Early in my career as a fountain artist all my designs were fresh and one of a kind. Each one was unique and from scratch.  I thought the laws of physics would come into play and set limits to the techniques I use.  I was worried about where the designs would come from. But I quickly realized that by listening to my clients and designing to suit their needs and the demands of the locations where they wanted a fountain that the possibilities are truly unlimited!

I made a few very small fountains in the first couple of years. When I designed the Small Classic Design Fountain, now called The Heart Fountain, I stopped trying to come up with other miniature fountains. By miniature, I mean the smallest practical within the confines of discretely hiding a small pump and keeping it accessible. To make miniature fountains from scratch, with no mold requires as many steps and as much time as much larger fountains which would naturally mean a higher price. If I was going to keep the price of these fountains reasonable, I would need to make fiberglass and latex molds to assist in creating them so the time involved in making them could be kept to a minimum.  This I did with the Heart Fountain once it proved to be popular.

In 2007 I had a display of my fountains in a gallery in Deland, Fl called “Gallery 142”. The owner invited me to join the other artists in the co-op for a show they called “12 X 12″ for $200.00. So I spent considerable time creating several small fountains: the Clam Shell fountain, the Rose fountain, and the miniature sand boil fountain are all based on the same 15″x18” oval shape that was originally the shape of a Bonsai dish seen here.