current projects

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In 2025, a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI, completion of the Courage statuette for the Common Sense Society, a commission to write a hymn of Pope John Paul and the Polish Martyrs,  public appearances and, the design of houses coast to coast.

Foremost among projects, America 250, Heroes, Myths & Legends, portraits in prose and silhouette of 33 Americans, and this with release of seven to nine tondos and statuettes annually into 2027, the year following our Semiquincentennial.

At Studio Books, monthly releases of verse and prose, fiction and exposition.  Also, announcements in Annals of books in progress.  

2024 saw the release of Galatea, a libretto in verse.  In 2025, the rerelease of Land of Sunlight and Stars: Afrikaans Verse in Translation, forward by Prime Minister F.W. de Klerk, introduction by Ambassador Sammuel Golden. 

2025 editions of The Beautiful Home include Ranch Houses and Traditional Neighborhoods.

Also in 2025, the continuation of wall art releases: Architectural Photographs and Architectural Prints. 

Various Beautiful Homes are in design or under construction: a Tidewater in Florida, an English Regency in Northern Virginia, an Adobe in Taos, an International Style in Newfoundland.

If you would like a Beautiful Home designed just for you, please inquire.  Or you might like to choose from our many preexisting house plans.

 Founded in 2009, the Common Sense Society is an international network that promotes Liberty,  Prosperity, and Beauty—aspirational ideas that are indispensable to  human flourishing and happiness.  

Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with chapters across North America and Europe, the Common Sense Society educates 21st-century generations and informs public discourse through fellowship programs, curriculum resources, publications, events, civic  initiatives, and media campaigns.   

In celebration of our Semiquincentennial, America's 250th Anniversary, I am creating a lasting memorial of American greatness, an honest memory of we the American people.

Our achievements and traditions, from discovery through founding, will be manifested in cameos, statuettes, tondos, and a book.  

There will be 33 cameos (now in thumbnail draft), five or six statuettes, and three medallions yearly through our Semiquincentennial (2026, the nation's 250th anniversary celebration) into 2027.  Completed statuettes include General Eisenhower, Striding Liberty, and our American Eagle.  Cameos nearing completion include Paul Bunyan, Pocahontas, and Uncle Sam.  This years tondo releases include Presidents Johnson, G.H.W. Bush, and a longhorn bucranium.

For The Federalist Society: 

Feddie Awards, James Madison portrait medallions for university law school chapters. The Harvard Law School Federalist Society Chapter will host the 43rd annual National Student Symposium on March 8–9, 2024.  

For The Common Sense Society:

The "Courage Award", a statuette for remarkable persons who courageously oppose Progressive, communistic, and Woke attacks on body, thought, and words.

MJC Studio Projects:

Statuettes in production, soon to be released in limited editions. 

For the Benedict XVI Institute:

A portrait in relief of Pope Benedict XVI.

I enjoy sharing my affection for our nation's capital.  If interested in a private or a group tour of Washington, The District of Columbia, please follow this link to Classical Washington Tours.  I can speak on some building or neighborhood dear to you, or we could follow a tour from my book, The Classical Architecture and Monuments of Washington, DC.   

Recent and future tours were given for the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, the Network of Enlightened Women, the Heritage Foundation, and others.