74th ANNUAL NATIONAL EXHIBITION of the COOPERSTOWN ART ASSOCIATION

BLACK SCULPTURE, coil built stoneware, 18"h, in the Cooperstown 74th Annual National Juried Exhibition, July 17 - August 25, 2009.

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Views of EMBRACE at Cooperstown National Show. Ceramic sculpture, coil built stoneware, 18"h.

FENCE SHOW SELECT 2008

Photos: Arts Center Gallery, above, and two views of TORSO, stoneware, 15"h.

The Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy NY has an annual exhibition open to members. The Fence Show SELECT is the juried portion of the exhibition. The show's name originated in 1966 when members' art used to be exhibited on the iron fence surrounding Troy's Washington Park. July 25 - September 12, 2008.

ROCK FACE

My series of rock faces was inspired by the ancient people of the American Southwest. Some call the ancient people Anasazi, while others are offended by the word. A group of these ancient people once lived near Sedona AZ in a five story dwelling in the rock face of a cliff. It is now called Montezuma's Castle. The back view of my rock face sculpture suggests the ruins of a dwelling. Only a bird lives there now.

PODS at the FULTON STREET GALLERY

The stoneware Pod People, I POD and U POD, in the Fulton Street Gallery Members Show 2008. Ceramic sculptures, 12" h.

SKIN: NATURE'S WRAPPING PAPER at the FULTON STREET GALLERY, Troy NY

These two stoneware sculptures (front and back views shown here) in SKIN: Nature's Wrapping Paper, at the Fulton Street Gallery, Troy NY, in May-June 2008.

Artist Statement: "We are among the newest humans on the timeline of generations that dates back to ancient times. Peer under our fresh wrappings to discover that today's human packages still contain the genetic remnants - fossilized imprints - of our oldest ancestors." Note that the imprinted "fossil" texture on the brown belly is created with sea shells.

BIRDS at DepARTure GALLERY, Albany International Airport (NY)

BIRD sculptures at the DepARTure Gallery at the Albany International Airport.

MERMAID FOSSIL at the DepARTure GALLERY

MERMAID FOSSIL: sculpture, ceramic mask, stoneware.

MERMAN FOSSIL at the DepARTure GALLERY

MERMAN FOSSIL: sculpture, ceramic mask, stoneware.

SAGGER FIRED EGGS

Sagger fired ceramic sculpture.