These 5 towers refer to the ancient statuary of the Goddesses employed to support the weight of a building. Archeological in nature, they reference the female columns on the Temple of Athena in the Parthenon in Ancient Athens, Greece. They also recall the endless columns of Constantine Brancusi.

Stones from the river beds and mountain tops of Colorado, and the pebbles from the sandy beaches of Florida are imbedded in the surface of this work. After the piece is formed by hand, built up layer by layer, it is fired in a large kiln fueled by gas, at temperatures of Approx.imately 2100degrees F. The Stones bubble and burst as they go through the metamorphic process of the heat of the kiln. They change from hardened bits of copper green and magnesium red Stones to hardened black rock. After the work emerges from the kiln it is stacked in layers, upon a steel rod. Plate techtonics, volcanic movement, folds and emergence, cracks, explosions are represented in these forms.

At a height of between 10 to 12 feet each, the Caryatides are just over human scale. Together, the installation creates an environment that encourages you to walk among. The space between these totems gives one the feeling of monumentality, of protectiveness, of being close and in tune with the spirituality of nature.