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EDUCATION
1979 And onward .....life; and an understanding that there are no shortcuts, it's all in the journey
1978 Advanced Serigraphy, Sculpture. Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
1975 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Notre Dame University, Nelson BC
1974 Fine Arts Diploma, Sculpture, Serigraphy, Art history majors. Kootenay School of Art, Nelson BC. Graduate Student Award for 1974
1973 Certificate in Commercial Art, Kootenay School of Art. Nelson, BC
1968 Diploma, L.V. Rodgers Senior Secondary School. Nelson, BC
. 2016 Blowin in the wind: Welded forged steel and granite. Revelstoke B.C. (competition award).
. 2015. Award from CKCA To design and carve three monumental marble sculptures.
2014 ACRO-BEARS: Welded steel, bronze. H. 2 meters. Rossland BC (competition award).
2013 Atmo-Sphere: Constructed stone sphere, polished stone and cedar wood.
(Halliburton Sculpture Forest Competition award). Halliburton, ON
2012 Conspiracy of Ravens. Welded steel. (Halliburton Sculpture Forest (Competition award), Halliburton ON
2009 Heritage Monument. Nelson and District Credit Union, Nelson BC
2008 Heritage Monument for local Sinixt Native Community Lakeside Walk Nelson BC
2006 Vernon St. Heritage Monument – Stone and Concrete. Nelson Art Gallery Vernon St. Nelson BC
2005 Cottonwood Falls Monument – Stone & Concrete. Japanese Garden, Nelson, BC
2005 Kinetic Sculpture Parade Float- Multi Media.Teck Cominco, Trail BC
2004 Marble Monument for Nelson’s First Medical Doctor.LV Rogers High School. Nelson BC
2004 Junk Yard Bear – Welded Steel Cable-Ht 120”. Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook BC
2003 Legacy Foundation-Stone Relief Sculptures depicting Canada’s World War CONributions-Limestone 48”x72”. Colonel Belcher Extended Care Hospital, Calgary, AB
2001 Two Monumental Grizzly Bears-High Relief Concrete & Bronze (Pre-Cast & Constructed). Revelstoke, BC
2001 Kinetic Parade Float-Multi Media. Cominco Ltd., Trail, BC
2000 Colonel Belcher Veterans Hospital-Stone Wall Mural. \
Calgary, AB
2000 Private Commission – Monumental Heritage Cemetery
Marker Granite & Bronze. Nelson BC
2000 Nelson & District Credit Union-Concrete & Granite Street Monument. Nelson, BC
1998 Mount St. Francis Hospital-Sculpture depicting St. Francis to commemorate the work of the Sisters of St. Ann-Marble & Bronze Ht 98”.
Nelson, BC
1997 Dancing Dolphins-Life Size-Black Serpentine-Ht 71” on base. Bow Valley Dental Clinic, Calgary, AB
1997 Kinetic Parade Float Depicting Cominco’s Products in Everyday Life- Mixed Media with Motorized Parts on an 8’x20’ Trailer. Cominco Ltd., Trail, BC
1996 Freya-Carved White Marble-Private Collection. Through Webster Galleries, Calgary, AB
1994 Playground Madonna-Larger than life in Marble. Commissioned through Webster Galleries, Calgary, AB
1992 Main Stage Pieces for “One Man Symphony” by Gilles Pareneau- Mixed Media. Nelson, BC
1985 The Monument-Kootenay Marble-Ht 108”. City of Nelson, Nelson, BC
1983 The CONemporary Family-Kootenay Marble-Ht. 97”. City of Nelson, Nelson, BC
1983 The Secret-Kootenay Marble-Ht. 48”. City of Nelson, Nelson, BC
1982 Historic Windows-Acrylic on Canvas Wall Mural-9 Paintings. Kokanee Dental Building, Nelson, BC
1981 Industrial Landscape- Mixed Mediawood/styrofoam/metal/glue/plastic); Two Pieces-8’x36’x16’. Alberta Gas Ethylene, Calgary, AB
1980 Between the Fields-Mixed Media (Gravel/Plastic Matrix/Plywood/Glue). Oakwood Petroleums, Calgary, AB
1980 The Gathering-Carved Sandstone-Ht 108” on base. Morris Kowall & the Association for the Chahko Mike Mall, Nelson, BC
INSTRUCTING EXPERIENCE
2015 NACA. Conducted a workshop with the Inuit carvers to produce stone sculpture interpretations of various aircraft employed in Arctic's avaition history. Pangnirtung Nu
SSFC, Stone carving and large scale fabrication.
2014 Nunavut Arts and Crafts. I conducted 2 workshops to assist several Inuit Carvers produce a series of 18 scale models in stone of buildings that represent the various styles of the architecture employed in the Canadian Arctic from the Igloo to moderd 20th century structures. This collection was exhibited at the Biennale in Venice Italy under the title Arctic Adaptatiions. (horonable mention)
2014. Stone carving; large scale fabrication. SSFC, Halliburton Ont.
2013 Stone carving; large scale fabrication. SSFC, Halliburton Ont.
2012 Stone carving; large scale fabrication. SSFC, Halliburton Ont.
2008 Mixed media, Stone Sculpting. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton ON
2005 July - Concrete sculpture. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton, ON
2003 Multi Media Workshop. Sanikiluaq NU, Canada
1995 July, Aug - Stone sculpture, Concrete sculpture, and Cast metal sculpture. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton ON
1994 January term, Instructor in Foundation and Sculpture, Drawing, Introductory and advanced Printmaking. Arctic College, Iqaluit, NT
1993 Sculpture and Foundation. Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson, BC
1993 July/August - Stone Sculpture and Constructed cement sculpture. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton ON
1993: January term, Instructor, Printmaking Dept. & the Sculpture/Foundation programs. Arctic College, Iqaluit, NT
1992 Initiating and designing the Sculpture Foundation Program. Instructor in that program. Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson, BC
1992 Stone Sculpture. Kootenay Summer School of the Arts, Nelson BC
1992 Stone Sculpture and Constructed Cement Sculpture. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton, ON
1992 Jan–Mar - Stone Sculpting & Drawing. Arctic College, Coppermine NU
1991 Sept–Dec - Stone Sculpting & Drawing. Arctic College, Coral Harbor, NU
1991 Stone Sculpture. Kootenay Summer School of the Arts. Nelson, BC
1991 Stone Sculpture. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton, ON
1991 March-April, Mentorship Program. Arctic College, my Studio. Arctic Bay, NU
1991 February - Introductory Carving Course. Arctic College, Arctic Bay, NU
1990 Stone Sculpting. Kootenay School of the Arts. Nelson, BC
1990 Stone Sculpting. Sir Sanford Fleming College. Halliburton, ON
1990 Drawing, Modeling, and Stone Sculpting. Arctic College, Clyde River NU
1990 Drawing, Modeling and Stone Sculpting. Arctic College, Arviat, NU
1989 Stone Sculpting. Sir Sanford Fleming College, Halliburton, ON
1988 Marble carving workshop with Economic Development- Supervising and training an assistant apprentice. Iqaluit, NU
1994 Conducted an Apprenticeship program for eight months with two students. Assistant Sculpture Instructor. David Thompson University, Nelson, BC
1973 Summer Art Workshop, Opportunities for Youth Grant. Nelson, BC
SYMPOSIA
2013 Czesky Krumlov Czech Republic
2005 Nunavut Art Festival, Granite Sculpture for the sculpture garden. Iqaluit Nunavut Canada,
2002 N.A.C. Art Festival, Granite and Steel Sculptures. Iqaluit, Nunavut Canada
2001 September, Granite sculpting Symposium. Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
1999 Our Life in Stone. Nunavut Arctic Sculpture Symposium. Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
1999 March – April, Stone in the Galilee. International Stone Sculpting Symposium. Israel
EXHIBITIONS
2013 Castlegar Sculpture Walk. Castlegar B.C.
2012 Castlegar Sculpture Walk. Castlegar BC
2011 Eau Claire Sculpture Walk. Eau Claire Wisconsin, USA
2011 Castlegar Sculpture Walk, Castlegar BC
2010 Castlegar Sculpture Walk. Castlegar BC
2007 Touchstones Art Gallery. Nelson BC
2006 October, Touchstones Art Gallery. Nelson, BC
2006 June, John McKinnon Gallery & Sculpture Garden. “Art in the Garden”
Nelson BC
2004 Hisiao Yakayama Sculpture Garden. Seki City, Gifu, Japan
2004 Station Gallery. Whitby ON.
2003 Lindsay Art Gallery. Lindsay ON
2001 September Art Walk. Nelson, BC
2001 Kootenay Gallery (Arctic imagery) one man show. Paintings in oil and acrylic. Prints, sculpture in stone & bronze. Castlegar, BC
2000 Glacier Jewelers and Art Gallery. Sculptures in Stone and Bronze, Acrylic Paintings. Nelson, BC
2000 Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture 2000. Bronze Sculpture.
Miyazaki Airport, Japan
1999 Glacier Jewelers and Art Gallery. Sculptures in Stone and Bronze. Nelson BC
1998 Figures in Stone. Webster Galleries. Calgary AB
1997 Group showing, "Nelson sculptors in Stone." Kootenay Gallery. Castlegar BC
1997 Group show, Concrete sculpture. Kootenay Gallery. Castlegar BC
1996 Group show, Concrete sculpture. Kootenay Gallery. Castlegar BC
1996 Scarborough Civic Centre. Scarborough ON
1996 Art Fax Gallery. Scarborough ON
1995 Rails End Gallery. Halliburton ON
1994 Art Gallery of Algoma. Sault Ste. Marie, ON
1994 Latchem Gallery, Stouffville ON
1994 Group Exhibition. National Exhibition Centre, Castlegar, BC.
1993 Group Exhibition. Rails End Gallery. Halliburton ON
1993 Paintings from the North, Oil on Canvas and Screen Prints. Gallery of the Kootenays. Nelson BC
1992 Kalispel Western Art Show. Kalispel MONana USA.
1992 Northern Images Stone Sculpture. Gallery of the Kootenays, Castlegar BC
1992 Group Show. Rails End Gallery, Halliburton ON
1991 Stone Sculpture Gallery of the Kootenays, Nelson, BC
1991 Stone Sculpture. Walsdorf Gallery, Spokane Washington USA.
1990 Stone Sculpture. Webster Galleries, Calgary AB
1990 Group Show. Rails End Gallery, Halliburton ON
1990 "Abstract Bird Series" Stone Sculpture. Gallery of the Kootenays, Castlegar BC
1989 Group Show. Rails End Gallery, Halliburton ON
1989 Stone Sculpture. Webster Galleries, Calgary AB
1988 Stone Sculpture and Serigraph Prints. Webster Galleries, Calgary AB
1987 BC Group Exhibition, Sculpture. Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC
1987 Stone Sculpture. Webster Galleries, Calgary AB
1986 Group Exhibition, Stone Sculpture. Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks BC
1986 Stone Sculpture. Webster Galleries, Calgary AB
1985 "Images in Stone". Pitakvik Gallery, Calgary AB
1984 Stone Sculpture. Pitakvik Gallery, Calgary AB
1982 Sculpture in stone. Langham Gallery, Kaslo, BC
1982 Sculpture in stone. Frame Art Gallery, Nelson BC
1981 Stone Sculpture and Serigraph Prints. Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC
1981 Stone Sculpture and Serigraph Prints. Worthington Gallery, Nelson BC
1980 Sculpture in mixed media and Serigraph Prints.
Topham Brown Gallery Vernon BC
1979 Serigraph Prints. Kootenay School of Art Gallery, Nelson BC
1978 Serigraph Prints. Mount Royal College Gallery, Calgary AB
1978 Serigraph Prints. Clouds and Water Gallery, Calgary AB
1976 Sculpture in Mixed Media and Paintings. Kootenay School of the Arts Gallery, Nelson BC
1974 Graduation Show. Kootenay School of Art Gallery, Nelson BC
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
. City of Nelson. Nelson B.C.
Czesky Krumlov. Czech Republic
City of Halliburton. Halliburton ON
City of Revelstoke. , Revelstoke, BC
Mount Baker Secondary School, Cranbrook BC
Nelson & District Credit Union, Nelson BC
Colonial Belcher Extended Care Facility, Calgary AB
Mount St Frances Hospital, Nelson BC
Steel Case Canada, Calgary AB
Bow Valley Dental Clinic, Calgary AB
Alberta Gas Ethylene, Calgary AB
Oakwood Petroleums, Calgary AB
Kokanee Dental Building, Nelson BC
Webster Galleries, Calgary, AB
Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson BC
Corporation of the City of Nelson, Nelson BC
University of Victoria, Victoria BC
British Petroleum, Calgary AB
Inverness Petroleum, Calgary AB
Ocolot Petroleum, Calgary, AB
Esso Resources, Calgary, AB
Ernest Edwards Professional Company, Calgary, AB
City of Ma’alot, Israel
Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association, Iqaluit, NU
City of Rossland, Rossland BC