After grad school, he was asked to be in the Rena Bransten gallery in San Francisco, where he had two successful shows. Since then he has been in museum shows and galleries all around the USA and the world. Recently, Tony has been concentrating on large ceramic busts of people that are famous and not so famous. In the past he was interested in gesture and form. With the busts he is delving into the personalities of the subjects he is sculpting.
Inspiration is a very elusive thing.
Absurd T.V. shows, commercials, toys, cartoons, plays and the movies inspire me the most. I also look at other artists such as Daumier, Red Grooms, Robert Arneson, David Gilhooly, Clayton Bailey, Big Daddy Roth and Arthur Gonzalez to name a few.