Yes, sometimes inspirations come to me in a dream. My new series “The Body Temple” is such an example.

I have been a sculptor for as long as I can remember. I mostly work in clay and my subject matter is princely figure studies. About seven years ago I was in a terrible car crash, (The other guy ran a light) I was injured bad enough to miss months of work, but sadly I could no longer work on my sculptures. I had accumulated about 5 years of photo studies for sculpture. But not being able to sculpt, I decided to digitally clean up the images. I removed the models from their backgrounds and cleaned up other imperfections. That is how my photographic mandalas started. I started adding the model forms to my geometric sketches and the art from the left hemisphere was born. 

After about 4 years of healing and yoga exercising, I have been able to sculpt again. I still work in clay, but I also work in other media too, such as brass. The media of my current series is brook stone. It is a very challenging media and it takes a great deal of time to complete each piece. 

The Brook Stone Series is made up of carefully layered stones held together with a modern plastic resin. So far I have completed 4 in the series. Look for more in the near future.

I still enjoy working in clay and I have just started a new 24 inch tall piece. And incidentally, I do portraits and commissions too. Love to hear from you if you are interested.  Jeff

I always wanted to be a photographer. I got my first camera, a mostly plastic, toy camera, when I was five. It used real film and took pretty good photos. I captured this portrait of my dog Coffee… 

A moment of reflection on our troubled times... Can Art be the Answer?

My art is growing into many new areas, one area, I am very proud of and excited in, is the new series concept. The series concept is simply this… I have filled an entire wall with either the same image or similar images mapped out in various sizes trying hard to develop a very natural organic flow or grouping.

As I was cleaning up one of my first shots, something about it intrigued me. She now appeared to be flying high in a pure white sky. I started to play with it. Stepping it out many times, rotating it and changing its size. I worked on variations of the Golden Ratio, placing the figure along the arch varying its size and rotation until it looked natural to me. The spiral it formed was then rotated around its vanishing point until it formed a complete circle. My first geometric photo collage was born…It was the fall of 2012 and I simply named it The Pinwheel.

Getting Trolled on FaceBook brought me back to my youth!

In a grocery store I was asked by a friend what was on my website. “Um, my Art…” I answered, “Mostly my fine art photography. But I do more… I’m a painter, sculptor and writer too, but this page is mostly my photography collages and mandalas.” After explaining what mandalas were and a brief conversation about the math behind the designs, she was off to shop. Later she emailed me saying “Amazing!” 

The Black & White Series,

This series is in homage to traditional B&W photography in its size, matting and framing. 

Why do people create art?