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Personal work. AKA: PLAY.

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DSCF5062.JPG	Tapestry Lion - Glacial Till Carving a curly mane out of packed sand was the primary joy in this project, the rest was for context.
Tapestry Lion - Posterior - Till My love for bone and muscle is apparent in this piece. My employment in the operating room has had its influence on me.	Lion-1476.jpg
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What I do with sand

The medium is fundamentally temporary.

Because of this, the pressure to do it "permanently" is off. Your mistakes become features. The wind and waves simulate centuries of weathering in just a few minutes. Even the frantic task of building a slushy sand wall to keep the waves back results in cheering and laughter.

Some of the sculptures are small scale "glacial till" pieces I created in my living room. I made a coffee table sand box so that the beach wasn't so far away.

End of the coiling monster Loose interpretation of one of my favorite Scriptural analogies: Isaiah 27:1 The LORD will punish with His fierce, great and powerful sword-- Leviathan the coiling serpent; He will slay the monster of the sea. Pen and watercolor on Arches Hot Press	Nebuchadnezzar Restored. Based on the tale of the humbled king from the book of Daniel. Pen and Watercolor on Arches Cold Press
Abstract My family once painted a kids table top to bottom as a fun weekend activity. This was part of my contribution.	Pickles When I finished this painting, I cut it up into business card sized pieces and gave them out at a beach in Seattle with a link to the full image.
Illumination A piece I made for my aunts.	Melody My little girl at 1 year old. Acrylic on board
Missing porthole A small mural I painted at my in law's beach cabin. I traded it for a Champion Juicer.	IMG_2991.JPG

2D Stuff

The medium is fundamentally temporary.

Some of the sculptures are small scale "glacial till" pieces I created in my living room. I made a coffee table sand box so that the beach wasn't so far away.

IMG_9365.JPG	IMG_9294.JPG
DSCF5062.JPG	Tapestry Lion - Glacial Till Carving a curly mane out of packed sand was the primary joy in this project, the rest was for context.
Tapestry Lion - Posterior - Till My love for bone and muscle is apparent in this piece. My employment in the operating room has had its influence on me.	Lion-1476.jpg
IMG_9436.JPG	Jesse Sand-0185 - Copy.jpg
IMG_3458.JPG	IMG_3456.JPG
IMG_3385.JPG	IMG_2049.JPG
DSCF1918.JPG	IMG_1303.JPG
Jesse Sand Castle-0385.jpg	IMG_3555.JPG
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Chain Reaction Machines

It was a book about M.C.Escher that inspired me to make my first "Ball Track". He and his father would line up pool cues, tubes, and gutters on piles of books or end tables with the goal of getting a pool ball to slowly roll downhill for as long as possible. After several of these "ramps" I began to add other moving features.

"You made a Rube Goldberg Contraption!" My mom said. I remember rushing to the library to see his absurd contraptions for myself.

Featured on Discovery Canada's "Daily Planet" and influencing OK GO's now famous video "This too shall pass" some of the videos in this post may inspire you too.

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At Bumbershoot.jpg	Portland
Seattle	Experience Music Project
Mirrorman	Star Trek
Red Square

Living Statue

Dressing as a statue and scaring people.

I began the art of Living Statue in Seattle in 2000. I payed rent with it. I taught others. I had amazing and embarassing experiences. These are my favorite pictures. But click below for the entire story with videos.

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At Bumbershoot.jpg	Portland
Seattle	Experience Music Project
Mirrorman	Star Trek
Red Square

Hypnogogia

Not REM, Not Alpha sleep.

Personal work. AKA: PLAY.

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IMG_9294.JPG

DSCF5062.JPG

Tapestry Lion - Glacial Till

Carving a curly mane out of packed sand was the primary joy in this project, the rest was for context.

Tapestry Lion - Posterior - Till

My love for bone and muscle is apparent in this piece. My employment in the operating room has had its influence on me.

Lion-1476.jpg

IMG_9436.JPG

Jesse Sand-0185 - Copy.jpg

IMG_3458.JPG

IMG_3456.JPG

IMG_3385.JPG

IMG_2049.JPG

DSCF1918.JPG

IMG_1303.JPG

Jesse Sand Castle-0385.jpg

IMG_3555.JPG

IMG_3556.JPG

What I do with sand

End of the coiling monster

Loose interpretation of one of my favorite Scriptural analogies: Isaiah 27:1 The LORD will punish with His fierce, great and powerful sword-- Leviathan the coiling serpent; He will slay the monster of the sea. Pen and watercolor on Arches Hot Press

Nebuchadnezzar Restored.

Based on the tale of the humbled king from the book of Daniel. Pen and Watercolor on Arches Cold Press

Abstract

My family once painted a kids table top to bottom as a fun weekend activity. This was part of my contribution.

Pickles

When I finished this painting, I cut it up into business card sized pieces and gave them out at a beach in Seattle with a link to the full image.

Illumination

A piece I made for my aunts.

Melody

My little girl at 1 year old. Acrylic on board

Missing porthole

A small mural I painted at my in law's beach cabin. I traded it for a Champion Juicer.

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