Wood Lathe Artist

Art is a part of my earliest memories.  Growing up in Miami with a woodworker, boat-builder father, I was exposed to excellence and attention to detail that continues to challenge me as I strive to improve my craft.  My love of working with wood, combined with 40 years as a professional artist have brought me to my current passion of placing the “Mydock Touch” on these wooden vessels.

Studying in Hawaii under Master woodturners Elmer Adams, David Marks and Mike Mahoney has provided the framework for understanding this amazingly addictive art form.  After turning a vessel, I choose between two finishing techniques.  The more traditional approach is to soak the vessel in a custom oil based finish that is then buffed and waxed.  The second and more complex process is to airbrush the vessel with multiple layers of high quality catalyzed polyurethane each buffed and highly polished to a mirror finish.  Embedded within these layers are various embellishments - a blush of pearlized color, sometimes enhanced with a pin-striped gold-leaf ring.  I also enjoy incorporating Hawaiian petroglyphs on the inside or outside of the bowl, which are either painted or burned into the wood.