Nailed. Pressed. Barbed.

Odesa

Sculpture using 1815 wood beam, antique tooling and hand cut nails. Actual dimensions: 10.5L x 8.5W x 19.5H. Represents the struggles of the Port of Odesa/Ukraine. Rusted nails depicting not people but grain. And the hammer's (Russia's) overbearing, overreaching, uninvited presence blocking the export of the grain. Named a World Heritage Site 26 January 2023, Pearl of the Black Sea! Available directly from the artist....

Rally

Sculpture. Wood 1815 beam, with rusted iron cut nails. Dimension 9L x 7.5W x16H. Represents the positives of the word "rally", remembering the good or "pep" side of the word not what we have experienced with the word over the past 6 plus years. Time to redefine. Available directly from the artist....

Last Stand

Last Stand. A tree established and rooted with barbed wire set on an old 8x8 1800's wood beam. Trees have the sweet ability to endure, depicted by life long scars from fencing to driven spikes. Imagine all that energy being absorbed by the wood until the eventual outcome of absorbing too much. Note: The work presented here could not have been accomplished without deforestation, farms turning into cul-de-sacs and, of course, greed. When barbed wire becomes a rarity and when you find it discarded on roadsides, the land and wildlife, which it once protected, is now vulnerable, waiting for the...

Tough Lick

Summer time is here. Get out to the Cape on a hot day and enjoy a special treat - the Larkin Gallery in Harwich Port. This is sculpted from a 1815 barn wood and uses barbed wire for the good stuff. Available through the Larkin Gallery in Cape Cod for their upcoming "A Different Dimension" show in June/July 2024 plus added months of August. POC is Stephen Briscoe, Director of the Larkin Gallery, Harwich Port MA, 02646. (508) 487-6111 (EXT 107). ...

New Day Rising

1815 barn beam and antique handles with a touch of old school copper rivet heads, planted a year ago and still in bloom! Fun piece. Highlighted in the Maine Art Hill gallery in two person show in September 2023. and the New Hampshire Art Association’s 38th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Open Juried Exhibition, April 2024. (Juror Kate Rasche). Now, back home. Available through his website. Enjoy Spring!...

Incredibly Strong

Hopes and dreams that good wins in russia, in ukraine and in our own country. From Navalny himself: "if they decided to kill me, then it means that we are incredibly strong" Piece comprised of antique letter press characters, old corbel and vise with NAVALNY enduring over all pressures, let his name live forever! ...

First Mile

Remember the HOPE Obama piece, NAVALNY is no different - its about peace or the future of peace - we all want to surrender to a good world but our guard remains up in in total defensive stance, always looking over our shoulders for the next oligarch, the next untethered ruler, the next impaired lunatic to strike. This piece is about teaching them young during their first steps, their first mile of a long, long marathon; otherwise this name goes down into forgotten history. We can't have that. Antique school desk, letter press spelling the ABCs, antique nails. [possibly designated for 4 Free...

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