Regal Horned Lizard: 48" x 32" x 6" Hammered copper of different thicknesses and forged and fabricated steel. Wall Hanging.A friend, in my Rotary Club, commissioned a lizard for his wall. We searches his library for the right lizard (he is well versed) and he decided on the Regal Horned Lizard (horney toad) and wanted it in the style of the salmon (with the bones showing).

Cutthroat: 25" x 7" x a couple ". Cutthroat trout wall hanging. Basic body and head forged from mild steel and built-up with mig. Plasma cut stainless steel and copper overlay. overlay splattered with mig (mild steel wire and silicon bronze). Brazed with brass rod and silflow. Patina from forming process and heat. Raw organic carnuba wax finish.This piece marks an important evolutionary step in my work. I have always been experimenting with mixed metals, this idea of “painting with metal”. I think that the important thing for me to own is that I am an artist, not an architect, engineer, or ornamental metal worker. If you ask these folks if you can weld stainless steel with mild wire. They will tell you, “it is just not “sound”, they are different materials all together.” All that I can do is respect their point of reference, know my limits, and reflect back my own reality.

Salmon Bonz: salmon with reflective clear coat and flash photography

42" w x 22" h

hammered copper, forged and fabricated steel

salmon with reflective clear coat and flash photography