This is a proposal rendering for a full-scale installation of the work "Smoke" at the DCCAH Gallery on I Street in Washington, DC

CAD image

dimensions variable

This is a proposal rendering for a full-scale installation of the work "Smoke" at the DCCAH Gallery on I Street in Washington, DC

CAD image

dimensions variable

A piece of a much larger drawing.

pencil, pen, wash, chalk, acrylic, gold leaf

3' x 3'

Imaging a work in the outdoor sculpture area of the Katzen Gallery at American University in Washington, DC. I've tried several times, unsuccessfully, to incorporate classical and modern dance into my work, but I haven't given up hope that I'll make it work one day

pencil, wash, spray paint, charcoal, colored pencil on Rives BFK

30" x 44"

CAD image proposing full-scale "Smoke" project at Artisphere, Arlington, VA.

CAD image

dimensions variable

CAD image proposing full-scale "Smoke" project at Artisphere, Arlington, VA.

CAD image

dimensions variable

Another drawing exploring my continual fascination with capturing fluid movement in static structures

ink, wash, pencil, colored pencil on Rives BFK

10" x 44"

Exploring object in space

30"x44"

pencil, pen, gouache, spraypaint and watercolor on BFK

This is a CAD image from a 3-dimensional laser scan of a puff of smoke printed with a digital photograph of smoke.

CAD image, digital photograph

dimensions variable

Imagining "Smoke" at a large scale

colored pencil, wash, spray paint, charcoal on Rives BFK

32" x 44"

Two three-dimensional scans merged; an exploration of two inherently different media (stone and smoke) and the structural possibility of a cantilevered form

3D scan, CAD image

dimensions variable

Conception drawing of "Midway Through the Journey/Take It to the Bridge/Pick-Up Sticks"

pencil, pen and wash

5" x 6.5"

My fascination with boxing and its relation to the life of an artist. This drawing was the origination point for the work "This Is Not a Love Song"

pencil, pen and wash on paper

14" x 20"

An image of "Structural Surfaces" under construction and the schematic drawing and physical model on the table

Photo: Page Carr

From my residency at the Goldwell Artists Residency in Rhyolite, NV

pen and ink wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

From my residency at the Goldwell Artists Residency in Rhyolite, NV

pen and ink wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

A page from my sketchbook showing early formation of ideas for the Metasonic Show in Las Vegas, NV and the reasoning behind them

pen, collage on paper

each page: 5" x 3"

An exploration of the ideas behind the "Tangible/Intangible" works and my interest in:
1. indeterminate structures (ocean)
2. making the intangible tangible (flight) and
3. the role of meditation in tying these thoughts together

collage, pen, ink and pencil on paper

9" x 14"

This was a drawing of the remnant stone wall of an ice-house at the Goldwell Artists Residency in Rhyolite, NV. I was thinking about building an architectural intervention here, but decided against it due to local inhabitants (snakes) being potentially against the idea

pen and wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

This was a drawing of the remnant stone wall of an ice-house at the Goldwell Artists Residency in Rhyolite, NV. I was thinking about building an architectural intervention here, but decided against it due to local inhabitants (snakes) being potentially against the idea. I'd love to return and make this a reality one day

pen and wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

“East/ West Pyre for Mihai” was built as a meditation on the life of a friend and mentor using the unrelenting conditions of the desert as a vehicle for the work's slow demise and the inevitability of life's failure. The work had three stages: conception, construction and failure. This drawing indicated exactly where the structure of the work failed due to weight, heat and wind. In the end, the work was built to fail; any and all metaphors are welcomed

pencil, pen and wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

This was a drawing of the remnant stone wall of an ice-house at the Goldwell Artists Residency in Rhyolite, NV and all of it's important dimensions. I like to be thorough. I was thinking about building an architectural intervention here, but decided against it due to local inhabitants (snakes) being potentially against the idea

pen and wash on paper

5" x 6.5"

This was a drawing of the dry-laid stone wall that I created that was the basis for “East/ West Pyre for Mihai”

pen and ink wash

5" x 6.5"

original CAD drawing of "Captain Ahab"

CAD Image

dimensions variable

Another drawing exploring my continual fascination with capturing fluid movement in static structures

ink, wash, pencil, colored pencil on Rives BFK

10" x 44"

Early on in the development of "Captain Ahab", I had ideas of the chaos part of structure/chaos being made of copper

pencil, pen, wash, acrylic

5" x 6.5"

This triptych was seen as a re-building of a pile of rubble in that its creation, by necessity, entailed a layering of the charcoal from back to front and from nothing to something, as if rebuilding the parts of the pile or un-doing destruction; thus, Destruction/Construction

charcoal and blue chalk-line chalk on Rives BFK

triptych, each: 45” x 31” x 2.5”

I've been interested in razed buildings for some time and have a large database of images of razed buildings, both small and large, from many years. This is a conception drawing of re-building the detritus of a razed building as a work in itself, at scale

permanent marker and ink wash on Tyvek brand house wrap

4' x 8'

This drawing is an exploration of my love of 1. cantilever as a structural challenge and dynamic form and 2. building materials made to mimic other building materials (fake stone and vinyl siding)

pen, marker and ink wash on paper

7.5" x 10.5"

This drawing is an exploration of my love of 1. cantilever as a structural challenge and dynamic form and 2. green roof as an idea and comment on the possibilities of sculptural materials

pen, marker and ink wash on paper

7.5" x 10.5"

The Grand Hall in the National Gallery, Washington DC and ruminations on beauty in art

pen on paper

each page: 5" x 3"

I made several of these "paintings" that crossed the divide between surface and object using common suburban building materials

wood, vinyl siding, CBU, asphalt shingle

41" x 39"

This was a conception drawing of one of my "Monuments". This one was built, but only existed for a few months. It was an anti-monument: a limp noodle of failure in the face of all the erect phalluses of success

pen, marker and wash on paper

8" x 8"

A conception drawing for a work that was built in a recording studio in Baltimore, MD. It functioned as a work on the ceiling as well as an acoustical element, built to absorb reflecting sound waves

pencil, ink, wash and collage on paper

18" x 24"