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ambiguous when worked on such a monumental scale. Other works, usually single pieces of stone, utilize stark and stoic forms, columns with inset pieces or balancing and also in wood, and makes land art.
the particular stone to adapt his ideas. His preferred theme is the momentary lapse of reason, a lapse in our life. He wants to capture forever the moment of change when the routine of life is disrupted and destiny is changed. In Belize he feels a positive tension this small nation and a great opportunity for people here.
His work in Belize was a massive undertaking and reveals his love for carving and his he cut away more than half in four weeks, to leave a mass of about seven tons. It is titled Caribbean Wave, a Momentary Lapse. His sculpture consists of a huge horizontal rectangular block and a rounded form next to it that curves upwards. At the top of the curve he has cut a deep zigzag chevron form which then curves back onto the plane of the rectangle. The open curved form which lifts up represents reason and denotes a change that will lead to a new destiny. Between the rectangle and the curve is a deep cut, like a break, which brings the forms alive, but also implies change and imbalance. Most of the stone is smoothly polished with the beautiful veins showing, but some sections reveal the texture and the character of the original stone, thus the old and the new. When completed, the stone will be orientated from east to west to take maximum advantage of the play of light on the surface of the dramatic forms. The work also alludes to the great forces of wind in this region, “I think about hurricanes in this part of the world so my sculpture is a metaphoric symbol of this.”
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