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Tower Series
The following works are forms with an abstract figurativeness generated by the collision of incompatible geometries; they must twist and distort to achieve a level of reconciliation. The series explores this strategy across a varying degrees of order. In a sense the process is misdirection; while pursuing this reconciliation, something else is actually happening; the creation of a figurative presence. The two readings shift in their balance depending on the piece.
Watchtower (Black Rook) – Blackened second growth Redwood. Private collection



Watchtower (White Rook) – Stained Poplar 18.5″x 12″x 12″. (Maquette for Black Rook.)


The Dancers (Red Queen) – Redwood 21″x 9″x 9″

Black Queen – Basswood with Graphite and Wood Glue 18.5″x 7.25″x 7.25″


Black King – Basswood with Graphite and Wood Glue 21″x 10.75″x 10.75″


Stouk (Black King) – Whitewood with fibered rubberized roofing tar 84″x 36″x 36″
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Fabrication shots


Red Rook – Redwood 19.5″x 11″x 11″

The six above complete the current Tower Series; I plan more. The taxonomy of the pieces according to the chess pantheon is to provide a familiar reference. The assignment is flexible and not limited just to this series.
In the piece below different treatments and view points suggest a Knight, a Bishop or a Queen. So the taxonomy is fluid, and the readings may not stop there. But all have a Japanese feel.
Samurai/Kanushi/Geisha (Knight/Bishop/Queen) – Sheet Styrene, Neoprene. Handed Pair 16″x 15.75″x 11.375″


Infanta (Black Queen) – Neoprene and black electrical wire. Private collection


Bannerfish – Sheep’s wool felt with White Gesso



Large Mollusk (Black Pawn)– Sheep’s wool felt with Black Gesso


Small Mollusk (Black Pawn) – Neoprene. Wood base finished with Graphite and Wood Glue 21″x 10.75″x 10.75″ – Private collection



Cosmogenic Egg – Sheep’s wool felt with White Gesso



Chrysalis – Sheep’s wool felt with Acrylic Paint



Diver – Cedar board. Private collection


Footnotes:
White Queen – Galvanized metal mesh, Aluminum spacers

Study for spire at Notre Dame – Orange Sprinkler Pipe

Study for Chrysalis – Sheep’s wool felt with Rubber paint

Study for Gates- Redwood

Sketch of Red Samurai (Black Knight)

Sketch of Woodpile – Rook

Sketch of Cosmogenesis

Buddha’s Eye – Neoprene and wood dowel
