Back in early December of 2022, I took a Christmas ornament making class at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, located nearby in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. […]
Animal Garden Masks
In the summer of 2014, I began creating animal garden masks. Just like the human/human-ish garden masks I previously created, the idea was to use […]
Garden Masks
We bought our house in the summer of 2012 and the house has an adorable fenced in small side yard with large trees and some […]
Gnomes 2020-2021
Well, I started 2020 making the friends in the photo above and I had no idea what was about to happen to the world. I […]
Gnomes 2017-2019
I continued making gnomes well in to 2017. I experimented with sizes, decorative elements, and colors. I had started writing and carving names and words […]
The First Gnomes
In early 2015, I was interested in moving beyond throwing and slabbing clay and wanted to create something three dimensional. I wanted to create a […]
Frog Masks
In 2014, I was creating different animal 3D hanging masks. One of the animals that I love and created was a frog. My first frog […]
Low Relief Sculpture Tiles
In the summer of 2019, I began creating low relief sculptural tiles of various animals. The intent was to create pieces that were not to […]
Gnome Couples
I’ve been creating and carving male gnomes for over seven years. I’ve had several folks ask me to create a female version for quite some […]
Gnomes of 2022
Due to some stressful conditions at work – teaching during a pandemic is not for the faint of heart – my artmaking slowed down quite […]