Sculptures

Chosen
Size: 24" x 32"
Medium: Bubble Gum
Date: 2001
This was a fun sculpture to make! It took almost 930 pieces of chewed bubble gum to finish this work. I didn't tell my dentist about this until it was completed:) The idea was inspired by a tree at Six Flags over Georgia where everyone apparently stuck their gum when they were finished with it. Even though it was gross, there were enough colors to do a picture of some sort. So when I got home, I purchased a huge box of gumballs at Sam's that had all the primary and secondary colors and started chewing. Sometimes my jaw would get tired, especially when I had to mix about four or more different colors of gumballs in my mouth at on time, but it was worth it in the end.






New Creation
Size: 24" x 36" x 48"
Medium: Steel and Wood
Date: 2000
This sculpture was inspired from 1 Corinthians 5:17 which states that if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The welded steel conveys the old self which is hard and unforgiving with pride, while the laminated wood portrays the new creation that is unveiled when Christ begins His work in a repentant person. As Christ tears down the old self, the individual can begin to understand the hold that sin had on his/her life. The tack welds on the interior side of the peeled steel resemble a fungus and allude to sin being a disease like cancer. The overall shape resembles a person that is bound which corresponds to the scripture in John 8:34 which says, "everyone who sins is a slave to sin." Jesus is the only One who can free us from this bondage, and this sculpture is one way for me to express this incredible truth by means of the gift that God has given me.


Starburst
Size: 72" x 72" x 2"
Medium: Sprees and Sweettarts
Date: 2003
This sculpture was made from the big Sprees and Sweettarts that were then glued to a 3/4" sheet of plywood. This became a very heavy sculpture by the time it was finished. The design was meant to represent a supernova explosion of radiating light. The whole piece was only one layer of candy except for the center, where a second layer formed the shape of a cross from which the "energy" radiates.







Courage
Size: 24" x 30" x 52"
Medium: Wood
Date: 2001
This work has one several awards including 2nd place in a student juried art show at the University of Alabama and an honorable mention in the West Alabama Juried Art Show of 2001. The twisted wood in this sculpture was inspired from the twisted trees that can grow straight out of rock in the Rocky Mountains. The perseverence that must take place to grow in such harsh conditions reminds me of how God desired His people to grow to be more like Him in this world, despite opposition. People have commented on this work stating that it reminds them of a heart and veins.







Lamentation
Size: 28" x 25" x 39"
Medium: Wood
Date: 2000

This piece was designed to represent the twisted agony that Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, must have felt when speaking God's word to His people. Knowing that he was prophesying judgement on the people he loved and to the nation which held his devotion, he continued to boldly speak the message that was given to him. So many times I think we also feel twisted and pulled to go against the grain of the crowd, and hold to what we know to be right.