His career began as he attended airplane mechanics school and be became part of a graffiti crew in Denver, Colorado 30 years ago.
He moved to the Northwest to complete my journey into airplane mechanics and instead, delved into studying the regional arts of the Pacific Northwest. He served a 10 year carving apprenticeship with noted regional artist Duane Pasco learning painting, graphics, and sculpture, and to work on projects on a monumental scale.
This led him to a career in public art completing both freestanding and architecturally integrated projects in a variety of media. He has been awarded the Americans For The Arts, Public Art Network’s Public Art Year in Review Award for large outdoor commissions in Denver, Colorado and Portland Oregon. He has a number of works around the country including a major suspend sculpture in the entry of Chicago’s historic Shedd Aquarium. His work was shown at The Salon del Mobile 2024 Design Week Milan, Italy with Kohler Co. He was also featured at Design Miami in 2025 featured with Crosby Studios, Harry Nuriev and Kohler Co. for the product release of a “Pearlized” sink with a finish inspired by the finishes on a project he made at the factory.
He has also completed the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Residency at the Kohler factory pottery twice and was the first “MakersSpace’ resident at Kohler Co. His work has been published in several books as well as in The New York Times, HiFructose Magazine, and Fast Co.
He lives and works in Indianola, Washington with his wife Joanne, and family.