I am a writer who still loves to contact with the world of visual arts. I have been moving around Maryland through my years but have been residing in Carroll County for the past four and a half years.
I have had an interdisciplinary studio practice for 35+ years, with work experience and influences that include:
Fine arts / architectural training.
Theater craft (Set design and construction. Properties. Scenic Painting. Show posters and related graphics).
Museum exhibit projects. Visual merchandising for regional store chains. Art gallery collaborative membership.
Public art & installations.
Assemblage - furniture or household items.
Painting & collage/graphic design comingled with digital-photo techniques.
Baltimore-based recycled metal sculptor specializing in highly detailed, layered works using copper, steel, brass, and stainless steel scrap. Sculptures can be made to most sizes including large pieces for lobbies or showrooms. Magnusmetalart.com for sample work.
not a town but a landing page
The New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad (NCFRR) was one of the first railroads in the United States. The railroad only operated for 28 years; as newer, more direct railways were built, the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad was abandoned, and then without a commercial artery, the town of Frenchtown was also deserted. This obsolescence of the railroad and town is analogous to digital technological loss in its root in the movement of capital and technological change. In this project, I use the archive in conjunction with contemporary data to try and recreate a ghost without its community. In the process of this re-creation, I use techniques of glitch, loss, and layering to question the role of data, archives, and recreation in understanding place, loss and memory.
Medium: Projected video, mesh fabric, ethernet cords, yarn, wire, plexiglass, outlet plates, two-channel sound.
Year: 2025
Details: 132” x 119” x 203”.