I’m thankful to have enjoyed some recognition through a variety of awards and exhibitions, such as the John and Joyce Price Award of Excellence at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) Biennial 2014: Knock on Wood.
But an apprenticeship with custom furniture maker Janis Colella taught me that furniture offered an appealing freedom of expression and variety. My path to woodworking might have begun at age six when I built a raft, or later during a boat-building class with 83-year-old master builder John Gardner. Thanks to an architect mother and a landscape architect father, I was exposed to materials and tools at a young age, as well as an appreciation of good design. Since 1990 I’ve been crafting custom furniture. When a chair or cabinet leaves my studio, it takes on a new story with its owners through generations of use.
I make animated, intriguing, functional sculpture for people who enjoy both utility and artistry in the objects they live with. Taos Invites Taos, Invitational Show, Taos, NMĢ015 – First Prize, Wharton Esherick Museum show “Vases”, Paoli, PAĢ015 NICHE Award winner for Salish Sea BathtubĢ014 – John and Joyce Price Award of Excellence, Bellevue Art Museum Biennial, Bellevue, WA Ģ015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006- NICHE Awards FinalistĢ011, 2008, 2006 – Carol Duke Artist Award of Excellence, Bellevue Art Museum, WAĢ010 – First Prize, Wharton Esherick Museum show “Desk Accessories”, Paoli, PA Ģ010- NICHE Awards Winner in Furniture CategoryĢ007 – 1st Place National Design Portfolio Award for Residential Furniture, CWB Magazine Ģ003 – Award for Funtional Art, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CAĢ003 – Emerging Artist Award, Bellevue Art Museum Fair, Bellevue, WAġ996, 98, 2000 – Recipient of the Sam and Alfreda Maloof Scholarship for study at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, COĢ000 – Award for Excellence, Boulder Artfair, Boulder, COġ999 – First Place Award, Boulder Creek Festival, Boulder, COġ996 – Primary Award Winner Silverhawk National Fine Craft Competition Small Boxes juried show, Wharton Escherick Museum, Paoli, PAĪbove and Beyond juried exhibit, Phoenix Airport Spring Faculty Invitational, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Sit and Reflect juried show, Snohomish Arts Council, Everett, WA Rising Starts, Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, Seattle, WAģ0th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZĬascadia Furniture Exhibition, Maltwood Museum, Victoria, BC, Canadaħth North American Sculptural Wood Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA Square One Art Mine, Port Hadlock, WAĪlchemy of the Abstract III, Northwinds Gallery, Port Townsend, WAĪrt of Craft, b.j.spoke gallery, Huntington, NY The Art of Fine Furniture, Winona County Historical Museum, Winona, MNĬommunity Collects, Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA Reaching Beyond, Whatcom Art Museum, Bellingham, WA Knock on Wood, Bellevue Art Museum biennial, Bellevue, WA Wood-in-vase-ives, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art Guild Publishing, 2001Ĭurrents 2020, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA īalance and Tension, solo show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Modern Masters show #612, Home and Garden TV, Port Townsend Leader, Jefferson County Week, Woodworker West Magazine, September 2007 and January 2007Ĭustom Woodworking Business Magazine, December 2006 Woodworker West Magazine, Feature Article, January 2008 Pacific Northwest Home Magazine, Feature Article, Feb 2008 Woodworkers Journal ezine, Feature Article, May 2008,
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Muhibah, inflight magazine of Royal Brunei Airlines, feature, May 2009 New York Times Home Section, Currents Column, ĭesign Book 8, Taunton Press, 2009 Western Art and Architecture Magazine June 2013įine Woodworking Magazine Back Cover August 2010 įine Woodworking on line slide show New York Times, Home Section, Currents Column February 2014