Other pieces
Elephant
Based on a large advertising poster painted for the Paris-based "Le Nil" cigarette papers company in 1912 by Leonetto Cappiello.
18” by 12” --- Anegre, eucalyptus, maple, padauk, wenge, and saeple on cherry. 2023
Stubbs zebra
My take on a George Stubbs painting . Stubbs painted the first zebra brought to England in 1762.
18” by 12” --- Mahogany, walnut, cherry, oak, and of course, zebrawood. 2022
Matisse Drawer
A box with a "hidden" drawer that pulls out from the front. Design is inspired by Henri Matisse's cutout works of the 1950s
9” by 9” by 9" — Maple burl, walnut burl, padauk, and wenge, on a maple base with white oak trim. 2024
Zebra Swallowtail
These butterflies are one of the few insects that pollinate the native pawpaw fruit tree.
10” by 8” --- Wenge, birch, maple, padauk and bubinga om white oak. 2023
Composition 8
Based on Kandinsky’s painting.Trained as a lawyer in Czarist Russia and then helped found the Bauhaus school/movement in Germany in the 1930s. He believed his paintings visualized music.
17” by 12” --- Walnut, cherry, birch, maple, and padauk on red oak. 2022
Delicate tension
Based on Kandinsky’s 1923 painting “Delicate Tension.” Trained as a lawyer in Czarist Russia and then helped found the Bauhaus art school/movement in Germany.
12” by 15” Walnut, cherry, and oak on birch. 2022
Casablanca 6
Six views of Bogart and Bergman coping with their relationship. Read into it what you want.
24” by 7” --- Sapele, wenge, walnut, bubinga and maple, on birch. 2023
Taking the lid off capitalism
Based on a drawing by DaVinci and the back side of the almighty dollar.
12” x 20” --- Anegre, sapele, eucalyptus, makope,zebrawood, maple, and wenge veneers over birch. 2023
Inside Roget
Some negative shapes from a piece on Roget’s persistence of vision.
20“ by 12” Walnut, cherry, and oak on birch. 2022
W.E.B. Circles
The scholar and Black rights activist W.E.B. DuBois presented a series of beautiful and insightful graphs for an exhibit at the 1900 Paris World Fair.
9” by 9” --- Cherry, padauk, walnut, and wenge on oak. 2022
Supremus 55
An homage to early 1900s Russian Suprematist painter Kazimir Malevich’s “Supremus 55.”
10” by 12” --- Walnut, oak, and cherry on birch. 2022
Kliun
Based on a painting by early 20th century Russian Suprematist painter Ivan Kliun.
9” by 12” --- Cherry and walnut on oak. 2022
Meandering map
In 1944 a cartographer from the Army Corps of Engineers took three maps of the Mississippi River from 1765 to the 1940s and drew set of 8 large maps showing how the river meandered over time. This one shows Memphis.
12” x 18” --- Walnut, bamboo, cherry, zebrawood, and bloodwood over oak. 2023
Lilies
Some more traditional marquetry of lilies.
12” by 15” --- Maple, walnut, cherry, and padauk on oak. 2022
Persistence of vision
Based on Roget’s persistence of vision 18th century concept.
6“ by 18” -- Walnut, cherry, and oak on birch. 2022
Cattails
A scene of cattails on a calla lily-inspired base.
12” by 10” — Cherry, padauk, bird’s eye maple, mahogany, and anegre on maple. 2023
Lily
My favorite dog: Lily, a Redbone Coonhound.
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9” by 9” --- Sapele, paulonia, and birds's eye oak, with wenge, makote, and padauk accents. 2023