Sculpture

PETER THE PENGUIN

PICTURE STONE

  

          

I have been lucky to have carved  a variety

of stones this year.  One of the most

extraordinary  was

this picture stone, which was mined from a

remote island in northern British

Columbia and given to me to carve

by a gifted stone artist.

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                       Picture stone is quite unique, and the design seems to tell a story

                       all it's own in each piece.  I don't know  what Peter's story is, but

                     I do know it is  thousands of  years old and probably quite amazing

  

    ONE THOUSAND SPRINGS

(Chiharu)

         Brucite revolving on green Granite

2 '  X  12"

This is a beautiful stone that I worked on outside waiting for Spring. 

There is a girl's name in Japanese (CHIHARU )

that means one thousand springs, and I

thought it was perfect for this green sculpture.

TWINKLE

Pink Marble

Approximately 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"

GOOSE BUMPS

SET

Limestone

LILY

White Italian Marble

DUANE

Wenatchee Soapstone

GIVING WINGS

Chlorite revolving on Granite base

PORTFOLIO

OF WORKS SOLD

When arguing

with a stone,

an egg

is always wrong.

-African Saying

Michelangelo said about carving in stone - just carve away the part that isn't David . . .  and although we may not all have a David in our stone . . . we do have a wonderful promise within each new piece . . . and an incredible desire to find it.  That is the easy part . . . the desire that drives a stone carver on . . . breathing dust, chipping away . . . continuing through aching back and the knowledge that the sun is setting . . .

The hard part is the rest.

NEW WORK 2011

As in nature, as in art, so in grace;

it is rough treatment

that gives souls,

as well as stones,

their luster.

Thomas Guthrie