Contemporary Stone Sculpture

The Sculpture Studio creates contemporary stone sculptures for interior decoration and landscape design. You can purchase a sculpture shown here, or commission a unique sculpture to fit your needs.

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Untitled © Travertine, Cast glass 45"x21 1/2"x6 1/2/" $2,850	Portal © Granite, Stainless Steel 72"x16"x9 " $4,500	*The Source* © Granite, Stainless Steel, Gold Leaf 68 "x17"x13" $7,999
The eternal nature of granite. The moon sailing like a ship, or flying like a bird?	A point in space. Passing through into the present or into the past? (On display at Wild Holly Gallery www.wildhollygallery.com)	The center of the circle, an energy source. (On display at Wild Holly Gallery www.wildhollygallery.com)

Peace Crane Mandala © Onyx, Stainless steel, Dichroic glass 7'x3'x1' $7,500	Offering © Onyx, Stainless steel, Travertine 71"x35"x11" $6,750	*Evolution No. 2* © Shell Stone, Stainless Steel, Steel 74"x29 "x14" $8,500
The origami crane, a symbol of peace.	This stone, held high, in joyful offering.	The stone, filled with fossilized sea shells, was the inspiration for this sculpture.

*Dancer* © Champlain Black Marble 50"x26"x10 " $12,000	*Standing Stone* © Granite, Stainless Steel 69"x18"x12 " $4,500	*Slot Canyon* © Onyx, Glass, Stainless Steel 71"x16"x12 " $6,500
I began this sculpture in W. Rutland VT at The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center while studying with internationally renowned sculptor Carlos Dorien. The separate pieces of carved stone are notched and made to look as if they were balancing upon each other.	The inspiration for this sculpture came while hiking in England. and seeing ancient stones standing upright on the desolate mountain moors. Flat stones lay in a line along the ground beside them. A check with the guide book identified them as mile posts markers along an old Roman road built 2,000 years ago.	The addition of cast glass opens up the stone to let light shine through. like the openings in canyon walls that let a shaft a light shine down.

*Energy Source* © Limestone, Steel 36"x12"x8" $1,850	*The Dream* © Limestone, Powder Coated Steel 60"x48 "x24" $12,000	*The Dream* © (Detail view)
I began this carving at the 13th Annual Limestone Sculpture Symposium in Bloomington IN.	I had the image of a floating figure. It is figurative, but also abstract.

*Broken Symmetry* © Vermont Marble 29"x22"x8" $3,750	*Broken Symmetry No. 2* © Limestone, Steel 62"x23"x15" $3,250 (with steel base)	Broken Symmetry No. 2 © Limestone, Steel 34"x15"x5" $2,950 (without steel base)
A rectangular piece of marble was split into four pieces using slips and wedges. I then carved it to appear as though the parts had shifted, creating an optical illusion. The drill holes give it away as not having shifted at all.	The circle has been split in half, but the forces of energy are still centered.	Like Broken Symmetry #1, the outside ring of the circle looks as though it has shifted, but this time the center remains concentric.

Odyssey © Colorado Marble, Stainless Steel 66"x271/2"x12" $7,250	Odyssey © (Back view detail)	Floral Form No. 3 © Vermont marble, Aluminum 36"x12"x10" $3,450
When I got the stone it had been cut as a triangle. The odd shape was a challenge. An unusual shape forces new and different thoughts.		Marble is the perfect material for carving graceful forms.

*Wrap* © Limestone, Steel 37"x8"x7" $2,850	*Philosopher's Stone* © Marble 26"x9"x6" $1,250	*Energy Vortex* © Limestone 27"x14"x11" $2,450
Wrap is a continuation in a series of images that could be seen as a single figure, or two figures facing each other. It could be one figure constricted, wrapped up, or two figures held together by some mysterious bond.	Scholars in China would search the river banks for unusual stones that they used as objects of contemplation. I decided to make my own.	Energy Vortex is carved from Indiana buff limestone. I started carving it at the 2007 Limestone Sculpture Symposium in Bloomington IN.

*Arizona Landscape* © Onyx, Granite 36"x16"x12" $3,250	*Desert Onyx* © Mayer Onyx 28"x14"x6" $2,400	*Desert Bloom* © Aztec Onyx 21"x11"x6" $2,850
Quarried in Arizona, this onyx reflects the vivid colors of the desert landscape. Like the landscape, the stone can be rough or worn smooth. Holes are eroded through the rock by the elements.	The beautiful color and intricate pattern of the onyx stone is juxtaposed to the simple graceful lines of the sculpture.	I am always amazed at how stone is formed in the earth. The crystalline shapes in this piece bloom like flowers.

*Figure in Repose* © Vermont Marble 24"x12"x6" $2,950	*Untitled* © Limestone 36"x15"x10" $7,950	*Wrap No. 3* © Vermont Marble 28"x12"x8" $1,950
Carved in marble with only hand tools, this seated figure was given a soft texture finish with a bushing hammer.	Sometimes the only way to see is to touch.	This is the third in a series of images that are wrapped or bound. The form being wrapped can loosely be seen as a figure.

*Ascent No. 2* © Granite, Gold Leaf 25"x8"x6" $2,999	Bound © Marble 26"x12"x6" $2,200	Stone Flower © Limestone, Steel 29 1/2"x19"x7 1/2" $850
Ascent is a variation on the theme of the spiral, which was inspired by the organic spiral shapes of whelk shells found on the ocean shore. The top of the stone is broken off, could it continue on up in an endless spiral? (On display at Wild Holly Gallery www.wildhollygallery.com)	Bound can be seen as two figures bound together. Or one clinging to another?	This sculpture would feel at home in a garden.

Ancient Temple © Limestone 28"x8"x3 1/2" $525	Happy Day © Limestone 24 1/2"x8 1/2"x4" $475	Triangulate © Shell stone, Dichroic glass, travertine 30"x23 1/2"x7" $ 1,750
This stone carving prompts images of ancient ruins, rough and weathered, and cracked.	Joyful shapes leaping up to the sky.	Like a compass, the center circle triangulates on a far distant vision.

Pixie Stix © Dichroic glass, Limestone 32 1/2"x23 1/2" $675	*Balance* © Marble, Steel 38"x21"x10" $2,800	Untitled © Onyx, Travertine 36"x7 1/2"x7" $645
The dichroic glass creates the illusion of a stained glass window.	Falling blocks of stone in a state of suspension. Gravity dictates what is possible in sculpture. This sculpture creates the illusion that heavy stone cubes are defying gravity and balancing precariously on the vertical column. The soft texture was created using a bushing hammer.	The spiral form reveals the an infinite variety of shapes and colors.

Musician © Limestone, Gold leaf 22 1/2"x8"x4 1/2" $1,250	Musician No.2 © Limestone, Steel 22 1/2"x8"x4 1/2" $1,250
Starting out as just abstract compositions, they finally emerged resembling musical instruments.

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