RESUME
Shows and Exhibitions, selected
2023 Show of work, August, 2 Friends Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2023 Birds of a Feather, Statewide call, Copper River Gallery, Cordova, AK
2022-23 Show of work, Guest Artist, GalleryFiftyFive , McCall, ID
2019 Shades of Clay, Solo Show, Copper River Gallery, Cordova, AK
2018-21 Show of work, January, Two Friends Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2017 Winter White, Cordova Museum Gallery, Cordova AK
2017 Birds of Paradise, Cordova Museum Gallery, Cordova, AK
2015 Show of work, Fireweed Gallery, Homer AK
2013 Show of work, Artique Ltd. Anchorage AK
2010 Fish Follies, national juried show, Cordova Museum, Cordova, AK, Honorable Mention
2010
2009 Spill, traveling invitational show, Homer, Kodiak, Cordova, Valdez, Anchorage
2008 Fish Follies, National Juried Show, Cordova Museum, Best of Show
2007 Bird Flew, Cordova Museum, Cordova Alaska
2006 Solo Show, Fireweed Gallery, Homer Alaska
2005 Show of work, Artique,Ltd Anchorage, Alaska
2004 Nearly Solo, Clay, Canvas, & Paper Fireweed Gallery, Homer AK
2004 Bounty of the Sea, invitational, Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center, Kenai AK
2003 Fish Follies, Juried Show, Cordova Museum, Honorable Mention and Museum Purchase
2002 The Spirit of Alaska, The Inner Landscape, KCVB, Kenai AK
2001 The CUP show II, Girdwood Center for the Visual Arts, Honorable Mention
2000 Alaska Juried Clay Exhibition, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer AK
2000s
1999 Solo Show, Northern Exposure Gallery, Kodiak AK
1999 Earth Fire & Fibre XXII, all Alaska Juried, Anchorage Museum of Hist. & Art
1998 Solo Show, Resurrect Art, Seward AK
1995 Solo Show, Valdez Museum of History and Art, Valdez AK, Museum Purchase
1994 Cordova Artist’s Show, Valdez Museum of History and Art, Valdez AK
1991 Earth Fire & Fibre XVIII, all Alaska Juried, Anchorage Mus. of Hist. & Art
1991 Cordova Artists, Orca Book and Sound, Cordova AK
1990 Ground Zero, Visual Arts Center, Anchorage AK
1989 Earth Fire & Fibre XVII, all Alaska Juried, Anchorage Museum of Hist. & Art
1989 Solo Show, Fathom Gallery, Cordova AK
Commissions and Purchases
2019 Rookery, Boise WaterShed, Boise Idaho, City of Boise 1% Art
2019 Beneath the Surface, Tanalian School, Port Allsworth, AK, Alaska 1% for Art
2018 Iditarod Elementary School, 5 works, Mat-Su Borough, AK, Alaska 1% Art
2016-17 Dena’ina Elementary School, 8 works, Mat-Su Borough, AK, Alaska 1% Art
2016 Wading In the River, Boise WaterShed, Boise, ID, City of Boise 1% for Art
2015 The Early Bear gets the…Seal, Kodiak’s Near Is. Research &Admin. Facility, AK,Alaska1%Art
2012 William Jack Hernandez Fish Hatchery, 14 works, Anchorage, AK, Alaska 1% Art
2011 Anadromous, Mt Eccles Elementary School, Cordova, AK, Alaska 1% Art
2010 Lori’s Kitchen, Private Home, Springfield, Ill
2000s
2009 Eyak’s Jaw, Pratt Museum, Homer AK, Rasmussen Art Acquisition
2009 Sentinels of the River, Thunder Mountain High School, 1% Art
2008 By the River, Thunder Mountain High School, Juneau Alaska, 1% Art
2005 Sidewalk Salmon, Second Street, USFS, Cordova, Alaska
2005 Eye to Eye, Valdez Ferry Terminal, AMHS, Valdez Alaska, 1% Art
2003 The Great Wet Room, The Islands and Oceans Center, USFWS, Homer AK 2002
Redfish, Meadow Lakes Elem. School, Wasilla AK 1% Art Award
2001 An Otter’s Play…, Ocean View Elementary School, Anchorage AK 1% Art
2001 Dance of the Red Salmon, Sitka High School, Sitka AK 1% Art Award
2000 Summer Return, Tustumena Elementary School, Kasiloff, Kenai AK 1% Art
2000 Between Tides, Tustumena Elementary School, Kasiloff, AK Alaska 1% Art
1990s
1998 Elvira’s Water World, Alaska Marine Highway, MV Kennicott, Alaska 1% Art
1997 Paleomarine 7, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Natural Sciences Bldg., Alaska 1% Art
1996 Salmon in the Sidewalk, City of Cordova, Cordova AK
1995 Intertidal #3, Friends of The Museum, Valdez Mus. of Hist. & Art, Valdez, AK
1995 Selected Functional Pieces, B. P. Pipelines (Alaska) Inc.
1994 Intertidal Wall Relief- S.E. Alaska, Ketchikan High School, AK 1% Art Award
1993 Intertidal Wall Relief #1, Mt. Eccles Elementary Sch., Cordova AK 1% Art Award
1992 Selected Functional Pieces, National Bank of Alaska
1970s
1979 Sea Wolf Newel, Lance Crosby Home, Friday Harbor, WA
Education
1975-79 Boise State University, BA education, John Takahara, master teacher Ceramics
1975 West Linn High School, West Linn, Oregon, Graduated
My work is bas-relief tile and functional pottery created from cone 10 stoneware. I sculpt, inscribe, and/or slip paint to achieve my visual aesthetic. The maritime environment where I live provides much of the inspiration and the subjects seen in the patterns and compositions, which make my work unique.
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