Born:1942, Morrilton, Arkansas

Education:B.F.A., University of Texas at Austin,
M.A., University of Dallas, Irvine, Texas,
M.F.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selected Shows, Juried Exhibitions and Professional Activities

• Mid-America I Exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri (Sculpture Award)

• International Art & Craft Exhibition, McAllen, Texas (Sculpture Award)

• 60th Annual National Competition of American Art, Jackson, Mississippi (Purchase Award)

• Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of New Mexico (Juror Award)

• First Contemporary International Exhibition, Chico, California

• Museum of Fine Arts, Riverside, California

• National Rendezvous of Western Art, Helena, Montana

• The West Returns to Grand Central, Grand Central Gallery, New York, New York

• National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, Solon Borglum Memorial Sculpture Exhibition (Bronze Medal)

• One-Man Show - Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (Two months, 46 pieces shown)

• One-Man Show - O'Brien's Art Emporium, Scottsdale, Arizona

• One-Man Show - Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York

• One-Man Show - Fine Arts Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico

• One-Man Show - El Paso Fine Arts Museum, El Paso, Texas

• New Mexico in Toronto, Linda Durham Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Oklahoma Fine Arts Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• National Academy of Western Art, National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Western Heritage Sale and Auction Show, Houston, Texas

• National Sculpture Society's 49th to Present Annual Exhibitions, New York, New York (Misner Award, 1982)(Bedi-Makky Prize, 1985)

• National Western Artists, Lubbock, Texas (Silver Medal, 1984) (Gold Medal, 1985)

• Grand National Exhibition, American Artists Professional League, New York, New York, (Medal of Honor)

• Member National Sculpture Society, since 1982 (Advanced to "Fellow" 1990)

• Texas Cowboy Artists (Gold Medal, 1986) (House Foundry Award, 1986)

• Listed in "Who's Who in American Art"

• Listed in "Men of Achievement", International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England

• Independent Study in Western Europe, Africa, Mediterranean and Mid-East

Selected Commissions

• "Before the Second Coming", 16'x16' relief (cold cast bronze), Ruidoso, New Mexico

• "Star Shooter", Franklin Mint, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania

• "Dream of Flight", 17' work, Albuquerque International Airport, Albuquerque, New Mexico

• "The Shepard", 16' work, Albuquerque Fine Arts Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico

• "In the Cool of the Day", 9' bronze, San Angelo, Texas

• "Beside the Stream", (4) life-size bronze figures, Santa Fe, New Mexico

• "Strength of One", 14' fountain, near Montgomery, Alabama

• "The Aspen Grove", 11' double arched doors of bronze, etched glass and hammered copper, Aspen, Colorado

• "Global Family Tree of Life", 32' tall work for the United Nations, U.N.E.P. and Aichi Prefecture, Japan

• "Freedom", 23' soaring eagle and books, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas

• "Song for the Deer", 16' work, Denver West, Colorado

• "Sharing the Golden Moment", prospector and burro, life size, Golden, Colorado

• "Heaven Bound", 8' bronze archer, Carefree, Arizona