I intend to make two special owl sculptures over the next number of months.One sculpture will be of a barn owl and the other will be of two horned owls. These sculptures will be cast in a few different editions. One edition will be cast as individual traditional dark patina bronzes. With a traditional bronze […]

This is yet another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work.After cutting the bottom from one of the amethyst geodes I have from Sidi Rahal I put the geode away for some time waiting for inspiration as to how it might be used in my art.This geode, as you can see, has a […]

I recently thought to create another sculpture in my amethyst and bronze series of work. This sculpture portrays two small birds sitting on a twig.I have chosen to set the work on residue amethyst I cut from the geode used for my Encased sculpture with the bronze stallion. This cut amethyst has a crystal depression […]

I am about to create another amethyst sculpture. This time it is with amethyst flowers.A few days ago I finished my Encased Stallion sculpture. When creating this work I had thought to place the bronze stallion in front of the amethyst geode and have bronze cast flowers inside the geode, but this didn’t work. The […]

Some time ago I cut an amethyst geode for another miner sculpture.A helpful person at the Calgary Rock and Lapidary club where I cut the stone suggested that the residue piece from the cut would make a perfect den for an animal. Accordingly, as I had just finished my Three Bears sculpture, it was an […]

I am making another another western stallion piece in my amethyst and bronze sculpture series.Some time ago I was fortunate to acquire a new amethyst geode from Sidi Rahal that is spectacularly intricate. It is fragile. I cut off the bottom so as to make a base for mounting the stone. I then set three […]