As a Sculptor and Printmaker, I have long focused on the human condition through figurative sculptures in bronze and in wood. Recently, my work has dealt with the global refugee crisis and with the concept of home in bronze and in wood multimedia sculptures, and the human presence has been more symbolic.
The bronze sculptures represent ocean going vessels and the kinds of homes that are being lost in the violent conflicts around the world and of historic architecture that is also being lost to all of humanity. The state of being homeless, stateless and fleeing violent conflict has now affected over 130 million people who have been displaced worldwide, more than at any time in history since WWII.

The wood multimedia sculptures are ones that I began as the fires of August 2020 began to destroy homes in the Santa Cruz redwoods. During the three years from 2021-2024, I created a town of small-scale wooden buildings; houses and community buildings called San Ardo Refuge. The buildings are made from basswood, metal, fabric and plastic with lights and sound, and they represent relocation, resilience and rebuilding. The first two community buildings are based loosely on the library and diner that I saw in San Ardo, an actual almost ghost town off highway 101. There is a library, a café, a “Midnight Diner”, a pool hall, a general store, a clinic, a theater and motorcycle repair shop as well as several houses. Warm lights illuminate the buildings and blues music, talking, and café sounds can be heard emanating from within the buildings. They are especially captivating at night when the warm lights are an invitation to peer inside like a voyeur. The furniture and other elements are hand made and the buildings contain paintings of my own that have been miniaturized.