Porous Organic Form, fieldstone, Dec. 2006

Photo: Gary Mitchell

Echinoderm # 2

Beach boulder, 2006

Echinoderm, beach boulder, granite 2005

Echionoid Rock, fieldstone, 2007

Photo: Gary Mitchell

This echinoderm is different from the other work on this page in that it is carved from a block of stone instead of a boulder. Therefore, the shape was not predefined or influenced by the stone. Any block would have been good to do the work. This is the traditional style of carving.

Echinoderm # 3, back side, marble, 2006

Perforated Organic Form, granite fieldstone, 2007

Octopus, fieldstone boulder, finished Jan. 2007

The opposite of above echinoderm: the stone for this octopus was a soft-rounded boulder with cracks, and had roughly the shape that it still has at this point. However, it has given me the inspiration to carve an octopus out of it, and dictated the shape and character of the art piece strongly. It is less perfect in shape, but it has spontaneity and great personality. The weathered look gives it a rustic appearance.

Shell of Gastropod

 marble block, Dec. 2006

Large Brown Snail with House, fieldstones; finished 2007

Photo: Gary Mitchell

Long Black Slug, fieldstone, 2007

Photo: Gary Mitchell

Black Snail, fieldstone, 2006

"Echinoderms"

This piece consist of a weathered basalt block with a large starfish (pink granite) and two sea urchins (black basalt) attached to it. It is installed at the Seacoast Science Center, Odiorne Point, Rye, NH in 2007

Sculpting with

Stone

Painting with

Flowers

Other

 Artwork