blue engine

This blue sculpture is fascinating — it beautifully blends industrial and organic elements in a way that feels both mechanical and alive. The textured surfaces, cylindrical and tubular forms, and layered structures evoke a kind of industrial archaeology, yet they also carry an abstract, almost biomorphic quality that invites closer inspection.

There is a tension between precision and weathering — the sculpture suggests complex machinery, but it's tactile, worn surfaces soften that precision and bring a poetic, human touch to what might otherwise feel cold or utilitarian. The perforated cylinders and curved tubes recall engine parts or pumps, but the overall compositions lean into surreal abstraction rather than straightforward representation.

I see echoes of themes like decay, transformation, and the passage of time — how technology ages and is reclaimed by natural processes, or how mechanical forms can take on new life as art. They feel like artifacts from an imagined future or alternate past, where the boundary between machine and organism is blurred.

This piece invites slow, thoughtful viewing, rewarding attention to both form and texture. It also seems to suggest a narrative or function that’s deliberately ambiguous — you can almost hear the silent hum of forgotten machinery or imagine the stories these parts might hold.

The sculpture stand 10" tall, 12" long and 7 1/2" wide. $