Warrior Spirit A SPECIAL COMMISSION FOR A TRAGIC EVENT Brief The 2018 Santa Fe High School Shooting The 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting was a tragic incident that unfolded on May 18, 2018, at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, United States. Ten [...]

Jean Lafatte Smuggler, Pirate, America's Savior Brief Jean Lafitte was a smuggler and privateer operating in the Gulf of Mexico during the early 19th century. His base was on an island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, and he was a very successful smuggler. However, eventually [...]

Victory THE ROUGH RIDERS Brief Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders July 1, 1898 This 26’’x 36’’ bronze plaque commemorates the Rough Rider's Charge on San Juan Hill. Before becoming President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He [...]

Sisters of the Sea ANNE BONNY AND MARY READ Brief Anne Bonny and Mary Read were pirates, as renowned for their ruthlessness as for their gender, and during their short careers challenged the sailors’ adage that a woman’s presence on shipboard invites bad luck. [...]

Wild Bill Hickock GUNFIGHTER, SCOUT, LAWMAN Brief I’ve been interested in Wild Bill for a long time. James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876) is one the most iconic folk heroes of Old West. He was a gunfighter, scout, and a lawman. [...]

Juan Seguin THE PAUL REVERE OF TEXAS Be sure to watch the film below to learn how it was cast. Brief This 10-foot high equestrian monument was unveiled on October 28, 2000 in Seguin, Texas, providing a long-overdue tribute to an overlooked Texas hero, [...]

Texas A&M Bonfire Memorial A TRIBUTE TO THE AGGIE SPIRIT Brief For over 90 years, the annual Bonfire at Texas A&M embodied many layers of meaning centric to the Aggie Spirit – teamwork, leadership, and an enduring sense of tradition. It was passionately [...]

Saint Michael ARGUABLY, THE MOST FAMOUS SAINT Brief This is an early piece of St Michael in bronze I created a long time ago. In many depictions Michael is represented as an angelic warrior, fully armed with helmet, sword, and shield. The shield may bears the Latin [...]

Southern Comfort THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN WEST Brief Madame, Ma’am, Señorita or Squaw, every woman needed as many guts as their male counterparts to live in the American West. Even the ‘weaker sex’ encountered a world savage and brutal, including fits of Mother [...]

Judge Roy Bean DUBIOUS LAW WEST OF THE PECOS Brief Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself “The Law West of the Pecos”. According [...]

To The North Wall THE LAST BASTION TO FALL AT THE ALAMO Brief For this piece, I used a friend of mine as the model because was an extra in the movie Two for Texas. The piece depicts one of Crockett’s men urging his comrades to defend [...]

Texas Ranger THE TOUGHEST LAWMEN IN THE WEST Brief “They were men who could not be stampeded.” That’s the way the late Col. Homer Garrison, Jr., long-time director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, once described the men who have worn the silver or [...]

Champion's Challenge THE COMANCHE WARRIOR SPIRIT Brief In creating the ‘Champions Challenge’, I wanted to create a symbolic definition of the natural warrior spirit. A violent culture of honor, courage, and sacrifice. I wanted a linear composition with a provocative attitude.  The brave is wearing [...]

Cleopatra THE MOST FAMOUS WOMAN OF EGYPT Brief Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent (first with her two younger brothers and then with her son) for almost three decades. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served [...]

Doc Holliday THE ICONIC GUNMAN OF THE AMERICAN WEST Brief John Henry “Doc” Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist who is one of the most iconic participants of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Holliday earned [...]

Beowulf THE FIRST HERO IN ENGLISH LITERATURE Brief This is one of my early bronzes that depicts Beowulf. The first line of Beowulf in Old English is “Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in gear-dagum, þeod-cyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon!” which was traditionally translated as, [...]

Quanah Parker ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST LEADERS Brief Quanah Parker was the last Chief of the Commanches and never lost a battle to the white man. His tribe roamed over the area where Pampa stands. He was never captured by the Army, but decided [...]

Against The Odds THE BRAVEST MEN OF THE EARLY WEST Brief The life of a mountain man was hard and most failed to last more than a few years in the wilderness. They faced many hazards including biting insects, wolves, wolverines, notwithstanding bad weather,  injuries [...]

Mount Carmel Fountian THE FAMOUS MOUNTAIN OF THE BIBLE This is a fountain I was commissioned to make early in my career.

Guadalupe County Veterans Memorial CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF AMERICA'S VETERANS Brief The Guadalupe County Veterans Memorial was built in 2006 and was Dedicated on September 23, 2006 The Guadalupe County Veterans Memorial is located at the northwest corner of the Guadalupe County Courthouse, at [...]