Large Sculptures and Statuary

Scale is so important in sculpture, and monumental stone work is striking and present in an impressive way. It can change the dynamic and feel of a space, and draw the viewer into another world. These works represent an incredible amount of physical labor and mental energy, and are very dear to my heart. I look forward to the next opportunity I have to create on a large scale, and hope to explore more complex and dynamic compositions with a range of subjects.

“Memorial Statue” in Portugese Marble, roughly 47” x 21” x 17” – 2025

Installed on the grounds of Villa Duchesne Oak Hill School. This was a challenging project created according to the wishes of the woman for whom it serves as a memorial. It is a great honor to have this piece installed on the school grounds where it will stand for generations.

“Our Lady of Good Council” in Georgia Cherokee Marble, roughly 66” x 30” x 24”.

Carved for the Catholic parish of the same name in st. Augustine, FL, she stands atop a columbarium in the parish cemetery. It was carved on site to client specifications. The scroll was a particularly exciting element, as it needed to be strong enough to endure the elements and hurricanes, while still looking thin. I am grateful to have sculpted this work, as it represents innovation and creativity within the world of devotional art, creating a new rubric for this Marian title that is thoughtful, significant, and dynamic. Women would not have handled the Torah scrolls in ancient times, so this is an interesting point as well.

“Howl at the Moon” in Turkish Pearl Marble, roughly 64” x 40” x 26”. – 2022

This is the flagship piece from a body of work I created in Arizona featuring naturalist and wildlife western subjects. The composition, with the full moon suspended in the branches of the tree, will always be one of my favorites. It was technically challenging rewarding. The motif is one that I've always loved, as howling at the moon implies a restless spirt, thirst for fulfillment in the deepest sense, and crying out to the mysterious nature of the universe. It is a piece about chasing dreams.

Unfortunately I do not have final installation pictures after delivery. Private Collection.

“St. John the Evangelist” Georgia Cherokee marble, roughly 84” x 36” x 24”. – 2019

Standing at seven feet high and carved from a block weighing upwards of seven thousand pounds, this statue remains one of my most ambitions and significant works. The composition was entirely my own, representing the most defining aspect of this saint’s story. His pose, gesture, and expression relate his moment beneath the cross of Christ, as he mourns the death of his beloved teacher. Simultaneously, it shows him looking upward and reaching out to receive the revelation: a striking, ambiguous and controversial prophecy about the final battle on earth and glorious second coming of the Son of God. The eagle grounds this composition clearly in our concrete world of nature, while also identifying him as one of the Four Evangelists, each of whom are represented by an archetypal motif.

This project came about as a commission for San Juan Del Rio parish in St. John, Fl., and was executed in collaboration with Community Cenacolo. I significant portion of the commission went to fund a mission orphanage of that community in Liberia, Africa.

“Blessed Mother” in Georgia Granite, roughly 66” x 30” x 18”. – 2018

One of my earliest large scale works. Carving this statue was a journey in itself. Granite is an incredibly hard stone, and the process was demanding on many levels. The block was a repurposed structural column from a house that is believed to have burned down in the Jacksonville fire of 1903, and that story in itself is meaningful. Rebirth and rediscovery are beautiful possibilities that life holds for each of us every day of our lives. Far from a traditional image of Mary, the composition was in part a response to the nature and dimensions of the material, and in part express a desire to bring about new inspiration within the discipline of devotional statuary. Delicacy and poise counterbalance the weight and hardness of the material. The slender, gently blossoming arms and garments reference the natural world, like a newly opened lily. It is a work that I will always love and remember fondly. Carved for Community Cenacolo, this statue resides on the ground of Mary Immaculate House in St. Augustine, FL.