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“Currents” - Upper Mississippi River 
Sabbatical project – 2013-2014

In this year I returned to my boyhood home after an absence of more than 40 years.  My wife and I lived in a downtown Minneapolis condo not far from the river and Saint Anthony Falls.  It seems there were few days when we are not crossing one of the bridges to see what the river was doing that day.  In addition to these walking journeys I was investigating antique maps, NASA photos, and any other images that showed me aspects of the river I had been ignoring. This series of 21 wall sculptures allowed me to explore the patterns, colors, and surface textures that have been constant features in my work for the last 50+ years.

 

 

 


Undertow
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Painted wood and plywood, polyurethane / 8x18x11" / 2013

Split Isle

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Painted wood and polyurethane / 5x32x12" / 2013

Surge

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Painted birch plywood and pine, polyurethane / 8x29.5x14" / 2013

East to West

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 11x16x32" / 2013

Grid Bend

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 4x32x21" / 2013

Blue Bridge

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 12x26x36" / 2013

Confluence

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 3x36x19" / 2013

Bank Patterns

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 3x36x15" / 2013

Meandering Past

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 3x20x36" / 2013

Fall Current

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Painted laminated plywood, painted wood, polyurethane / 4x18x32" / 2013

Southbound

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 3x14x36" / 2013

Urban Flow

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 8x12x44.5" / 2013

Nic-Crossing

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 4.5x17x42" / 2013

Safe Passage

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 6x26x30" / 2014

Arch Ripples

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 4x20x39" / 2014

City Grid

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 5x22.5x36" / 2014

Double Drop

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Painted wood and plywood, polyurethane / 5x18x41" / 2014

Rippled

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 5x22.5x36" / 2014

Frozen

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 4x26x32" / 2014

Thaw

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Painted wood, polyurethane / 5x26x32" / 2014

East Channel Split

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Painted plywood, and wood, polyurethane / 4x28x40" / 2014