In reverence of the creative spirit.
Shaping the simple into Art
Working within the limitations of imagination.
A Life of Art and Design
Art and Functionals
Start of Functionals
Start of Functionals
I love the joy of pure art. Total freedom and spontaneity guided by the creative spirit of the moment.
To create functionals of beauty offer yet another exciting challenge.
Loving both.
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Start of Functionals
Start of Functionals
Start of Functionals
Simple, Fluid, Elegant, Warm Contemporary.
One of my first functional designs 1991. Mill valley, CA
Happily Together or Happy Together continues to be one of my most popular lamp design since its origin about 33 years ago.
Materials
Start of Functionals
On a Windy Day
Metal. Wood. Stone. Clay. Watercolors. Oil. Acrylic and whatever else that helps create an artistc expression.
If done in good taste, art is not bound by any rules. There're a lot of out of the box that can be done within a box.
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On a Windy Day
Start of Functionals
On a Windy Day
Straight iron got wind swept and found its whimsy in my studio some 30 years ago.
Cats In The Wind handcrafted iron candleholders and Lit 1/2" beeswax candles create some fun play of light and shadows.
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Twisted Iron
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
Iron and Wood
My signature Iron designs.
Shown here is a Twisted Cypress, wall mount console.
Just as popular 30 years later as day one. More Iron Lamps, Candleholders, Furniture, Railings, Gates etc.
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Iron and Wood
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
Iron and Wood
An age old combination finds a new twist in the hands of an artist who loves the organic line.
Shown here Two Together Bedframe from my bed collection.
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In Awe of These Coffee Tables
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
I join hundreds
who continue to be enamored by these coffee tables almost 15 years on since their conception.
I painstakingly hand select these woods in Southeast Asia for their color and movements in the hope to create max joy to the eye of the connoisseur. Tactile and functional.
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Then God Created Onyx
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
In Awe of These Coffee Tables
Transparent and colorful magic in stone. The joy that it brings to my home is truly inspiring.
Seeing is believing holds true here.
Please visit these creations at our Lifestyle Gallery in Santa Fe.
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Delight in Small
Dreams do Come True
Delight in Small
"When i was building my house in Tesuque, NM a small lump of clay one day turned into a tiny casita in my hands - from one grew many."
These mortgage free tiny houses/casitas are a hit at our Lifestyle Gallery.
More larger size collections
are in the development.
World of Clay
Dreams do Come True
Delight in Small
What a delightful material to explore. Sensual and easily shaped into many forms of art and function.
My little ceramic explorations have been a hit and their popularity has encouraged me to explore more with clay.
Shown above an unglazed wall panel from a set of three.
Paintings
Dreams do Come True
Dreams do Come True
Watercolors: another beautifully fluid and meditative medium of art.
Shown above from Krabi-Phang Nga Bay collection.
Our planet is truly beautiful. Let's hope we can keep preserve it for generations to come.
Hope we never have to fight the 4th world war with sticks (Einstein)
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Dreams do Come True
Dreams do Come True
Dreams do Come True
Just as a house starts with a shovelful of dust, dreams too get realized with a bowlful of sweat and good luck.
My heartfelt thanks of gratitude go out to all of those who have supported my Art and Functional Designs over the years.
Either buying or simply cheering my creations. Partnering with me or working for me.
Edible Art
Flower Ponds
Flower Ponds
Girlfriend's Favorite :
Freshly homemade Pani Puris paired with our fragrant, homegrown cilantro, mint and fresh limes from the mountain garden.
Fresh chickpeas, potatoes and sweet, sour, spicy tamarind sauce.
Flower Ponds
Flower Ponds
Flower Ponds
The concept here is that you are arranging a pond of beauty - your pond. Creating these is a meditative experience in beauty.
Add and use whatever - grass, stems, stones, floating candles etc.
I have especially developed some ceramic bowls for enhance their beauty.
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Art of Aroma
Flower Ponds
Art of Aroma
The aroma that makes you half - close your eyes in joyful intoxication at the Mostly by Nature lifestyle gallery in Santa Fe is a blend of seven different essential oils, which took me five years to develop.
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Photography
Flower Ponds
Art of Aroma
Photography of excellence will always hold a special place in my heart.
Once a great passion, photography still lives within me. I still see images everywhere, clicking them with the lens of my mind's eye.
Boy Monk in Thailand.
Limited edtion print
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Wabi Sabi
Music and Song Writing
Music and Song Writing
Art is everywhere.
The more we train our eye, more the joy we see. Shown above, the lower part of a cement planter.
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Music and Song Writing
Music and Song Writing
Music and Song Writing
Couple of years ago, I started exploring the joys of music creation.
Like many, I wish I had continued with music from my childhood.
Soon here i will post one of my first compositions in the spirit of Avante-garde Jazz.
Finds
Music and Song Writing
Finds
Reach out to our Lifestyle Gallery and warehouse if looking for some unique one of a kind pieces.
Show above, is a hardwood bench found in a remote village in Thailand. Cuts were fine tuned in Santa fe before hand finishing it.
Sold quickly, but there's more to explore in our warehouse.