Graphic designer turned sculptor

I was a graphic designer for over 30 years in the Washington DC and Saratoga Springs areas for a wide variety of corporate and small business clients. While the vast majority of my creative efforts went into marketing, print and web projects for my clients, I also enjoyed getting my hands dirty being a gardener and amateur woodworker - when I had the time. Over the years I still managed to build several custom garden trellises and backyard decks and discovered that I was able to blend much of what I practiced as a designer with creating physical structures.

When I finished my design career, my desire to be creative never went away. I had built up a few old tools over the years in the garage and found myself imagining what I could do with them to try to make something for the garden. So I built a small metalworking shop, taught myself how to weld and started to direct my creative energies towards more 3 dimensional projects. While my early metal birds were just for the gardens my wife Doreen and I tend, it became clear that many folks really enjoyed these pieces as well ... so I decided to create more. Now I lovingly craft a limited number of my "garden critters" each year and sell them at local craft fairs.

These are fun pieces to imagine and make. As an avid birdwatcher, I tend to lean toward making birds, but I love experimenting with different types of animals and subjects. Many of the metal parts I find will instantly speak to me about how they want to be transformed. Others take a little more creative investigation, but in the end, I love bringing the wonderful shapes of older tools together to create something new and lasting. Each piece is unique and has its own special personality and style. I hope you get as much enjoyment from them as I did making them.

Hope to meet you out at a show this year - have a lot of great new work for 2026 in progress! Maybe you'll find a special piece for your garden.