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21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pine trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the fourth one of five hammered copper landscape. I have inlay-ed the sun with 24k gold leafs and the moon with pure silver.

21″H x 60″L – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The tranquility of the setting sun is amazing. But having been in a boat and paddling into this beauty is a different experience. To find the cottage latter on in the dark was also tricky.

10″W x 10″H x 4” D – Raku fired ceramic – 2012
It seems that I am a very religious man. But that is not correct. I am not attending any kind of religious sermons due to the fact that I cannot take the dogma that is required by all the Judeo-Christian-Muslim fate. I walk my own path, responsible for my own action, not getting or asking any absolution for any of my act. But at the same time, I want to express the human elements of some of the account. So I made the ‘Stations of the Cross’ to show, only with the hands and faces, of the last journey of the Jesus.

24″ dia. – Raku fired ceramic – 2012 I made this plate for one of my friend for his birthday.

27″L x 10″H x 8″W – Raku fired ceramic – 2012
This is a life size raven. Many culture kept the raven in a highest esteem. One of the Hungarian lord had the raven in his family coat-of-arms. It was Hunyadi Janos.

Approximately 36″ dia. white ash – 2012
This is the same 175 years old three that was standing on our front-yard and due to its illness it had to be cut. Now I have 20 to 25 of these ‘tondos’ (round paintings or sculptures) to be carved. For the next few years I need to ‘bend’ all my sculptures into this shape.
With this carving I wanted to show the beauty of the female body. Also, I had in my mind Leda, the queen of Sparta, waiting for Zeus to continue their affair.

24″ x 51″ – hammered copper mural – 2016
We were visiting a dear friend at Halifax. It was an unforgettable week due to the host and her friends. One of our site visits was the famous Peggy’s Cove. It is a very interesting view. Nothing else but rocks-on-top-of-rocks. If you were there you know what I am talking about. But … it has its beauty!
At first view I said to myself … this is it? … but then its grandiosity grew on me. Now this is my interpretation of the place and certainly I‘ve combined a few views to have this picture.
It was a very beautiful sunny day and I ‘almost saw’ the outlines of the British island…
I covered the water and the sun with pure silver and aged it with some sulfur; that is the reason why the sea and the settling sun have this golden shine.

20″H x 63″W x 2″D – Hammered copper mural – 2012 – detail

Approx. 36″ dia. – 175 years old white ash with 24 carat gold on the star.
I think the sculpture say everything I wanted to communicate. Jesus was born as a Jew, so in my thinking the ‘Star of Bethlehem’ had to be a David star.
This old tree was on our front lawn. But as it get to it age with the help of carpenter ants, we had to remove it. I could not cut it up for firewood. So I painted the ends of the fresh cuts and stored it for four years, to let it dry very slowly. Now I have close to 25 slices of this beautiful wood. You can see I have ‘carved-out’ a big project for the rest of my life.

Part of an approx. 36″ dia. – 175 years old white ash
This is Melchior, the Persion King, bringing Gold to Jesus.

Part of an approx. 36″ dia. – 175 years old white ash
This is Gaspar, the Indian King, bringing Myrrh to Jesus.

Part of an approx. 36″ dia. – 175 years old white ash
This is Balthazar, the Arabian King, bringing Frankincencse to Jesus.

22″H x 32″ W x 3″D – Oxidation Ceramic – 1979/2012
I made this work in the late 70es identifying the major step in evolution; the appearance of the cell. Until then there were no ‘real’ organisms. The wall of the cell made it possible to start the evolutionary race. I installed a 1/2″ thick clear glass that separates the first cell – in 24 k gold – and the sudden growth that started after.

20″H x 63″W x 2″D – Copper mural – 2012
This is the same as the other one but the sun is shining on it!

20″H x 63″W x 2″D – Hammered copper mural – 2012 – Detail

33” H x 23” W – basswood – 2012
I had this piece of wood in my studio in the last thirty years. I did not know what to carve into it. Now that I am finally a full time sculptor this was my first work I did. The trapezoid form of the board gave the idea of a mother & child as she is feeding the little one. The glories just come by as I was working, so really it is “The Mother & Child”, if you know what I mean.

The 1/2″ glass is vibrant in the sunshine and the ‘First Cell’ has some shade of the glass on.

Approx. 36″ dia. – White ash wood carving – 2012
This 175 years old white ash had to be cut due to carpenter ants. It was dieing. I did not have the hart just make fire wood out of this beautiful tree. So after it was cut I hold back two seven feet chunks of the trunks and waxed the end of the trunks to ensure slow drying. Three years later, now, I have twenty-plus 36″ dia. ‘tondros’ to be carved. This was the second in the line. The Astronomers was the first one. I hope you agree with me it would have been a ‘crime’ to burn it.

21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012 SOLD
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pain trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the first one of five hammered copper landscape.

21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pine trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the second one of five hammered copper landscape. I have inlay-ed the sun with 24k gold leafs and the moon with pure silver.

21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pine trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the second one of five hammered copper landscape. I have inlay-ed the sun with 24k gold leafs and the moon with pure silver.

21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pine trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the second one of five hammered copper landscape. I have inlay-ed the sun with 24k gold leafs and the moon with pure silver.

21″H x 33″W – Hammered copper mural – 2012
The beauty of Georgian Bay and the tormented lines of the pine trees are mesmerizing me. So, I have decided to make a series out of those sceneries. This was the third one of five hammered copper landscape. I have inlay-ed the sun with 24k gold leafs and the moon with pure silver.