use a FUNK-tional item like a pine cone in an everyday activity like lifting weights. Only pine cones never weigh enough to offer real exercise, thus it represents an idiom of sort. Aluminum '2015 11"w x 7"l x 12"t2

"Feeding the Birds" This piece summarizes how much enjoyment I get when I feed the birds in my backyard. I make it a priority to make sure each type of bird feeder is always filled and ready for them each day Bronze, '2016 8" w x 5" h

"The Opening" This piece is about how difficult it is sometimes to get through the next door in life, opportunities, challenges and growth. I wanted to show that element of difficulty we all have to struggle through in life. Nothing easy is ever worth as much as something we have to work hard to overcome. Aluminum, '2014 12"w x 18" h

"Hope" This sculpture represents the concept of having hope even though forces beyond our control can try to chain us down and try to squelch our hope. Bronze '2015 8"w x 8"l x 10"t

"Home Maker" This piece is about the work it takes to build our homes, our work environments and our prosperity. Bronze, '2015 48"w x 36" h

"Mountain Climbers" This piece is a piece that illustrates climbers who are tasked to climb rock. Its about the use of hands to climb up walls. The effort to do the climb is what the experience is all about. Aluminum '2015 4"w x 8" h

"Hand Over Fist" This piece is a play on the title of the piece, which I get inspiration from often. Ive never been lucky enough to figure our how to make so much money that relates to the hand over fist phrase, but I created this piece to put it out to the universe that I really would like to figure that out some day. Bronze, '2016 8"w x 8" h

"Handling the zipper" This piece is about how frustrating a zipper can be when it challenges you to get something zipped up. This was a collaborative piece done with Paul Hall, a master wood artist who is exceptionally talented. I just love working together with him on my projects. Bronze and Wood, '2016 28" wide by 5' tall

"Catching Light" This piece was inspired by how as a child we capture lightning bugs, and then as adults we get to reinvent this experience with the use of technology. This is just symbolic only and is meant to play off the sculptures title Aluminum, '2014 12"w x 40" h

"Earth Woman" This piece is about made from the earth and being at peace with oneself . She is meant to look as if she emerged from rock and soil and is completely serene with life. The photo on the right is where she was exhibited in Solvang, California. Made in bronze from a 45 piece mold. Bronze, '1980 5'w x 5'l x 5't2

"Pressed for Time" I've spent my life always in jobs that are time sensitive with unreasonable deadlines. I sometimes wonder if I am just attracted to the stress or just unlucky. This piece is about chasing the clock to make deadlines and tasks Aluminum, '2016 12"w x 12" h

Emerging Women-"Inspired" This piece is about women who share their different emotions. We are complicated beings. We need to express ourselves. The more we express ourselves, the more fulfilled as women, we become. Aluminum '2014 12"w x 12"l x 12t

Emerging Women-"Choices" This piece is about women illustrating what a woman in the 20th century has to do, work and bear a family. It's not an easy balance, and a very hard emotional battle. How well we do is how we are judged in this society. Our choice, is how we balance that activity. Aluminum '2014 12"w x 12"l x 12t

Emerging Women-"Despondent" This piece is about women who share their different emotions. We are complicated beings. We need to express ourselves. The more we express ourselves, the more fulfilled as women, we become. Aluminum '2014 12"w x 12"l x 12t

Emerging Women-"Demure" This piece is about women who share their different emotions. We are complicated beings. We need to express ourselves. The more we express ourselves, the more fulfilled as women, we become. Aluminum '2014 12"w x 12"l x 12t

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