Life Size

Last time I visited my friend,  Ahmed Fadaam, he was working on this foam sculpture he will call “Media” at the UNC art lab. He took foam sheets like those pictured above, glued them together and placed them on a metal armature, and carved a beautiful life-sized running woman to represent run-away headlines in [...]

Vandalized in Vain

Here is a video of the aftermath of an act of vandalism on a sculpture during the mold-making process. I’m sad, embarassed and disappointed that this horrible thing happened to the sculpture Ahmed Fadaam was working on.
“Welcome to the US, where we have this very precious, special thing called “Freedom” we’d like to [...]

Scott Renk has done it again

Here’s an article in the Indy featuring some of artist Scott Renk’s work with teens at the alternative school, Mary E. Phillips High School in Raleigh.

Naked Chocolate

We’re getting ready for the receptions of the annual Exposed: Nudes in Art show at Litmus Gallery November 2 and 3. Here are the torsos I sculpted to be cast in chocolate for the event.
They are masked with water based clay inside of a plastic jar that I cut the top and bottom off of. [...]

The sound of a voice

I worked my way through college at a restaurant in Dallas called the Old San Francisco Steak House. The place was enormous with a large balcony surrounding the entire lower floor and a second kitchen upstairs.  Two grand pianos sat face to face on a stage up front,  and on some nights I was [...]