These bunnies are part of my Animals of the San Luis Valley Sculpture Series – Doodle Style Project. The gist of the project is to create sculptures off of rough sketches, not polished drawings. I wanted to see kid like drawings of animals scattered through out this High Dessert Valley. Why? I like to think ...
I created “Reflection of Inner Self” to represents the inhabitant’s many layers. This house has numerous windows on various levels for the dweller to gaze out at the surrounding world from different perspectives and for outsiders to get a tiny glimpse into their neighbor’s inner being.
You may or may not know that my partner Kyle, our little partner-in-crime Ethan and I are building a Sculpture Park in Southern Colorado. We installed the first set of sculptures this past December – this was very exciting as you can see! People who know me closely, know that I love bears. In general, ...
This bear is s a metaphor that shows the reality and the danger of forest fires which the Mountain West faces every summer. The wildlife lives in that fragile landscape and has to find their way out when they are faced with the flames and the smoke of their habitat burning away.
Trouvaille has been accepted into the 2018 Alamosa Artscape Public Art Program. It will be installed in the beginning of September and will be on display for a year. Trouvaille, a stained glass mosaic sculpture, 84″ x 22″, 2018 Going back to childhood, many people may recall the excitement of finding a feather on the ...
This collaborative outdoor sculpture created by artist team Kasia Polkowska and Kyle Cunniff will be displayed for the year starting on June 14, 2018 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It will be available for sale through the city. Chipeta-Mai is across-cultural matryoshka doll. Historically, the first Matryoshka Doll was made in Russia and has since become ...
I designed this bear for my son Ethan. In creating this piece, my hope was to give him a part of me, of whom I am today. I realize that as people, we change with time and even though I may not imagine this now, I may be avery different person when he grows up. ...
Johona-Mai, Navajo for Sunny Bright Flower was named to honor the Navajo Nation who’s ancestral land we inhabit. She was created in Alamosa, Colorado – the land of ‘Cool Sunshine’. To reflect our region, we incorporated Southwestern colors, focusing on the bright blue of our big, clear sky and the warm yellow of the ever ...
For years I’ve had an idea to incorporate a bird into my landscapes. This would build on my previous work with a female character as part of the landscape. The bird would be a morphing character that passes through a series of scenes. I’ve not yet had time to bring this vision to fruition but ...
This is the first part of the Matryoshka Project. Last year Kyle and I collaborated on a 3D Matryoshka Doll sculpture. We worked on the concept together. He designed and fabricated the 3D form and I designed and fabricated the mosaic pattern. This 2D doll was created by me to work out the design for ...