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SITKA IS A PRIVATELY COMMISSIONED AND INSTALLED SCULPTURE, PLACED IN A SCULPTURE GARDEN IN OCEANSIDE, OREGON. PLEASE SEE VIEW TWO FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION.

DIMENSIONS: 60"HIGH X 15"WIDE CONCRETE AND IRON

COLLECTORS, ADRIAN AND SUSAN ROBERTS ASKED IF I WOULD DO A COMMISSIONED SCULPTURE DUPLICATING ONE OF MY PIECES CALLED "MOON DOWN OVER CITY PARK". THEY INITIALLY WANTED A LARGER VERSION OF THAT SCULPTURE TO BE INSTALLED IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE GARDEN COURTYARD. I WORKED WITH THEM TO EXPLAIN I DID NOT CARE TO BUILD A BIGGER VERSION OF THAT SCULPTURE, BUT I WOULD DESIGN A PIECE THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF WHAT THEY ADMIRED ABOUT IT. AS IT TURNED OUT, THEY PURCHASED BOTH "MOON DOWN OVER CITY PARK", WHICH THEY PLACED WITHIN THEIR HOME, AS WELL AS THE LARGER SCULPTURE GARDEN PIECE I HAD DESIGNED FOR THEM. "SITKA", REPRESENTS A BATTERED AND SCARRED, ANCIENT SITKA SPRUCE. STILL WITHSTANDING, IT SHELTERS A POPLAR SAPLING, BOTH AS PART OF THE DIVERSE AND INTERDEPENDENT EXISTENCES WITHIN THE FLORA OF THE COASTAL FORESTS.

DIMENSIONS ARE: 60"HIGH X 15" WIDE. CONCRETE AND IRON

As age takes even the most stalwart and royal of us, our core selves become more and more apparent. In this work, a seemingly thin exterior erodes and exposes what the Old King is made of. No less impressive, perhaps more impressive the content and character of the inner structure and framework states strongly, "I am old and I am King". The vintage Japanese Yakiin Brand is the character for "old".

Dimensions: 9" Wide x 12" High x 4" Deep 2014

Translated to English from Japanese, Yoi Futan means "Good Burden". Not all burdens are heavy and painful. The care of another life or soul besides our own can be the greatest gift we will ever have entrusted to us. If we are charged to remember what is significant to us, then we can say it is a good burden. This vessel is meant to be a place for a memory of that "Good Burden" to keep forever and always.

DIMENSIONS: 4.5" X 3.75" X 7" Tall 2014

THIS IMAGE SHOWS THE INTERIOR OF THE BOX AS WELL AS A MORE DETAILED VIEW OF THE TINY SCULPTURE INCORPORATED INTO THE TOP OF THE BOX LID. SEE THE NEXT IMAGE FOR FULL VIEW AND DESCRIPTION.