Current Work
Agassiz Glacier, Alaska - When and How
8ft x 4ft x 9in
2017
Hot sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror, steel,wood
Left Side, Glass holds the image - Each form is engraved on the backside and painted with oil paints. Mirrors propped at angles are placed behind the forms to reflect the light back into the forms giving them the appearance of being lit from within.
Right Side, Images passes through Glass- The clear unpainted forms distort the image the rest in front of.
This work is based on an image from NASA's Earth Observatory.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-smog-satellite-photos-2013-1/lightbox?r=AU&IR=T
AirPollution Over China
2014
watercolor, blown glass, wood, copper
*This is a separate image Satellite image- the picture wastaken by the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite, which orbits at 512.01 miles aboveEarth.
Unmin Mine Discharge Site, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
2018
Hot sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror, steel,wood
Unimin Corporation is asubsidiary of SCR-Sibelco of Belgium. The corporation’s Quartz/FeldsparFacility in Spruce Pine NC produces a large variety of minerals but is mostknown for high purity quartz, a specialized product used in the fabrication of integrated circuits,solar photovoltaic cells and high intensity lighting. Unimin corporation has a permit to discharge wastewater into the Toe River.
Based on an image from Google Earth
Lake Erie Algae Bloom
2014
Hot sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror, steel,wood
Based on and image from Nasa’s Earth Observatory
Alaska Heat
Norfolk Flood Map
2015
Hot-sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror,steel, wood
Based on Landsat imagery courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S.Geological Survey
Quartz Company Discharge Site, Spruce Pine, North Carolina
2018
Watercolor,blown glass, flameworked glass, wood, copper
Atlanta Heat
Shanghai At Night, Like a Diamond
Pieces of the Esperanza Fire
2016
Hot sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror, steel,wood
Fossil Water
2015
Hot sculpted glass, engraved and painted with oils, mirror, steel,wood
Based on SatelliteImage- NASA/GSFC/METI/ER SDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
Gulf Oil Spill
Irrigation Fields Saudi Arabia
2015
Watercoloron paper, solid and blown glass, with oil paint, nichrome wire
Landsatimage provided by the United States Geological Survey.
Mississippi and Kazahkstan