February 2, 2025: I have completed my second Chimp sculpture, “See No Evil.” Check out “Hear No Evil” on this page.The sculpture is made from recycled cardboard, and covered with recycled bicycle tubes (hair). The teeth are old bicycle tires.The
2024 Tadweer Art Show in Doha Qatar
In February 2024, I spent two weeks in Doha exhibiting at the “Tadweer” art show. This was a show hosted by the Souq Waqif Art Center and was the second show I had participated in this exciting city. Once again
Re-Tired Chimp Sculptures – Complete
February 2, 2025: I have completed the second sculpture, “See No Evil.” View more photos here! November 22, 2024: “Hear No Evil” completed sculpture [36″ x 24″ x 24″ / 91cm x 61cm x 61cm](Additional recent photos and ‘in progress’
Hosting Artist Jo Caminiti for Community Project
This post discusses my September 2024 collaboration with Jo Caminiti from Australia. I worked with the Arts Council of Thayer County, who supplied her airfare, while I hosted her at my home studio here in Chester Nebraska. I had never
Steampunk Toilet – Complete!
Every now and then I get a call out of the blue about a project that gets me really excited. Of course, I love working on all of my projects, but some allow me to unleash the possibilities, and have
Why I Make Recycled Artwork
Here’s a post about how I have come to making recycled art, and some of my reasoning behind it. I’ll tell you a little about my background, some of the materials and methods I use, and why I think it’s
Re-Tired Raven Made from Bicycle Tires
Here’s short post showing some of the stages of my “first in a series” of Re-Tired Sculptures. I made this raven from salvaged bike tires that I picked up locally (Lincoln & Omaha). My goal is to create a series
2023 Year in Review
Last year was a busy year for creating, and the highlight was the completion of my Peacock sculpture! I learned a lot over the time it took me to work on this. I also finished the fire and flame section
Phoenix Scrap Metal Sculpture For Sale
This piece is available for Sale: $70,000Also available without the fire pit, please contact me for pricing and delivery options Sometimes I get a crazy idea, and being the artist I am…. I have to see it through and make
Phoenix Metal Sculpture
This piece is available for Sale – please contact me for pricing and delivery options For some reason, I’m making a lot of birds lately! It’s not a conscious decision – but first it was my crow, then the peacocks
Sandhill Crane Sculpture Made from Metal Cutlery
Sandhill Crane Sculpture August 2021: I’ve begun work on a life size sandhill crane sculpture made from scrap metal and cutlery. This is a commission piece for a couple’s 25th anniversary! This blog post will show the progress as start
SawFish Metal Art
In 2016, I made a ‘one of a kind’ SawFish and really liked how it turned out. I was planning to keep it, but it sold right away! So I made another, and it sold… I love to make them,