Workshop
I’m a California sculptor specializing in political and social satire. I’ve drawn inspiration for my art from a lifelong interest in news and politics, and a varied work history.
My first jobs included baby sitting, drawing portraits for my hometown newspaper - the Woodland Daily Democrat, and working as a motel maid, retail clerk, and tomato sorter on a harvester.
I painted paisleys on wooden crutches, and decorated shop windows for Christmas.
I worked as a department store gift wrapper, card dealer in Nevada casinos, and house painter.
For the California government, I worked as a file clerk, janitor, high rise window cleaner, trades dispatcher for the Capitol, and correctional high school teacher.
I continue to sculpt the famous and the infamous.
I spend a long time researching my subject, and gathering photos.
I carve a small head the size of a walnut from polymer clay with a dental tool. It takes many days to achieve a likeness.
Then I make a wire skeleton, wrap it with plaster bandages, add some papier maché, cover that with clay, carve details, and bake it. I make hands, feet, and anything else that I want to add, build a wooden base, assemble the figures, attach everything to the base, paint all with acrylics and ... it's done!
I use whatever materials are handy, such as:
A toothpick for Willie Brown's scepter ...
A coat hanger for Bob Dole's tree ...
A corn flakes box for Jerry Brown's shrine ...
Broom straw for parts of Bill Clinton's saxophone ...
Human hair for strings on Elvis’s guitar ...
