“Pity and Compassion” 1989
My survival is due to the support of family and friends, so I made this to represent my patron saints. I modeled Pity by looking at myself in the mirror, but I had no model for Compassion, and she didn’t turn out as well.
“In Evan’s Garden” 1989
Early pate-de-verre window, a real toughy to make. Made for my youngest son, Evan, from a drawing he did at school when he was seven. I later learned it was drawn from a picture of Picasso’s “Portrait of Igor Stravinski”. At the bottom, those are all fingers, no matter what you are thinking. Six months to make.
“Pansy Dish” 1991
Each attempt to make the Pansy Dish takes about 60 hours. A reject takes as long to make as a good one. I tried 19 times to make this piece, and 3 were successful.
“Heart Boxes” 1996
I made a few prototype Heart Boxes from 1986 to 1989, a set of 12 in 1992, and 12 more in 1996. Most of the Heart Boxes were given away as birthday presents and such.
“Tommy” 1991
This was based on a small photo I took of Boyce Lundstrom’s son Patrick. It didn’t look anything like Patrick, and the nose was especially bad, so I put him behind a window and changed his name.