ABOUT ME
I make large-scale public art the same way I make my own work: from direct observation, in the tradition of figurative realism, pushing timeless questions of experience, memory, place, and what it means to stand in a body in the world.Since 2008 I have delivered monumental paintings and sculptures for cities, universities, architects, and private patrons—on time and built to last. Recent and signature commissions include the murals for the new Huntsville U.S. Courthouse; the twelve bronze reliefs at RSA Centennial Hill in Montgomery honoring the neighborhood’s history and civil-rights legacy; the sixteen bronze panels of Alabama Bicentennial Park at the State Capitol (featured on PBS); the “Points in Time” oil murals in Tuscaloosa’s federal courthouse; the Bronze Bomber statue of Deontay Wilder; the Willie Mays tribute; and the University of Alabama’s Minerva.Classical technique, refined during a Fulbright in Italy, is the tool. The subject is always human. Every figure is an individual seen from life. I am equally interested in history and in the private, unfinished work that happens in the studio—ideas I keep returning to because they still feel urgent.Born in Honolulu in 1979 and based in Tuscaloosa, I accept select public and private commissions.
Sculpting Dreams into Timeless Reality.
I make large-scale public art for cities, universities, courthouses, and civic sites—work meant to last outdoors and in daily use. From the “Points in Time” oil murals in Tuscaloosa’s federal courthouse to the sixteen bronze panels at Alabama Bicentennial Park and the twelve reliefs at RSA Centennial Hill, each commission is researched on the ground and built from observed figures. The aim is the same: honor a place’s history, give a community a figure it can stand beside, and deliver the work on time.
My sculpture is figurative and physical: clay to bronze, marble carved by hand, figures taken from living models. Classical technique from a Fulbright in Pietrasanta is the method; the subject is always a particular person in a particular body. Public works include the University of Alabama’s thirty-foot Minerva, the Bronze Bomber statue of Deontay Wilder, the Willie Mays tribute, and the Marshall Four. In the studio I also use 3D scanning and printing when a piece needs to move between clay, digital form, and the foundry.
Painting is where the work begins: direct observation in oil, then scale. The sixteen “Points in Time” murals for the Tuscaloosa federal courthouse and the murals for the new Huntsville U.S. Courthouse are public paintings at architectural size. In the studio I return to the figure and to landscape—earlier Maui work from Makawao toward Haleakalā, and ongoing pictures that treat memory and place with the same attention I give a monument. Every face is someone seen from life.
My Work
Every Sculpture is a Story