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I was selected to be on one of the first public art design teams in the country, in 1977, to work on the Creston Nelson Substation for City Light in Seattle. Since then, I have worked on at least 25 public art projects, with budgets ranging from zero to over four hundred thousand dollars. I have worked on jails and stadiums, schools and libraries, rapid transit stations and retail stores, street corners and senior centers, parks and convention centers.

I have made pieces that are strictly sculptural and others that are very functional - benches and fences, railings and gates, as well as wall pieces, freestanding sculptures and parts of buildings.

My work in metal is durable and vandal reistant, tough and long-lasting. Often but not always, I incorporate text or images that are derived from the site and its surrounding neighborhood. I have worked with professionals of all sorts - architects, designers, engineers, contractors, administrators, as well as with the useres of a wide range of facilities - librarians to correctional officers. I am familiar with all phases of design, construction and installation and maintain a large studio where I farbricate most of my own work.
Creston Nelson Substation Wiggums Hollow Park College of the Desert
Leaf Column
 

Alphabet Columns & Forest of Books
Anacortes Public Library

Scroll Fence
College of the Desert

 
Anacortes Public Library Lowell School Auburn Senior Center Tree of Life

5 Moments
Auburn Senior Center

Great Mall Station Railroad Avenue Benches Snohomish Public Library  

VTA Great Mall Station

Railroad Avenue Benches

Fish Bridge I Remember Everything Del Mar Station You Are Here  

Fish Bridge

Del Mar Station

 
Light Bulb Bench Serpentine Bench Safeco Field 3rd District Police Station

Serpentine Bench

Pala Youth Center Trades Tower Leaf Fence
Trades Tower Leaf Fence
   
Big Boots    

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