Public Art
2000s
The image of a wheel projected from the roof moves down the East facing glass wall until 12 noon. Then, an image of a pair of Wings also projected from the roof moves up the West facing wall. At night a light is projected from the roof allowing the viewers to create their own shadows.
Mustangs at Noon, 2000
Commissioned by the City of San Antonio for the Henry Gonzalez Convention Center.
Five steel canopies each 10 ft. x 14 ft. cast shadows of horses year round, stretching from 3 ft. at 8am to 60 ft. by 1pm when they disappear.
Wings and Wheels, 2002
Commissioned by the New Jersey Dept of Transportation Head Office Cherry Hill New Jersey 2002.
Steel and Glass.
12x10ft
Life Force, 2005
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark
The 250 ft. powdered coated aluminum structure runs the length of the hospital. The steel fence which is based on the double helix, with its alternating arched and curved top echo's the movement of the sculpture. The structure is lit at night from spots placed in the ground.
The Glass Tapestry, 2008
Rutgers University Law School. Camden, New Jersey.
It spans over 50 ft. in length and four floors in height and covers over 1,200sq.ft.
Fabricated by Derix Glass Studios
The Moth, 2008
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Auberry Blue Marble
Interactive structure; the viewer has to find the best standing position for the shape of a moth trapped in the square to visually form.
The void of a moth is designed to respond to varying light conditions. Each of the three forms exist as independent structures and only connect when one is in the prime position.
Public Art
1990s
1990s Cont'd
New York Korean War Memorial
This is the first Major Memorial dedicated to the Korean War in the United States.Battery Park. New York City 1991.
20 ft. black granite structure that has a cut out of a soldier lined with stainless steel.
Twenty-two mosaic flags at the base represent the countries involved in the conflict. This form is placed on a 40 ft. diameter gray granite plaza also divided into 22 segments, one for each country and inscribed with the number of dead, missing and wounded.
The soldier frames the views of the Statue of Liberty to the west and the buildings surrounding Wall Street to the east. Every July 26, at 10 a.m., light passes through the soldier falling on the segment marked Greece in the shape of a small flame; this commemorates the signing of the Armistice in 1953.
image of a person in Meditation is projected during May,June and July at noon.
Meditation, 1996
Commissioned by the City of Strasbourg, France
Located in the Gardens of the Louis Pasteur University.
Aluminum and rock. 14 x 12 ft.
Public Art
Sculptures & Installations
1980s
'All Lands are my Body' is etched into the roof skylight and is projected down onto the footprint during summer months.
Shadow of 'Serpent Bearer' projected onto the 69 in. diameter stone at1:10 pm during May, June, and July
image of human fountain is projected every
Dec/Jan/Feb at 12 noon.
Serpent Bearer, 1987Commissioned by Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey.Located on the Montclair University campus.16 ft. x 7 ft. steel and aluminum
"Parallel Lives"
"Islands"
Fountain Head, 1989
Temporary installation.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.La Jolla, California.
Aluminum 10 x 12 ft.
"Empty Spaces"
1982-2010
Early Works
Mac Adams
Narrative Art
"Master of Shadows"
1973-1980
BORN
Brynmawr, South Wales, Great Britain. 1943
EDUCATION
Cardiff College of Art, N.D.D. 1961-66.
Rutgers University, Master of Fine Arts. 1967-69.
"Smoke and Condensation"
"Mystery of Two Triangles"
Awards
Teaching
Rutgers University, Douglass College. New Brunswick. Teaching Assistant. 1967-69.
Caldwell College for Women. Caldwell NJ. Assistant Professor. 1969-1970.
Fordam University. Lincoln Center Campus Adjunct. 1972-76.
Montclair University. Montclair NJ. Visiting Specialist 1976-1988.
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville. Visiting Professor. 1984-85.
Visual Arts Department, SUNY College at Old Westbury. 1988-Present.
Awarded Distinguished Teaching Professor. State University of New York. College at Old Westbury. 2009.
New York State University Chancellors Research Award for Excellence in Arts and Humanities. 2002.
New York State Fellowship for the Arts (Sculpture). 1988.
National Endowment Fellowship for the Arts (Sculpture). 1982.
Berlin Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Berliner Kunstlerprogram. 1981.
National Endowment Fellowship for the Arts. 1980.
National Endowment Fellowship for the Arts. 1976.
"The Toaster"
"Fury"
The Wave, 1988Proposal for New York Merchant Marines Monument Battery Park.Structure. glass, stone, and mosaic.Not realized.
The Belvedere, 1999
Plymouth Park, Penarth Haven, Cardiff. S. Wales.
Commissioned by Cardiff Bay Arts Trust,
in partnership with Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.
Steel, etched glass, marble and glass mosaic.