2026 Exhibiting:
This year on the grounds of the Abiquiu Inn I have twelve sculptures demonstrating two different approaches to clay sculpture for the outdoors. I am committed to the concept of the unique. That is to say that each work is the only one; there are no multiples. I do this to preserve the energy and pulse of creation. Energy and a sense of animation within the sculpture is of supreme importance to me. Idealization and refinement are not.
The sculptures rising up from the ground are personable in scale and they are viscerally understood to be figures. They are abstracted with no reference to ethnicity, political stance, social class or other defining markers. The scale and the ground stance make an informal relationship between the viewer and the elements. A “tableaux vivant” effect is most effectively felt when the installation allows mingling among the elements making the observers an element of the assembled. Last year seven figures occupied the mound at the Inn effectively structuring a “theatre in the round”. The dynamic among the figures and viewers is palpable. These ground standing figures are site adaptive and can be set up in various ways. Sold individually allows the buyer to create their own configurations as their sites require.
The sculpture on pedestals have a formal relationship with the viewer. Works with smooth surfaces have painted designs (all fired on color) influenced from the dynamics within the particular form itself. This is exploring the concepts of Irezumi and camouflage. Fluctuating visual effects mutate with the transiting daylight. When light is overcast surface treatment advances in importance. When the daylight is strong form emerges in importance and the surface design recedes. Works with textured surfaces may have color but the transiting sun dominates with shifting light and shadow.
When will I be done with the spiral and its variations? I don’t know. It will be when they are done with me.
MY STUDIO:
is located in Cuba, NM. Here I host an on-going sculpture site of constant and intermittent changing of work, the MUDWASP STUDIO is a drive-by experience viewed from your vehicle.
Exhibits: Recent Past and Current
Twelve Sculptures at the Abiquiu Inn from 5/31/26-5/31/27.
Exhibition Reception 3-5pm May 31st
You are invited!
"Ensemble of Seven" on the mound at the Abiquiu Inn, along with three other sculptures to be found around the grounds until May 2026.
"Chanteuse" is one of twelve new works selected by Colorado Springs 27th Art on the Streets until May of 2026.
"Curl" Installed on the 7th floor of the new City Hall, a City of ABQ purchase.
"Neheb Ka" Funded by the NM Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program, installed outside at the entrance of the Critical Care Building of the UNMH campus in ABQ, NM
Collections:
Doug and Kareen Coffin, Abiquiu, NM
City of ABQ
UNMH art Collection
Dr. Suzanne Norman, Cuba, NM
Richard and Phyllis Weiss, Las Vegas, NV
Riverhead School District, library art collection, Riverhead, NY
Ms Jean Anderson, ABQ, NM
Jules and Georgia Epstein, Taos, NM
Palmico Technical College, NC
Mr. John Kuntzsch, Brooklyn, NY
Marders Nursery, Bridgehampton, NY
Jack and Alicde Vande Wettering, Ivy Acres, L.I., NY
Wilburton Inn, VT
Ms Lee Eskin, Riverhead, NY
Anthony Pace, Muttontown, NY
Andrea Pichaida, Santa Fe, NM
Suzanne Stern, ABQ, NM
Contact:
Visits to my studio may be arranged by advance appointment.
To do this call (575) 289-2417 (land line) and leave a message on the machine making certain to say your purpose and the best time to call you. I will call you back.
A message may be sent with "studio visit" in the subject bar at mudwasp@windstream.net. If you are interested in what I do, I am interested in showing you.
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