Category Archives: Sculpture of the Month

The November Sculpture of the Month received its name from an auditorium full of people at the Louden Center in Santa Cruz, CA in 2007, during the first exhibit of my Rosecrans Project sculptures. The naming discussion focused in on our country’s propensity to go to war as a “National Pastime,” so I’ve carried this meaning for the piece with me ever since.

National Pastime

However, at the Santa Cruz Open Studio event, one attendee pointed out that the small ball with tentacles in the lower left of the piece looks a lot like a coronavirus!

I was stunned. I sketched this piece over 17 years before the virus took over our lives. As many of you know, and some may not, I believe strongly that art has the power to predict what we will discover in the future, sometimes years in advance.

Additionally, the coffin-like figure on the right has a similar, spiky ball in the middle of its chest. Also, the main figure’s cap might have a Red Cross stitched into it.Looking closer at the original sketch below , I further noticed that the ball in the hand of the main figure appears to be a globe of the world.

Perhaps a new interpretation on National Pastime could include the shared experience we’ve all had in quarantine reflecting more deeply on how we pass our time, and the realization that playing as a team helps us face crisis and loss with courage and fortitude.

The October Sculpture of the Month has always been one of my favorites. Completed in 2007, The Mermaid and the Minotaur appears as the feature image on my postcard for Santa Cruz Open Studios happening October 9th & 10th. A […]

The sketch for this month’s Sculpture of the Month, Cartesian Gambit, was created on the last day of my 1997 trip to Paris, I sat near the Luxembourg Gardens intuitively drawing a scene. What emerged on the paper reminded me, […]

The August Sculpture of the Month played an important role in my development of the naming process I now use to auger out the stories told in my sculptures. Many of you have asked what I have in mind when […]

The July Sulpture of the Month, along with several other of my sculptures, hangs on the stucco wall surrounding Paul Demartini’s beautifully designed and landscaped backyard garden. Paul and I met when he attended classes I hosted in San Diego […]

My wife and I got our marriage license on Friday the 13th. Since then, the number 13 has shown up for us in advance of significant transformations so frequently, we’ve come to pay particular attention whenever it appears! This June, […]

It’s hard to believe I began the Sculpture of the Month series almost a year ago. This month marks the 12th piece I’ve featured. Hooray! So far, I’ve always chosen yet-to-be-sold works for this series; however, for the next several […]

This month’s sculpture comes a little later than usual due to a sudden laptop crash while traveling and my prior preparations for a presentation for West Coast Drawing. I recorded said presentation, by the way, and should be able to […]

This sculpture speaks to me in these turbulent times because its seems to suggest that we must aspire to peace with a willingness to guard and protect it once achieved. I sketched this scene in the summer of 2001 while […]

Contrails of Emergence For January’s Sculpture of the Month, I have chosen a newer piece to share with you. To me, it reflects our transition from 2020 to 2021 because, unlike all the previous pieces featured in this series, the […]