Redemption Window
"Redemption Window" for Hill-Murray Chapel, Maplewood, MN, 14’x8’ x 6,’ glass, steel, limestone rock, 34 windows.
Alpha & Omega Altar Sculpture and Water Shell Skylight for Baptismal Font
Two pieces at the Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina MN
Alpha & Omega Altar Sculpture, 2001, Cross: African ribbon-striped mahogany, blue stain, Glass panels are 4’ x 8’ each, art glass, painted steel.
Water Shell Skylight for Baptismal Font, 2001, art glass, painted steel, 5’ x 4’.
Noah Window
Noah Window, 1998, painted steel, art glass, wood, 12’ H x 3’-6” W x 3’ D
I approach windows as a sculptor. The Noah Window is based on the concept that window does not have to be flat.
Broken Tree Living Promise
Broken Tree Living Promise, 2006, wood, branches, paint, art glass, polyurathane, 37” x 23” x 6”
Come Home Cross of Forgiven Missteps
Come Home Cross of Forgiven Missteps, 2006, paint, wood, twigs, polyurethane. Private Collection
Sr. Dorothy Kazel: Soli Deo Gloria
“Sr. Dorothy Kazel: Soli Deo Gloria” 2005, Oil painting on antique gate, wood cross, mauve art glass & dicroich glass, words from her last letter, 38” x 45” 4” Collection of the Ursuline Sisters, Cleveland , Ohio.
Note: the figure in the background is Saint Angela Merici, founder of the Ursuline Order.
Sago Cross for Whispered Prayers
January 26, 2006, a coal mine explosion at the Sago Mine in Sago, West Virginia trapped 13 miners for 2 days. Only one miner came out alive. I felt compelled to do something with the 12 names but didn’t know what. In my studio, I gathered scrap wood and rusted carriage bolts and the cross began to form…
St. Catherine of Bologna: Patron Saint of Artists
St. Catherine of Bologna: Patron Saint of Artists, 2004, Framed oil painting on canvas, 31” x 58”, Collection of Franciscan Spirituality Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin
John the XXIII
John XXIII, Framed oil painting on panel with 1960’s rosary, 13.5” x 13.5,” Collection of Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Austin, Texas
Difficult Saints: Theresa of Avila & Catherine of Siena
Difficult Saints: Theresa of Avila & Catherine of Siena, 2006. Oil paint on cupboard doors, 31” x 17.25,” Collection of Dr. Mona Lisa Schultz MD, Yarmouth, Maine
St. Bernadette
St. Bernadette, 2005, Framed oil painting on wood with rosary,
12.5” x14.5” x 1.5,” Brannon Collection, Maricopa, Arizona