Just installed in spring 2025, ALLEGIANT SENTINELS is an original public work of art commissioned by the City of Grimes, Iowa. Honoring Veterans, it represents various branches of our military through references to the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Adjacent to the Grimes Public Library, this set of four sculptures is a permanent installation in stainless steel and backlit tchonk glass.
The project was led by the City of Grimes and made possible through years of fundraising by the Rotary Club of West Polk County and a generous grant from BRAVO Greater Des Moines.
A Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for this installation along with the new amphitheater will be held on the morning of
Wednesday, July 2nd; this is open to the public and anyone is welcome to attend. Details about the event can be found here.
More details and images of the installation coming soon in the form of a Project Page.
A sculpture of fabricated steel and backlit opalescent glass, this work referencing a crushed beer can explores the myriad cultural implications of rural American experience while reflecting with poignance on the issue of pollution.
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This set of stained glass art panels was installed as a family memorial at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lanesboro, Minnesota in fall 2024.
ALLEYWAGS is a set of five sculptures, inspired by grotesques and gargoyles, of cast steel and "tchonk" glass, installed in an alleyway around the corner from the Historic Chateau Theatre in the downtown arts district of Rochester, Minnesota in late 2023.
Humbled to announce: The esteemed Davis Publications, Inc. school art textbooks recently included three of my major works in its new “Experience Art” middle school textbook, with multiple extensive mentions.
Beyond honored that author Marilyn G. Stewart saw it fit to explore my work in this book, alongside names like Kehinde Wiley, Mark Dion, Katharina Fritsch, Jeffrey Gibson, Frida Kahlo, van Gogh, Rembrandt, and on.
Still pinching myself.
Included are Ruminant in Reedsburg, WI; Rustician in Montevideo, MN; and Operant, which was exhibited in Boston, MA during 2019.
More about the book, including a sample, here on the Davis Publications website. It’s available both as a hardcover-bound (print run of up to 200,000) and as an eBook on the Davis Digital platform.
Davis Publications, Inc. describes itself as a small, family-owned company that, since 1901, has been the only publisher solely dedicated to art education (K–12); its mission is to publish superior art curriculums and content within a company culture of integrity, creativity, and respect.
Sending out deep gratitude for this honor to more people and entities than I could possibly begin to list. Cheers!
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