Assemblage

Guitar Punk ©

Electric-lin ©

Steampunk Jewelry

(hangs on the wall)

Selected, Round Rock Arts Transformation Show

If you know me you know my distain for cords of any kind showing under desks, bookcases or anywhere. I go to great lengths to hide them, people have asked me to come to their office to hide their mass of computer cords. On the home shows they find a beautiful home overlooking the bay and say what a wonderful view it is... and there is the power pole massed with cables right in the way. While we were in Mexico I noticed there was a jumbled power pole on every block. I remembered the paintings of New York streets highlighting the hundreds of Yellow Cabs crowding the street scenes. So I had the idea to photograph the power poles with all the jumbled wires going in all directions and create art out of the one thing that annoys me the most... well that and squirrels.

In Photoshop I created layered images, rendering the background buildings in a paint technique and faded the image back highlighting the poles and wires. Local vehicles were added as well as people. Just a fun project that took a very long time to produce.

Individual prints are available and can be grouped in 2's, 3's or all 4. Frames and matts are included for that Mexico color scheme.

Selected, Round Rock Arts

Dimensions Show

Watching You ©

Mexican Heirloom ©

Not for Sale

"Four Dead In Ohio" ©

Selected, Round Rock Arts

"Love in Monochrome" Show

Looney Tunes ®

The Squirrels Wiil Be Happy

Steampunk Singer

Techie Tunes ©

(hangs on the wall)

Selected, Round Rock Arts
Reuse-Recycle-Reduce Show

Arborphone Lamp

Stretch Neck Guitar ©

(hangs on the wall)

Selected, Round Rock Arts

"Love in Monochrome" Show

Electric Tunes ©

(hangs on the wall)

Golden Cornet ©

Member | Visual Arts Alliance

Blow Torch

Steamy Tunes ©

(hangs on the wall)

Fluted Punk ©

Calling for a "G" String ©

Brown Bess Revolutionized ©

Fluted Tubes ©

Gallery Association

Echo Gallery - Johnson City

EXHIBITIONS (Group)
Arc of the Capital Benefit Showing - Child's Play

2018 Sculptfest

EXHIBITIONS (Juried)
Visual Arts Alliance - 13th Juried Invitational Exhibition - Tunes of Brass & Homage to Dimebag Darrell

Round Rock Arts - Love in Monochrome - Electric-lin, Uku-Techie
Round Rock Arts - Texas State University, [imagine] 2017 - Tunes of Many Colors - "Peoples Choice Award"
Round Rock Arts - Dimensions - Punk Tunes, Silver Cornet, Looking at You Kid

Round Rock Arts - Reuse-Recycle-Reduce - How I Came to Lose My Head, Gear Gun, Techie Tunes

Round Rock Arts - Texas State University, Photography & Sculpture Show - Punkolin, Remembering the Radium Girls - 3rd Place

Round Rock Arts - Born - Died - New Life show - Dark Tunes

Round Rock Arts - Transformation Show - Time for the Dulcimer - Mexican Tunes & 5 Strin... 4 String Banjo

Round Rock Arts - Texas State University, [imagine] 2018 - Tunes of Medusa - Electronic Surveillance - Fluted Mauser - Best of Show

JoMar Visions - 2018 Art Excellence Juried Competition - When Will It Stop? - 5th Place

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Camp Street Partners – San Antonio - Downhill Upgrade

Schmaltz's Sandwich Shoppe - Waco - Looking for a "G" String

Cielo Blanco - Blanco - Time for Discussion - Mexican Tunes & Pump Punk

Punk Tunes ©

Selected, Round Rock Arts Dimensions Show

Melancholy Tunes ©

How I Came to Lose My Head ©

Selected, Round Rock Arts
Reuse-Recycle-Reduce Show

Available Through Echo Gallery

Asian Tunes ©

PURCHASE ART

Mexican Power Grid No. 3

Tunes of Medusa ©

(hangs on the wall)

Selected, Round Rock Arts [imagine] Show 2018

Electric Short Comings ©

(hangs on the wall)

Downhill Upgrade ©

Not for Sale

5 Strin... 4 String Banjo ©

Selected, Round Rock Arts Transformation Show

(hangs on the wall)

Dark Tunes ©

(hangs on the wall)

Selected, Round Rock Arts Born, Died, New Life Show

Fiddling Around Looking for My Bow ©

Trombone Extraordinaire ©

(hangs on the wall)

Steampunk Hattery

Mexican Power Grid No. 1

Steampunk Sewing

Fluted Colors ®

Viogear ©

(hangs on the wall)

"Peoples Choice Award" Round Rock Arts [imagine] Show 2017

(hangs on the wall)

Member | Texas Society of Sculptors

(hangs on the wall)

CREATIVE

Pump Punk ©

Childish Tunes ®

I Shot My Eye Out! ®

Available Through Echo Gallery

Mexican Power Grid No. 2

Edison Lamp

Punkolin ©

assemblage |əˈsemblij|
noun

Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out of or from the substrate. It is similar to collage, a two-dimensional medium. It is part of the visual arts, and it typically uses found objects, but is not limited to these materials.

My assemblages explore the possibilities of combining worlds, saving lives and changing intentions. Upcycling the old and giving new life.

The curving shape and sensual beauty of a brass horn still exists even after it falls from the stage. The well-worn guitar retains its grace long after the earthly life of the instrument. The instrument is resurrected with an infusion of love of an artist and the logic of nuts and bolts and gears and circuit boards.

Guns receive a transformation with a dressing of technology—both old and new. In essence, turning swords into plowshares—changing destruction into beauty.

There is no end of life for the broken and bruised. The resulting assemblages tell stories and represent unique new personalities, well-equipped to embrace a new future.

I started with the computer components but soon discovered that everyone was drawn to my Steampunk musical instruments and the way cool gun collection.

Click on images to enlarge. Instruments do not play, firearms are disabled.

Time to Fiddle Around ©