His creative process involves working with individuals to design one-of-a-kind mosaic images Over the past 30 years, he has been credited with reviving the art of mosaic by designing and installing works in New York City artist’s lofts and Lower Manhattan restaurants.
Traditional marble mosaic floors: (Balthazar, Pastis, 52 Warren Street lobby) involve his process of “ageing” the floor to achieve a look of having been there for over 100 years. The marble is selected for color and mixture of grey veins, is lightly sand blasted or “honed”, cut to propercube size, laid –out in foot square sheers & held with contact paper, installed, “impregnated” with sealer, grouted, and sealed again. He has created a photographic archive of lobby floors throughout the cast iron buildings of Lower Manhattan to document the border, field designs, and logos of that time.
The whimsical murals expand on the given theme: (A Dance In The Deep Blue Sea, Proudly Aztec, 7th Avenue Boogie Woogie, Beekeper’s Dream, After Bonnard, Bond…James Bond…007, Russian Constructivism, My Kitchen Expanded Into The Hallway!) fabricating from brand name glass mosaic tiles or hand-cutting from large pieces of stained glass. He selects the stained glass for the quality of color running through each piece (allowing for his painterly touch) and to vary the piece sizes within the mural field (which is not an option with standard sized cubes).
He has worked with several painters who asked him to interpret their artwork for large-scale commissions. For Mary Heilmann, he fabricated a 25 x 25 foot reflecting pool in Ibiza Spain, a school playground for Nancy Bowen in New Haven, and is preparing to install Carter Hodgkin’s murals in a new building at Queen’s College.
The following examples illustrate the client’s fantasy for whimsical murals, interpreting and fabricating the artwork for public commissions, and reproducing the master craftsmanship of traditional mosaic styles.
