Freedom
Freedom
Freedom, detail
Freedom, detail
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Estuary Plaza, St. Louis County Government Services Building
Estuary Plaza, St. Louis County Government Services Building
Estuary Plaza, Waters Bench
Estuary Plaza, Waters Bench
Estuary Plaza; Frog Bench, Otter
Estuary Plaza; Frog Bench, Otter
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench #2
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench #2
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench detail
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench detail
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks, front
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks, front
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Fox
Estuary Plaza, Fox
Estuary Plaza, Fox detail
Estuary Plaza, Fox detail
Estuary Plaza, Terns
Estuary Plaza, Terns
Estuary Plaza, Terns, detail
Estuary Plaza, Terns, detail
Estuary Plaza, Wayfinding Beaver
Estuary Plaza, Wayfinding Beaver
Estuary Plaza, Beaver, front
Estuary Plaza, Beaver, front
Estuary Plaza, Beaver in Pond
Estuary Plaza, Beaver in Pond
Estuary Plaza: Beaver, back detail
Estuary Plaza: Beaver, back detail
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial to the Barn Animals
Memorial to the Barn Animals
  Trees in Season , detail. ​
Trees in Season
Trees in Season
Freedom
FreedomFreedom is a 22' steel sculpture created for the city of Fergus Falls, MN, as the centerpiece for the new roundabout.
Freedom, detail
Freedom, detailA detail of the steel sculpture Freedom, a 22' work for the roundabout in Fergus Falls, MN
Freedom
FreedomA detail from Freedom, a 20' steel piece for the roundabout in Fergus Falls, MN
Freedom
Freedom"Freedom" is a sculpture that acts as a gateway in the center of the roundabout at the entrance to Fergus Falls. It was inspired by the columns of seagulls that follow the tractors through the fields in this rural region of lakes and farms. Steel, catalyzed paint (Imron), stainless steel, on concrete footings. 22’ x 4’ x 5’. 2015. $42,000.
Estuary Plaza, St. Louis County Government Services Building
Estuary Plaza, St. Louis County Government Services BuildingThis is an overview of the plaza; my work creating 3 large benches and 8 bronze animals, also incorporating some of the basalt rocks native to the area, is meant to humanize the plaza and engage building clients and workers in a warm dialogue with the natural world which is such a feature of this city. 
Estuary Plaza, Waters Bench
Estuary Plaza, Waters BenchThis 14' long bronze bench is supported by the pillar at one end and the island of basalt at the other. Over it two bronze terns fly.
Estuary Plaza; Frog Bench, Otter
Estuary Plaza; Frog Bench, OtterThis is one of two native douglas fir benches ornamented with bronze frogs. The Otter welcomes people to the plaza.
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench #2
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench #2Here is the second Frog Bench; here you can also see the colored concrete that outlines the artwork areas, creating the "estuary"-- the meeting place of two environments.
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench detail
Estuary Plaza, Frog Bench detail
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks, front
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks, front
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Turtle Rocks
Estuary Plaza, Fox
Estuary Plaza, FoxThis lifesize cast bronze fox engages people entering and leaving the building.
Estuary Plaza, Fox detail
Estuary Plaza, Fox detail
Estuary Plaza, Terns
Estuary Plaza, TernsTwo terns fly high above the Waters Bench; the plaza has many details that people can notice over time.
Estuary Plaza, Terns, detail
Estuary Plaza, Terns, detail
Estuary Plaza, Wayfinding Beaver
Estuary Plaza, Wayfinding BeaverOne of the concerns of the selection committee was wayfinding: the surface parking for the building is across a busy street, and people often do not use the crosswalk. The Beaver points them to the crosswalk in the hopes that a witty encouragement will help.
Estuary Plaza, Beaver, front
Estuary Plaza, Beaver, front
Estuary Plaza, Beaver in Pond
Estuary Plaza, Beaver in PondThe Beaver is sited in the midst of a pebble mosaic that evokes a beaver pond.
Estuary Plaza: Beaver, back detail
Estuary Plaza: Beaver, back detailAll the bronze animals are epoxied into holes drilled into either the stones or the concrete of the plaza, fastened with welded stainless steel threaded rod.
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior ZooBronze, 24" tall, a pygmy goat and a babydoll sheep.Commissioned as a memorial to the barn animals who died in the flood of 2012
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior ZooBronze, 24" tall, a pygmy goat and a babydoll sheep.Commissioned as a memorial to the barn animals who died in the flood of 2012
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior ZooBronze, 24" tall, a pygmy goat.Commissioned as a memorial to the barn animals who died in the flood of 2012
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior ZooBronze, 24" tall, a pygmy goat and a babydoll sheep.Commissioned as a memorial to the barn animals who died in the flood of 2012
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior Zoo
Memorial for the Barn Animals, Lake Superior ZooBronze, 24" tall, a pygmy goat.Commissioned as a memorial to the barn animals who died in the flood of 2012
Memorial to the Barn Animals
Memorial to the Barn AnimalsChildren like Bruce Wayne and Jeb.
  Trees in Season , detail. ​
Trees in Season, detail. ​
Trees in Season
Trees in SeasonThis work was commissioned by the Duluth Public Safety Building, to be a calm and  engaging focus at the entrance to the police station. The work is 6' high x 9' wide, and is painted in asphaltum on plywood. It depicts an alder thicket in spring, a old willow and alders on a summer evening, and a cottonwood in a thicket in winter. 
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