We Make Art
2022
Corvus
North Vancouver BC, Canada
3 m Dia x 7 m Tall
This interactive sculpture is made extensively from brightly and mirror-polished stainless steel.
As visitors approach the interactive sculpture they notice a flock of black cast metal ravens set against the shiny armature of the sculpture.
When visitors turn the central disk, the murder of ravens above their heads swirl around them.
Looking in the mirrors the viewer sees this swirling flock transformed into a 3-dimensional animation of a flying raven.
This sculpture is based on the Victorian-Era novelty called a “Praxinoscope” that pre-dated motion picture films.
CORVUS is installed in Rey Sargent Park in North Vancouver, BC in front of the Gordon Smith Gallery.
2019
Dendrochron
North Vancouver BC, Canada
3m Dia x 0.6m Wide
Mirror polished stainless steel tree rings surrounded by patinaed bronze bark. This work follows the transition from pre-colonial forests to the modern urban landscape.
2018 Meristem
Vancouver BC, Canada
7m H x 0.6m W x 0.6m D
Textured and patinaed bronze grass blade set into spiked grass landscaping. Complementing the modern lines of the building architecture. A tribute to the dramatic recent changes to the neighbourhood’s character.
LANTERNS IN THE PARK
2017
Lanterns In The Park
Burnaby BC, Canada
5 Mushrooms 7m High x 2.5m Dia
The highly polished stainless steel mushrooms sit at the base of a 42 storey modern urban residential tower. These mushrooms reflect the natural history of the site while providing a shady contemplative tableau.
ARRIVALS AND REFLECTIONS
2015
Arrivals And Reflections
North Vancouver BC, Canada
Arrivals: 6m High x 1.5m Diameter
Reflections: 7m High x 1.75m Wide x 0.6 Depth
A set of outdoor stainless steel ‘spruce tree’ sculptures created from four plates of material that uses both cut shapes – positive and negative, evoking discussion about resource management.
POLARIS
2014
Polaris
Fairbanks AK, USA
15m HIGH x 7m Wide x 7m Deep
The highly polished stainless steel spires sit at the start of the Gold Rush Highway and highlight the natural phenomena of the northern lights. Created with shifting LED lighting.
COMING HOME
2014
Coming Home
North Vancouver BC, Canada
6m High x 7m Wide x 1.6m Deep
Six kinetic salmon are activated by falling water and celebrate the fight upstream to create new life. Inspired by the restoration of a nearby salmon spawning ground.
Water-powered salmon swim home
2016 Spirit of Steveston
Steveston BC, Canada
8m H x 3m W x 1.5m D
Mirror polished stainless steel, cast stainless steel.
An homage to both the golden era of Steveston’s marine industry and the site’s previous institutional use we have launched into the sky a scene that would be familiar to many of Steveston’s previous generations - a fishing boat, darting upward to crest a roller, pursued by a flock of ocean birds. The roar of engine, the sigh of wind, the crashing waves and the shriek of gulls will echo in the minds’ eye.
2012 Aurora
Fort St. John, BC, Canada
2.5m H x 3m W x 0.6m D
LED lighting slowly mixes colour through dichroic glass filters and then through the hand blown prismatic glass elements – bringing the beauty of the Aurora Borealis into the Peace River District Hospital.
2011
Imago
Dallas, TX, USA
3m H x 7m W x 25m L
A centrepiece for the Texas Discovery Gardens lobby consisting of a series of seven mobiles made from cast stainless steel and hand blown glass, depicting scenarios from the insect world.
2008
Shine
Ottawa, ON, Canada
15m H x 7m Dia
A stainless steel outdoor sculpture for the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park
invokes a sense of joy and invites reflection and celebration.
2004
GO
Kelowna, BC, Canada
15m L x 2m Dia
An aerial sculpture located in the entrance atrium of the Capital News Sports Centre captures the energy and dynamism of athletics using highly polished stainless steel and hand blown glass.
2010
Tendance
Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
5m H X 2m W X 2m Dia
An outdoor sculpture fabricated from cast bronze and stainless steel tracing the graceful path of two maple seeds as they fall to earth.
2011
Mirare”
North Vancouver, BC, Canada
7m H x 1m Dia
Made from cast, welded and machined stainless steel, this outdoor sculpture reflects nature’s ongoing transformation of matter into energy, of life into other life.
2006
Ocean Commotion
Vancouver, BC, Canada
4m H x 2.6m W x 1.6m D
This kinetic outdoor ball sculpture serves as a focal point for Ocean Concrete on Granville Island.
Its trackways mimic the processes involved in making concrete in a playful and accessible way.
