Public & Community ArtMy practice spans large-scale wall murals, fine art studio commissions, kinetic sculpture, and participatory community projects. Key work includes co-engineering a monumental puppet sculpture with Wayne White, executing large-scale canvas and mural commissions (The Trial of Christ, Sunrise for The Caring Place, and Edward Jones corporate collections), and directing participatory installations like the 257-piece Mosaic of Hope and a 180-student modular grid portrait. Beyond built spaces, I carve large-scale ephemeral sand mandalas into intertidal beach landscapes, exploring geometry, scale, and impermanence.
Mosaic of Hope | Acrylic on 257 cut modular plywood elements mounted to structural panels, 4' × 8' | Community project for The Caring Place, Cleveland, TN
Mosaic of Hope (Detail) | Unassembled community-painted plywood components
Mosaic of Hope (Detail) | Modular plywood tile inventory across workbench
Mosaic of Hope (Detail) | Hand-painted community plywood tile close-up
Mosaic of Hope (Process Detail) | Reverse side of assembled 4' × 8' panel structure displaying handwritten signatures and messages of hope from community participants
Mosaic of Hope (Process Detail) | Close-up of back-of-panel inscriptions and tile numbering on raw plywood substrate
Hand-Carved AI | Chainsaw-carved red oak log, woodland installation | Proposed public installation, Museum Center at Five Points, Cleveland, TN
Chickamauga Lookout | Acrylic interior wall mural, 22' × 8' site-specific commission across adjacent walls | Private Architectural Commission, Harrison, TN
Chickamauga Lookout (Detail) | Interior wall mural section featuring locomotive and ridge line detail
Chickamauga Lookout (Detail) | Interior mural architectural and landscape detail
Chattanooga: National Park City | Urban landscape mural depicting silhouetted industrial worker, Tennessee River Gorge, and vintage typography, 8' × 14' | Private Architectural Commission, Downtown Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga: National Park City (Installation View) | Site-specific interior wall mural in living/kitchen space
Chattanooga: National Park City (Detail) | Interior wall mural section featuring industrial worker and riverfront landscape
The Great & Terrible Oz | Interactive kinetic sculpture (6' height) constructed from corrugated packaging, reclaimed steel framing, and repurposed soccer balls | Waterville Community Elementary School, Cleveland, TN
The Great & Terrible Oz (Detail) | Close-up highlighting ocular articulation mechanism and hand-painted corrugated surface relief
The Great & Terrible Oz (In Progress) | Studio fabrication shot highlighting scale, glass palette work, and intricate corrugated cardboard construction
The Caring Place | Monumental sacred abstraction exploring sanctuary and divine light through a stained-glass framework, 5' × 6' | Cleveland, TN
The Caring Place (Detail) | Close-up highlighting spatial fragmentation, high-chroma oil glazing, and architectural line work
Sunrise | Oil on canvas, 5' × 8' lobby commission | Permanently installed in the main facility lobby, The Caring Place, Cleveland, TN
Sunrise (Process Detail) | Scale and outdoor painting process view highlighting upper atmospheric sky and cloud development
Bull vs. Bear | Financial allegory combining dynamic figure drawing with arched stained-glass arena architecture, 3' × 5' | Corporate Commission, Edward Jones Investments
Bull vs. Bear (Detail) | Macro view showing muscle contouring, layered oil brushwork, and high-chroma color interplay between the figures
Beach Mandala | Large-scale site-specific sand drawing exploring impermanence and geometry in the coastal intertidal zone
Beach Mandala (Detail) | Close-up perspective of concentric sand drawing patterns
Collaborative Student Portrait Project | Modular grid portrait engineered across 180 individual student panels exploring value scale and grid enlargement | Cane Ridge High School Permanent Collection, Nashville, TN
Experiential Mark-Making Project | Collaborative charcoal floor installation exploring movement and drawing definition | High School Art Curriculum
Experiential Mark-Making Project (Pastel) | Collaborative pastel floor installation exploring movement and drawing definition | High School Art Curriculum
Cloudscape Studio Backdrop (In Use) | Commercial photography stage installation view with vehicle staging
Cloudscape Studio Backdrop | Large-scale immersive scenic wall mural painted for film/commercial photography studio stage
Illuminated Sunset Ceiling Dome | Backlit carved ceiling installation with hand-painted sunset landscape
Illuminated Sunset Ceiling Dome (In Progress) | In-process painting of backlit architectural ceiling dome installation
The Trial of Christ | Acrylic mural, 5' × 12' | Church Mural Commission
The Crucifixion | Acrylic mural, 5' × 6' | Church Mural Commission
Motocross Rider | Acrylic wall mural, 8' × 8' | Action-oriented figurative mural highlighting foreshortening, mechanical detail, and rider movement | Private Residence
Motocross Rider | Installation view
Wayne White Collaboration (In Progress) | Detail view of facial armature assembly and mechanical fitting | Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
Wayne White Collaboration (In Progress) | Substrate fabrication for monumental kinetic puppet sculpture | Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN