Artist Statement:
Over my more than 40-year artistic career I have been commissioned to create public art projects throughout the world. My passions have crossed many mediums, from focusing on increasing the social conscience to raising awareness of our environment.
“The ocean is a metaphor for better understanding life itself. Unless we recognize its fragile nature, we will never realize our full potential.”
We are, as the ocean. It dominates our planet as our largest ecosystem. As does our subconscious dominate our everyday actions. My abstract work speaks to the subconscious. Looking toward the ocean’s depth as well as the mountains heights for inspiration.
ART INSPIRES – INSPIRATION UNITES
For the past decade I have focused my creative energies on private commissions, as well as proactively inspiring and assisting in the repurposing of urban neighborhoods into thriving art communities.
“A neighborhood is an environment, a meeting place, and the universal language of art can help bring people together.”
Permanent Exhibitions:
Hyatt Regency Hotel Maui – Hawaii - Presidential Suite
MGM Film Studio Corporate Headquarters – Culver City, CA - Lobby
Ross Power Sculpture Garden – Miami, FL - Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus
Stein Group Hotels – Majorca, Spain – Gran Sonnet Hotel – Garden Installation
Irvine Public Library – Irvine, CA – Library Lobby
MacArthur Center – Newport Beach, CA – Courtyard Installation
Traveling Exhibitions:
Vero Beach Arts Village - Vero Beach, FL - Neighborhood Focal Point Installation
Ross Power Undersea Gallery – Key Largo, FL - Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary
Art Basel - Wynwood Art District - Miami, FL - Wynwood Convention Center
Miami Museum of Science – Miami, FL – Entrance Installation
Palm Beach Museum of Science – Palm Beach, FL – Entrance Installation
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Brickell Key – Miami, FL – Bayside Installation
The Rodeo Collection, Rodeo Drive – Beverly Hills, CA – Courtyard Installation
Art in Public Places – City of West Hollywood, CA – Santa Monica Blvd. Median
University of Southern California – Irvine, CA – School of Fine Arts – Entrance Installation
Saddleback College – Mission Viejo, CA – Library Lobby
Projects in Progress:
‘FOCUS’
Sculptural Marine Habitat
Planned and permitted locations:
Miami, FL (Atlantic Ocean) – Fiji (South Pacific) – Qatar (Arabian Gulf)
Planned Installation: 2024
'WORDS FROM WAR'
Iraq & Afghanistan Veteran Memorial
Located on Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary – Vero Beach, FL
Affiliations:
Power Studios – Founder
Miami, FL
1989-2010
Miami Art & Design District – Lead Organizer of Revitalization Project
Miami, FL
1989 – 2008
Wynwood Art District - Lead Organizer of Revitalization Project
Miami, FL
1995-2010
Power Studio Annex – Wynwood Art District - Founder
(1st Art Complex in the Wynwood Art District)
Miami, FL
1995-2010
Art for Science Ocean Fund 501(c)(3)- Founder
Vero Beach, FL
2005 - Present
Florida International University – Artist in Residence – Ross Power Sculpture Garden
Miami, FL – Biscayne Bay Campus
2011- Present
Vero Beach Cultural Arts Village – Lead Organizer of Revitalization Project
Vero Beach, FL
2011 - Present
Iraq & Afghanistan War Memorial Project - Co-Founder and Artist
Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary
Vero Beach, FL
2016 - Present