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

Acanthus

English designer William Morris created this wallpaper in 1875 for for decorating London's fashionable houses. It was originally printed using 30 wooden blocks in 15 subtle colors.

10” by 8” — Sapele, padauk, maple, wenge, mahogany, and anegre. 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