Category: Art
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Liberty Wept Finds Permanent Home in Olympia, WA
I am overjoyed and humbled to share that Liberty Wept has won the People’s Choice Award at the Percival Plinth Project in Olympia, WA — and Olympia’s City Council has officially voted to purchase her for permanent public display. When I loaded her into a cargo van on June 26th with the help of my…
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Liberty Wept Needs Your Vote!
Liberty Wept is standing on her plinth on the Olympia waterfront boardwalk — and she needs you. The Percival Plinth Project is a year-long public art installation featuring 14 sculptures displayed throughout Olympia, WA. Throughout the month of July, the public votes for their favorites, and the sculpture that earns the most votes wins the…
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Liberty Wept Has Left the Building — She’s in Olympia Now
On June 26th, we loaded a 175-pound weeping Statue of Liberty into a cargo van and drove her two hours north to her new home. Liberty Wept, my 6’3″ reclaimed metal sculpture, has been accepted into the Percival Plinth Project in Olympia, WA, a juried public art installation where sculptures are displayed for one year…
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Garden Duet VIII — Come Find My Work in SW Portland Next Weekend
One of my favorite things about being a sculptor who works exclusively with reclaimed metal is finding my people — and ReClaimIt PDX’s annual fundraising event and art show, Garden Duet, is full of them. I’m thrilled to be one of over 20 local artists showing at Garden Duet VIII next weekend, June 13–14, 11am–3pm,…
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Past Lives Holiday Bizarre This Friday — Come See My New Sculptures and Seasonal Art!
This Friday, December 5, from 5–10 p.m., Past Lives Makerspace is hosting its Holiday Bizarre: A Sale of Art & Oddities, and I’m thrilled to be part of it. The event is free, open to the public, and part of SE Portland’s First Friday Art Walk, so it’s the perfect night to explore local art,…
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Fall of Freedom Comes to Portland — And “Liberty Wept” Takes Her First Stand
On November 21, 2025, Portland joins more than 600 creative resistance events nationwide as part of Fall of Freedom—a sweeping, two-day mobilization of artists, writers, performers, and community spaces rising in defiance of growing authoritarian threats across the country. At Past Lives Makerspace, their monthly Open Mic Night is transforming into a special Fall of…
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Four Sculptures Accepted Into Splendorporium’s Tarot-Themed Show!
✨ Exciting news! ✨ Four of my sculptures — Corvus Machina, Iron Widow, Forgotten, and Omen, the Midnight Scrapper — have been accepted into Splendorporium’s Tarot-Themed Art Show! 🖤🔮 📅 On view October 3–30 in Portland. I’m so grateful to be part of this magical show alongside other incredible artists. If you’re in the area,…
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Finding Fulfillment in Fire
I didn’t expect losing my job to hit me the way it did. At the same time, in hindsight, maybe I should have. For years, I felt useless at work. Like my contributions didn’t matter. No one seemed to value what I brought to the table, and the harder I tried, the more invisible I…
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Yuletide Crafts!
It’s always been a great pleasure for me to celebrate all the things! Since I’ve had my share of struggles and live with (sometimes debilitating) C-PTSD, it’s important to celebrate life because these little things brings me so much joy, especially this year! It’s more important that ever to have things to look forward to…
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New Watercolor Work
A few months ago I published a post about my Patreon page. This is a reminder to all my readers about that page and my watercolor artwork. For as little as $1/mo you can support me and my art via Patreon. For 2018, I’ve committed to doing some form of art everyday, as well as…
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