Awards and Recognition

Purchase Award, 2025 Uproar Festival of Public Art, Town of Hillsborough, NC, for The Sound of Tranquility; chosen from 60 outdoor works from six states and installed at Town Hall.

Honorable Mention, 16th Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, 2016, for Native Homage. "Its simplified form belies its craftsmanship and entices a smile." Juror Holly Keris, Chief Curator, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Featured on Wescover, 2019, We Stand with You, Atlantic General Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center.

 

Juror and Professional Service

Juror, Sculpture Salmagundi XXIII, 2019-2020, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, City of Rocky Mount, NC. Selected the sculptures for the outdoor exhibition, judged the winners, and presented the awards.

Sign Committee Volunteer, Orange County Artists Guild Open Studio Tour.

 

Selected Public and Commissioned Works

We Stand with You, stainless steel, lobby of Atlantic General Hospital Regional Cancer Care Center, Berlin, MD, 2018

Stand Tall, 9 ft stainless steel, Berlin, MD

Love, Strength, Hope, Ocean City, MD

New School Bike, public commission for Electrified, St. Petersburg, FL, 2025

Peaceful Oasis, Serenity Trail at Galloway Ridge, Pittsboro, NC, 2023

With Love, HopeWest (hospice and wellness center), Grand Junction, CO, 2020

She's Lovely, private collection of a multi-platinum recording artist, California

Spiritual Hug, 7.5 ft steel, Nebo, NC

Stacked, Spokane, WA

Axis Bold, Chapel Hill, NC

Balance and Wind of the Mountains, Chapel Hill, NC

Reaching, Durham, NC

Commemorative sculptures for Downtown Housing Improvement Corporation (DHIC), Raleigh, NC, marking 40 years of business

 

Public Art and Corporate Placements

Sculpture Salmagundi, 2015, Rocky Mount, NC

HandCrafted Exhibition, 2016, Rocky Mount, NC

Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, 2016, Lakeland, FL

Sculpture Visions, 2016-2018, Chapel Hill, NC

Atlantic General Hospital, 2018, Berlin, MD

Mohegan Casino, 2019, Mohegan, PA

Public sculptures, SMOC, Framingham, MA, 2019 to 2021

Hope West, 2020, Grand Junction, CO

McCauley Constructors, 2021, Denver, CO

Public Art Display, 2021-2023, Danville, VA

Kickback Inc., 2023, Fort Wayne, IN

Galloway Ridge, 2023, Pittsboro, NC

Keystone Homes, 2025, Greensboro, NC

Electrified, 2025, St. Petersburg, FL

Town of Hillsborough, 2025, Hillsborough, NC

 

Selected Exhibitions

Featured Artist, Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, 2016-2024, Hillsborough, NC

Frank Gallery, 2017, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC

University of North Carolina Botanical Garden, 2015, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC

Sculpture Celebration, 2014-2016, Lenoir, NC

Foundry, Visual Art Exchange, 2015, Raleigh, NC

Resolutions, 2016, Hillsborough, NC

Artsplosure, 2016, 2017, Raleigh, NC

Centerfest, 2016, 2017, Durham, NC

Festifall, 2016, 2017, Chapel Hill, NC

Lazy Daze, 2016, Cary, NC

Art in the Park, 2017, Blowing Rock, NC

Eno River, 2017, Durham, NC

 

Private Commissions and Collections

Private commissions every year since 2015, with collectors in more than 20 states and Washington, DC, and internationally in France, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Selected locations: Paris, France; Carnforth, UK; Yackandandah, Australia; New York and Staten Island, NY; Washington, DC; Boston, Lexington, and Carlisle, MA; Chicago, IL; Malibu, Newport Beach, and Nevada City, CA; Seattle and Vancouver, WA; Scottsdale, AZ; Boise City, ID; St. George, UT; Madison, WI; Potomac, MD; Gladwyne, PA; Bloomfield, CT; Peachtree City, GA; Nashville, TN; Miami, Boca Raton, Tampa, and Clearwater, FL; and across North Carolina, including Asheville, Chapel Hill, Durham, Hillsborough, and Nebo.

 

Galleries and Memberships

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough, NC, member; work currently on display

Orange County Artists Guild, member

 

Commission Services

Custom commissions for public, corporate, and private clients, typically completed in about 90 days

Renderings that show the proposed sculpture in the client's own landscape before fabrication begins

Custom wooden crating and nationwide freight shipping; on-site installation, including out of state

 

Education and Certifications

CAD/CAM Counter Sketch Certified, 2012

Crawford Industries, Laser Welding Certified, 2005

Gemological Institute of America, Platinum Casting Certified, 1999

Stewart School of Jewelry, Expert Jewelry Repair and Advanced Stone Setting, 1992

Jewelry Apprenticeship, 1990-1992

St. Petersburg College, 1990