Art

Wild Orchids

A pair of free-form flowering plant artworks on 10-by-30-inch (25-by-75-centimeter) watercolor boards with integral hand-cut mat board.

July 03, 1991

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Gold Leaf Series

A series of free-form organic-shape artworks on 12-by-12-inch (30-by-30-centimeter) square and 8-by-24-inch (20-by-60-centimeter) watercolor boards, featuring gold-leaf shapes and integral hand-cut matting. Intended for close viewing in intimate spaces, the works were small and finely detailed.

July 03, 1990

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On the Wing

A conceptual poster imagining life in a hillside house with eyelash awnings beneath a Teflon-coated fiberglass-fabric hat. It was a creative escape from a career in urban design amid crowded streets, steel, concrete, cars, buses, and trains.

July 03, 1989

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Eastside Rose

A copper-and-stainless-steel sculpture on a precast concrete base, proposed as a vehicle barrier at a downtown Northeast Portland intersection and paying homage to the "City of Roses."

July 03, 1989

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Stained Glass Windows

Ornamental glasswork for two 12-by-60-inch openings framing an interior passageway and a 24-by-32-inch exterior bathroom window that added privacy and color. The bathroom window was built but not photographed.

July 03, 1987

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For Barefeet Only

A conceptual artwork that grew from a few random ink lines into a vision of organic architecture rising from the ground and into the light.

July 03, 1984

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LA 289 - Landscape Architecture Design

A clay totem created in an early landscape architecture design studio, using sculpture to store and recall memories of a one-week solo trip through Central Oregon.

July 05, 1978

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Stained Glass Lamps

Two stained-glass lamp projects: a 24-inch curved Tiffany-style lamp and an 18-inch flat-panel lamp.

July 03, 1976

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