I received some large sculpture commissions and learned how to execute large projects, including the political, economic and managerial requirements. I liked doing these projects, but also needed to develop my sculpture in the atmosphere of my own studio.

My studio was given over to doing many commercial jobs as Atlanta grew. The art furniture pieces were being sold in galleries all over the country and I had the opportunity to do some very interesting large scale sculpture commissions.

Before moving to North Carolina, my wife and I traveled to Taos, New Mexico located in the southwestern United States. For the next nine months we worked and studied with an architect building sustainable houses on the high desert. For years we have been interested in the environment, sustainable housing, better land management, healthier growing practices and generally living closer to nature while doing less damage to the environment. We gained many insights and much knowledge through this experience.  While in NM we also explored the aesthetics and culture of the region. We plan to continue traveling and learning about this part of the country. The community in North Carolina where we have settled is near Penland School of Crafts. Penland is a well known and respected art school. It has a community of artists and craftspeople that I can interact with. The past four years living in rural North Carolina has been a refreshing escape and has enriched my life and my art tremendously.

After our move to NC, I became interested in "time", not only as a concept, but also as a metaphor. I started a list of statements with the word "time" as the theme and realized it was endless. The importance humans place on the keeping of time is unprecedented. While the world around us keeps time with natural rhythms established by the length of a day and seasonal changes, we measure time even more closely. In our desire to save time, or make the most of time, we have divided time into smaller and smaller parts. My fascination with the list of time phrases has become the inspiration for a series of sculptures. The time phrases became metaphors for images depicting a humorous concept for the time phrase. The new series of work has offered me the opportunity to play with function while satisfying my desire to produce sculptural images using the human figure as part of the composition.

Since my undergraduate studies at Cleveland, where figure drawing was a major part of the curriculum, I have been interested in the human form. Recently, a client asked me to design a panel or screen that incorporated a sink, to hide a toilet that was in a small bathroom. Since I had been working with the human form, I decided to place two figures in the room, one of which is seated on a stool holding a basin which acts as a sink, while the standing figure is holding a pitcher which functions as the water spout. When I do a design of this nature, I want the client to be very aware of what I have in mind. Building in metal is expensive and doesn't leave room for error, so designing with good sketches, doing architectural drawings with proper dimensions and building a model helps to secure the commission and calm a client's reservations. I learned these techniques in my industrial design courses, used them with all my clients when designing furniture pieces and still use them when thinking about new projects.