Private Art Installations

This sliding door represents a pattern of Lined Chitons. The unpainted panels represent waves. The door was designed painted and carved by the artist, built and installed by the Real Carriage Door Company.

This sliding door represents a pattern of Sand Dollars with alternating panels that are carved to represent ripples. Made in collaboration with the Real Carriage Door Company

Integrated into the home, this box serves as a duct cover and has a hinged lid that allows it to also be used for storage

A pair of these sculptural Ravens, carved from Red Cedar, are perched among the rafters of this timber frame art studio.

Studio shot of another view of the Raven

This structure, complete with four removable totems is architecturally based on a Northwestern Longhouse frame. The structure is designed be an impressive but open passage between the main house and guest house to the lakeside entertaining area.The creatures represented on the totems are all native to the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe area where the Longhouse is installed. Project Partners: Smith Design Group Incline Village, NV, Q&D Construction, Reno, NV

This large skylight was designed by the artist and created by Allen Dragge of Reflections Studio in San Francisco, California, for a private residence on Lake Tahoe. The design represents four Eagles and is inspired by a type of Salish style spindle whirl. Project partner: Allen Dragge of Reflections Studios, San Francisco

Installing the Four Eagles Skylight. This images shows the scale and complexity of the installation

Four Eagles skylight in its lowered position ready to be raised into position.

These panels were designed to represent the creatures of the sky on the left and creatures of the sea on the right. The mantle is designed with a bird face in a clamshell corona in its center with a wind motif moving to the creatures of the wind side, while waves march toward the creatures of the water.

This panel represents the creatures of the wind Raven and Eagle with the Sun in the center.

This panel shows a diving Orca with a crescent Moon and Octopus on top

This Totem represents a flock of Terns that circled the site during the longhouse Opening ceremony. The very concept of this pole was born form the place itself. The pole was carved from a tree harvested from the site and was carved on the site. The carvings are all executed in the style of the area using traditional tools in Misty Fjords National Monument near Ketchikan, AK. Project Partners: The Stonington Gallery Duane Pasco, Singhco, Matsura Alaska Construction

Detail showing the designs on the undersides of the wings

The Terns totem assembled prior to being lifted into position.

The Chief of Mink Bay Totem 34' tall, Red Cedar, Exterior Latex Paint.

Detail of the top of the Chief of Mink Bay Totem

This image shows how the top of the totem was installed. David franklin is in the white hard hat a and his team is in the basket suspended from the crane as the top sculpture is lifted onto the top of the pole.

Shown is the complete Mink Bay installation. Two poles I created are included along with totems by Steve Brown, Joe David and Loren White. There is also a totem by Duane Pasco and his Longhouse, where he taught me and many others to carve when it was at its original location near Poulsbo, Washington.