Die Weibe Rose (For Sophie Scholl)
Die Weibe Rose (For Sophie Scholl), oil paint, pencil, polyeurathane on mylar, 45” x 28”
And Yet The Center Holds
And Yet The Center Holds, 2010, encaustic, wood, oil on panel , 24” x 24” x 4”
My Calabria
When an artist does a genealogy search, what words divulge a painting reveals. When I dove into my family history, I unearthed more than names and dates. My Italian roots held tales of courage and journey.
Soudan Mine Minnesota
The Soudan Mine, Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine was owned by US Steel and was active from 1901 to 1962.
In the 1980’s University of Minnesota scientists developed the site for sensitive physics experiments and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory.
Rubber City Akron
Rubber City Akron, 2011 - White ink, wood, z-scale train + RR tracks, tires on black Butyl rubber, 72.5” x 60.5” x 2”
Portrait of the Artist in Proximity
Portrait of the Artist In Proximity, 2015, Encaustic, color pencils, polyurethane with pencil and steel plate on sheet metal, 12” x 16” x 2,” Private Collection
Redemption Window
"Redemption Window" for Hill-Murray Chapel, Maplewood, MN, 14’x8’ x 6,’ glass, steel, limestone rock, 34 windows.
Alpha & Omega Altar Sculpture and Water Shell Skylight for Baptismal Font
Two pieces at the Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina MN
Alpha & Omega Altar Sculpture, 2001, Cross: African ribbon-striped mahogany, blue stain, Glass panels are 4’ x 8’ each, art glass, painted steel.
Water Shell Skylight for Baptismal Font, 2001, art glass, painted steel, 5’ x 4’.
Falling Water Skylight
"Falling Water Skylight" for the Minnesota Judicial Center, 1995, 14’ x 30’ x 6,’ seven-ton, glass and steel skylight sculpture for the Grand Stair Hall of the Minnesota Judicial Center on State Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, MN. ( Percent For Art Commission ) It was the first 3-Dimensional skylight!