Biographical Information

Current Shows and Exhibitions

Best of the Best - Woolaroc , Bartlesville, 2017 Hewn from Nature - Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO 2017 Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition - Autry National Center, Los Angeles, California 2007 - 2017 Featured Sculptor 2009 American Masters at The Salmagundi Club - New York, New York 2008, 2016 Prix de West Invitational - National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1997 - 2017 James Earle Fraser Award - “Snake in the Grass” 2001 One Man Show - McLarry Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 Quest for the West - Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana 2007 - 2017 Western Visions Miniature Show - National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming 1998, 2000 - 2013, 2015 - 2017 Featured Sculptor 2008 River Market Sculpture Show - Little Rock, 2007 - 2017 Best of Show, - 2nd Annual Exhibition “Sentry Duck” 2008 Birds in Art - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin 1995,1996, 1998 - 2002, 2004, 2008 - 2009, 2016 Traveling Museum Exhibit 1995,1998,1999 - 2001, 2014 National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition:- New York, New York 1994 - 1996, 1999 - 2016 NSS Fellows Exhibition 2007 - 2011, 2016 NSS Blessing of Animals - St John the Devine, New York,NY “River Mates” 2017 NSS Margaret Hexter Prize - “Arctic Wrap” 2010 NSS Gold Medal and Maurice B. Hexter Prize - ”Flea Flicker” 2007 C. Percival Dietsch Prize - “Twig Trimmer” 2004 Elliott Gantz and Company Foundry Award - “Salmon Spiral” 2003 Bedi-Makky Art Prize - “Butter Ball” 2002 Bronze Medal - “River Run” 2001

Past Shows and Exhibitions Art and the Animal - Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibition, New York, NY 1990-1995, 1997, 1998, 2000 - 2010, 2012 Traveling Museum Exhibit 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001-2010 Award of Excellence - ”Hare Ball” 1997 Rendezvous - Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 Two Man Show - Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole Wyoming 2012 Three Person Show - Insight Fine Art, Fredericksburg, 2013 Miniature Masterpieces Art Show - Phippen Museum, Prescott, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 Annual Round-Up - The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville, Texas 2004, 2005, 2007 - 2008 One Man Show - Deihl Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming 2008 Two Man Show - Texas Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2003, 2006 National Sculpture Society: Elected Members Invitational Exhibition, New York City, New York 2006 Sculpture in the Park - Benson Park Sculpture Garden Loveland, 1988 - 2005 Two Man Show - Meyer and Meyer - Milagros Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming 2003 - 2005 Silver Anniversary Rendezvous - Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma 2004 Holland Hall School - Artist in Residency and One Man Show - Tulsa, Oklahoma 2004 American Art in Miniature - Gilcrease Museum Tulsa, Oklahoma 1999 - 2002, 2004 Animal Instincts - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Wausau, Wisconsin 2002 - 2003 One Man Exhibition - Zaplin Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, 2003 Great American Artists - Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 1998 - 2002 International Masters of Fine Art - Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, , Texas 2001- 2002 Two Man Exhibition - Contemporary Southwest Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1999 - 2002 Two Man Exhibition - Columbine Gallery, Loveland, Colorado 2002 National Sculpture Society - Animals in the Atrium 2001 Masterworks of American Sculpture: Selections from Members of the National Sculpture Society, Decade of 1875-1999 Artist of the Next Millinium Fleischer Museum , Scottsdale, Arizona 1999 - 2000 Artists of America Show - Colorado Historical Society’s History Museum, Denver, Colorado 1998, 1999, 2000 Two Man Exhibition-”Contours and Shadows” Columbine Gallery, Loveland, Colorado 1999 Art of the Spirit - Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York 1999 Art of the Spirit - Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts 1998 Special Exhibition - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau,Wisconsin continuing at John L. Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art, Mumford , New York 1999 Wildlife Art Exhibition - Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, New Jersey 1997 National Sculpture Society - New Members Exhibition:- New York, New York 1997 Fresh Air Sculpture 1996 Wildlife Art International - Old Algonquin Museum, Algonquin, Ontario 1996 North American Sculpture Exhibition - Golden, Colorado 1989, 1995 Animals in Art - Natural History Museum of L.A.County, Los Angeles, California 1995 Wildlife - The Artist's View - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin 1990 Awards Margaret Hexter Prize National Sculpture Society 77th Annual Exhibition Arctic Wrap Stainless Steel (arctic fox) 2010 Best of Show, Sculpture at the River Market 2nd Annual Exhibition Sentry Duck 2008 Gold Medal and Maurice B. Hexter Prize National Sculpture Society 74th Annual Exhibition Flea Flicker (fox) 2007 C. Percival Dietsch Prize National Sculptor Society 71st Annual Exhibition Twig Trimmer (beaver) 2004 Elliott Gantz and Company Foundry Award National Sculpture Society 70th Annual Exhibit Salmon Spiral 2003 Bedi-Makky Art Prize National Sculpture Society 69th Annual Exhibition Butter Ball (turkey) 2002 Bronze Medal National Sculptors Society 68th Annual Exhibition River Run (salmon) 2001 James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award Prix De West Invitational Snake in the Grass (cougar) 2001 Award of Excellence Society of Animal Artist Hare Ball (rabbit) 1997 Award of Merit Anchorage Audubon Society River Mates (two otters) 1989 Best Sculpture Award Regional Show Dahl Sheep Portrait 1989 Memberships National Sculpture Society Election Committee 2013,2014 Elected to Fellow 2007 National Sculpture Society Elected to Membership 1996 National Sculptor’s Guild Elected to Membership 1996 Society of Animal Artists Elected to Membership 1990 Public Installations and Collections Booth Western Art Museum - Cartersville, Georgia Vertigoat Arkansas Children's Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas South Wing Garden Installation Whole Hog and Bear Ball Briscoe Western Art Museum - Dallas, Texas McNutt Sculpture Park - House Sitter National Museum of Wildlife Art - Jackson Hole, Wyoming River Mates TCU Texas Christina University - Fort Worth, Texas Daniel-Meyer Coliseum - Noble Frog Arkansas Children's Hospital - Little Rock, Arkansas South Wing Atrium Installation of 19 pieces Vogel Schwartz Sculpture Garden - Little Rock, Arkansas Wise Guy (mont) Marion Inc. - Indianapolis, Indiana Mountain Run Monument and many others Jackson Hole Airport - Jackson Wyoming Bison Columns Monuments Gilcrease Museum - Tulsa, Oklahoma Twig Trimmer Booth Western Art Museum -Cartersville, Georgia Snake in the Grass Leanin’ Tree Museum - Boulder, Colorado Several Benson Park Sculpture Garden - Loveland High Plains Arts Council Loveland, Colorado Night Shadows - Formal Entranceway City of Cheyenne, Wyoming Rabbit Reach and Royal Red City of Edmond, Oklahoma Vertigoat and Royal Red City of Lakewood, Colorado Maternal Wrap City of Little Rock, Arkansas Rabbit Reach Monument and Stag Leap Monument Wise Guy (mont) City of Thornton, Colorado Garden’s Edge Village of Fox Run -Trophy Club, Texas Maternal Wrap and Royal Red Forest Lawn Cemetery - Buffalo, NY Garden’s Edge Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Wausau, Wisconsin Bottoms Up Duck and Flat Fawn, Cotton Ball Forest Hills Cemetery - Boston, Massachusetts Garden’s Edge Worrell Investment Company - Charlottesville, VA Maternal Wrap, Night Shadow Snake in the Grass Holland Hall School - Tulsa, Oklahoma Heads or Tails Florida - Environmental Protection Agency - Jacksonville, Florida River Mates America Stores Inc.,- Salt Lake City, Utah Mountain Run Monument Safeco Insurance Company - Redmond, Washington Royal Red Boys Scouts of America Oklahoma Headquarters - Tulsa, Oklahoma Maternal Wrap and Heads or Tails The Wildlife Experience - Parker, Colorado Fly by Night National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum - Oklahoma City, Ok Jackie Coles Collection - Hide and Seek State of New Mexico Workman’s Comp. Offices -Las Vegas, NM Fish Hook Publications Art of the West - Animals with Attitude (article) November/December 2014 Arabella - Artist to Collect, Tracking the Path of a Wildlife Artist (article) Spring/Summer 2014 Western Art Collector– Essence of the Animal (article) July 2011 Southwest Art - Animal Magnetism (article and cover) July 2009 Western Art Collector - Rhythm in Bronze (article) January 2009 Wildlife Art - Animals with Attitude (article) March/April 2006 18 Art of the West - Magical Medium (article) July/August 2006 National Sculpture Society - News Bulletin (article) January/February 2002 Art of the West - A Whimsical World (article) November/December 2001 Wildlife Art - (article) July/August 2001 Southwest Art - Stylized Forms (article) July 1998 National Sculpture Society - News Bulletin (article) June 1998 Wildlife Art - Humor and Grace (article) January/February 1997 Wildlife Art - Gardens’ Edge (cover) May/June 1996 Inform Art Magazine - (article) September/October 1992