Occasionally my wife Leslie asks for ideas for her airborne sculpture projects. Last year she expressed an interest in creating a series of four figurative sculptures with an elemental theme: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. I recommended that she expand the line to sixteen by crossing the elements with the four seasons, producing autumn/fire, spring/water, winter/air, etc. I provided concept art and art direction for the sculptures and then photographed the completed pieces.

Leslie has a natural talent for 3D art, and I am constantly amazed at how she can take my 2D vision for a piece and bring it to life.

The theme for Ignus Autumnum or "Autumn Flame" was one of peaceful transformation. The concept art depicts a dreaming "native" woman with leaves for hair whose legs are in the process of becoming a living flame.

For Aqua Ver or "Spring Water," Leslie suggested that the source of spring showers is an impulsive young woman with literal raindrops falling from her. Leslie discarded the raindrops, but kept most of the other design elements.