
There are precious moments when the mind is quiet and I can enjoy my senses without interference. Sculpting, at its best, includes such moments. Balancing space, mass, texture, color, line, pattern, weight, and proportion is a visual pleasure. Harmony is something I feel; analysis is secondary.
While I may have a general idea in mind when creating a sculpture, the passages that constitute the whole are a surprise to me. Any durable material is fair game in this process, although steel is usually best for actual connections between mediums. I grab elements that are near at hand, realizing that chance and spontaneity are keys to accessing fresh visual territory. This maundering exploration often involves stumbling corrections and meandering whimsy, but eventually concludes with a satisfying map of the journey.
There is no substitute for handmade objects; emotions and character are embedded in the work. Art is a vehicle of expression, a means of encoding our response to the world. I hope my audience appreciates my serious folly, my love of nature and beauty, and enjoys my effort to flirt with the mystery of life.
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Chronology
Born
1955, Oakland, CA
Education
1985 B.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute
Public Art Collections
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2018 Geyserville, CA, Victory equine sculpture
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2016 Petaluma, CA, Brewsters Beer Garden and Restaurant Portal
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2015 Bicentennial Park, Reno, NV, Portal of Evolution
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2012 Sunset Recreation Center, San Francisco, CA, Pacific Breath
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2011 Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma, CA, Bike Rack
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2010 Oakmont Recreation Center, Santa Rosa, CA, Valley of the Moon Sphere
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2009 Somerset Park, Reno, NV, Golden Eagle
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2007 Healdsburg, CA, Grazing Horse - installed at Foss Creek by City Hall
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Sponsored by the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation
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2006 City Hall, Santa Rosa, CA, Bucephalus
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2004 Dolan Park, Dublin, CA, Dreams of Longing After Nothing
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2001 Anderson Skate Park, Stockton, CA, Eight Skateboarders
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2000 Old City Hall, Redding, CA, Dancing Shiva
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1995 Convention Center, Sacramento, CA, Tree of Life Gates
Corporate Collections
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The McConnell Foundation, Redding, CA, Art Screen & Four Gates
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Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation, Geyserville, CA, Grazing Horse
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DiRosa Art Preserve, Napa, CA, Dragon
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Ken Wilson Wineries, Healdsburg, CA
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Coyote@Wilson Winery, Healdsburg, CA
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Lord Snort@Soda Rock Winery, Kenwood, CA
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Big Bad Bear@St. Anne's Winery, Kenwood, CA
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SOMO Village, Rohnert Park, CA, Acrobat
Grants
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2016 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Lord Snort
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2014 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Minaret
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2013 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Coyote
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2011 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Orgasm
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2010 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Minaret
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2009 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Portal of Evolution
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2008 Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV, Spread Eagle
Festival Exhibition Rentals
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2013 Symbiosis, Oakdale, CA, Coyote
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2012 Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas, NV, Portal of Evolution
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2012 I Love This City, Shoreline Amphitheater, Redwood City, CA, Portal of Evolution
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2012 Symbiosis, Pyramid Lake, NV, Spread Eagle and Portal of Evolution
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2009 Maker’s Faire, San Mateo, CA, Spread Eagle
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2008 Outside Lands, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Spread Eagle
Selected Exhibitions/Awards
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2024 Mare Island, Vallejo: Local Edition, Creative Competition, Steelhead
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2024 Cloverdale Sculpture Trail, Honorable Mention, Nataraja
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2022 Radical Horizons: The Art of Burning Man at Chatsworth House, England, Wings of Wind
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2019 National Geographic Exhibition: Spectacle, photograph of Lord Snort
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2018 Cloverdale sculpture wa lk: display of Wine Buddha
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2018 Smithsonian Renwick Gallery: No Spectators - The Art of Burning Man: Photo of Lord Snort by Duncan Rawlinson
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2017-18 Cloverdale Public Art program: display of Acrobat
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2017 Bohemian Magazine- Readers’ Picks Award: best Sonoma visual artist
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2016 Acrobat shown in San Rafael at 4th and Court Street
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2012-2013 Reno, NV - Portal of Evolution at Civic Center Plaza, funded by Black Rock Arts Foundation
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2012-2013 Spirit of the Man, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
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2009 Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA - Temporary Public Art – Showing of Bull at 4th and Court Streets
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2008 Wells Fargo Center for the Arts – Santa Rosa, CA – installation of Damselfly and two wall sculptures
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2008 Art Works Downtown – San Rafael, CA – installation of Lion sculpture
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2007 Foss Creek Sculpture Walk, Healdsburg, CA Grazing Horse
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2007 Burning Man – Installation of Damsel Fly
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2007 Prelude – group show, anticipating the opening of Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center - Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa
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2006 Keller Estate Winery – Group show supporting the Petaluma Arts Council Winged Horse
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2006 Burning Man – installation of SirBent
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2006 Artrageous – display of SirBent, San Rafael, CA, Community Center
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2006 The Sculpture Park at Redding City Hall Grand Opening Sculpture on Loan Competition (Bull and Lion sculptures)
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2005 California State Fair – Jurors’ Award: First Place Sculpture, Bull
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2005 Spectrum Sculpture Sonoma at Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa
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2005 Annual Ruth Bancroft Garden Show – Featured Artist, Walnut Creek, CA
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2004 Dublin Does Fine Art group show of artists who have work in the City’s collection; Dublin, CA
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2004 Natural Selection group show at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa, CA, Bull
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2004 Dwelling, Architecturally based sculpture at the New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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2003 Sculpture San Mateo – Sculpture on Loan Competition-San Mateo City Hall
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2003 City of Santa Clara Indoor Sculpture Exhibition Jurors Award for Magic Portal
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2003 Sculpting Transformation Cloverdale Plaza Invitational Exhibit – First Place
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2002 Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: 3 Artists/ 3 Media / 3 Visions
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2001 Marin County Fair Fine Arts Competition – Second Place
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2001 Napa Valley Mustard Festival – First Place – Sculpture
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2000 Salute to the Arts Sonoma – First Place Sculpture
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2000 Scrapture – Recycled Art Competition – First Place in Sculpture, Cotati, CA
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2000 Napa Valley Mustard Festival – First Place – Sculpture
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1999 Napa Valley Mustard Festival – First Place – Sculpture
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1997 Sonoma Salute to the Arts – Juror’s Award, First Place Sculpture (Rene di Rosa)
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1996 California State Fair – Juror’s Award: First Place Sculpture, Blue Buddha Portal
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1996 Kinetic Scrapture Competition, Cotati – First Place
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1996 Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture and Craft Exhibition, Best of Show
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1994 California Discovery Awards Art Competition – Gold Award
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1994 Sculptural Exhibit of Garden Gates, Biltmore Fashion Park, Phoenix, First Place
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1993 Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Juror’s Award, Sculpture and Crafts Show
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1993 Professional “Junk” Art, Recycle Town Scrapture Party, Cotati, First Place
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1993 Auburn Arts 42, People’s Choice Award
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1992 Marin Society of Artists Annual Open Sculpture & Craft Exhibition Award – First Place
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1991 Marin Society of Artists Annual Open Sculpture & Craft Exhibition (2 Awards)
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1985 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Prize, Sculpture Award, San Francisco Art Institute
Related Work
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Juror for Cloverdale Annual Sculpture Exhibit 2006
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Artists’ Coordinator for “Wet Paint” 2006 Annual Fundraiser for the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
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Juror for Marin Arts Council’s Grant Program – 3D/Craft 2006
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Juror for Terminal A, Sacramento International Airport, Art in Public Places Program, Sacramento Arts Commission
Selected Private Collections
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Barbara Lazaroff and Wolfgang Puck, Beverly Hills and Granita Restaurant, Malibu, CA
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Betsy and Peter Spann – Sonoma, CA
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Betty Brachman – Glen Ellen, CA
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Bob “Moses” Ellerbeck – Moraga, CA
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Carol and Dick Swillinger – Sonoma, CA
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Darius Anderson, Kenwood, CA
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Francis Collins – Sonoma, CA
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Gerda Kercher – Tiburon, CA
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Gian Carlo Muscardini and Nuria Bowart-Berkeley
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Glenda and Dave Mungenast – Corte Madera, CA
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Jim and Gillian Servais – Berkeley, CA
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Kamal Golabi - Kensington, CA
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Laura & Gregg Perloff – Lafayette, CA
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Leslie and Michael Lebeau – Albion, CA
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Linda Webster – Santa Rosa, CA
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Michelle and Norman Groleau – Mill Valley, CA
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Mike Standefer – San Carlos, CA
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Natalie Ng and Tom Arnold – Fairfield, CA
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Pam and Robert Stone – Santa Rosa, CA
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Robert and Martha Shogren – Sebastopol, CA
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Suzanne Brangham – Sonoma, CA
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Tim Korn – Glen Ellen, CA
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Tamara Adams – Emandal Ranch – Willits, CA
Bibliography
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2019 Sonoma County Horse Journal: Tedrick’s Horses of Steel by Patti Schofler; pp.14-15
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2017 Playa Fire -spirit and soul at Burning Man, Harper/Elixir Press, by Stewart Harvey, Photographs of sculptures on pages 121,239 and 280
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2017 Bohemian Magazine-Readers’ pick award: Best Sonoma visual artist
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2016 The Wall Street Journal-December 27th, A10 Life and Arts Section: Cultural Resolutions-photo of Lord Snort
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2016 The Press Democrat/ December 13 front-page photograph and article on art proposal for Geyserville
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2016 The Sonoma Index-Tribune /August 23 front-page article on Lord Sort with photographs
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2016 Sonoma magazine July/August issue “Fabricating Fantasy” by Michael Shapiro, Pages 69-76
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2015 “Art of Burning Man” Taschen press by NK Guy, Photos with text pages 62,63,65,68,74,75
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2014 “Burning Man: Art on Fire” Racepoint Publishing by Jennifer Raiser, pages 36-39, photographs and text
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2014 “Cargo Cult” photographic book on Burning Man by Karen Kuehn/forward by Bryan Tedrick
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2014 “Playa Dust” collected stories from Burning Man/ Black Dog Publishing, edited by Samantha Krukowski, pages 82-89
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2013 Sonoma Magazine-Fall Edition, Desert Coyote pp.88-89 and page 144
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2013 August 18th San Francisco Chronicle Datebook cover photo and story 14-15
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2013 August 13th The Sonoma Index-Tribune-p.1&A5 Coyote headed to Burning Man
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2013 August 11th Reno Gazette-Journal section E- Burning Love cover photo and caption
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2010 September 4 Reno Gazette-Journal 6A Minaret towers over Black Rock
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2009 Kenwood Press, September 15, From Glen Ellen to Burning Man, Cover photograph of Portal of Evolution and caption
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2009 The New York Times, Wednesday, September 2, Page C1, The Arts, Photograph of Portal of Evolution with caption
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2009 Kenwood Press, August issue cover story with photos, “Bryan Tedrick: A Man on Fire.”
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2009 San Mateo County Times, Sunday, May 31, front page photograph of “Spread Eagle” taken at Maker’s Faire.
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2009 The Sacramento Bee, Friday, May 8, page 2 of Entertainment Section. Photography of Spread Eagle and text.
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2008 August 24, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, Section D, Art & Burning Man, Arts & Entertainment Section, Cover Photograph with Article, p. D11
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2008 January 6 The Press Democrat B6, Sculpting a Passion for Art, photograph, and mention in article
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2007 Winter edition Sonoma Magazine Creature Craft, Genius of Junk, p. 70-76, article with photographs
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2007 August 30 San Francisco Chronicle, Page 2 Artful Ideas Take Wing at Burning Man Photo of Damsel Fly and Text
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2007 June 20 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Section B, Page 1 and 3, Something to See Along the Way, Photos of Grazing Horse with Article
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2007 April/May San Joaquin Magazine p. 30 Public Displays of Affection-skatepark photo and text
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2006 May 4 Redding Record Searchlight, New Sculpture Park Opens at City Hall, p. 12,13, Dining Arts Theater Entertainment Section; Cover Story
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2004 January 15 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat Section B,p.1. Design Competition, Finalists Selected to Dress Up Santa Rosa Eye Sore, photos and text
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2003 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, November 8, Home & Garden section D, Oasis of Color, article on Wildwood Farm’s Nursery & Sculpture Garden
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2002 The Stockton Record, April 14, B3, Skate Park Art Dedication, Photographs and caption
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2002 The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, April 2002, Abode Section, the Art in Living, Collectors—Collecting, Collections cover photograph of sculpture
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2002 The Stockton Record, February 26, B1, Skate Parks Metalmorphosis Photographs with caption
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2002 Hinduism Today, Jan/Feb/March, p. 31, The Redding Siva Nataraja, article with photographs
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2001 Sonoma Valley Magazine December 2001, Heavy Metal pp. 11,32
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1998 Sacramento Bee, August 23, Encore Section – Sculpture Review at State Fair
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1998 Contra Costa West County Times, March 27, Sculpture Photo at S.F. Garden Show, Home & Garden Section
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1998 Sonoma Valley Press Express, January 21, featured article on Sculpture Garden
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1997 Sonoma Index Tribune December 16, Community Center Sculpture Garden, p. A1 & A14
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1997 Redding Record Searchlight, September 21, B1, B2 McConnell Foundation Opening
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1997 The Christian Science Monitor, September 2, pp. 10-11 –sculptures of children's drawings
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1996 The Sacramento Bee, August 25, Encore Section, State Fair Art Review
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1996 Marin Independent Journal, April 18
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1995 Sunset Magazine November, Capturing a Child’s Vision, p. 79
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1995 Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 15, B1
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1995 Sonoma Index Tribune Valley Life, June 16, A13
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1994 Sunset Magazine November, The Changing Western Home, p. 99
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1994 Guest West Magazine, April, Art Surrounds Sonoma, Music to the Eyes, p. 21
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1993 The Sonoma Valley Business Tribune, October 15, The Business of Making Art, p. 6
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1992 Northern California Home and Garden, October, Great Gates, pp 66-67
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1992 TWA Ambassador, August, Call of the Wild, p. 12
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1992 Better Homes and Gardens, August, p. 12
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1992 Hotel/Restaurant Design International, March, Granita Restaurant Entry Portal
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1992 Sonoma Index Tribune February 7, Glorious Gates of Glen Ellen
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1992 Sunset Magazine, January, Sculpture That Keeps in the Sheep
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1991San Francisco Examiner, July 24, New Doors Open for Gatemaker, p. 1
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1991 Santa Rosa Press Democrat, May 23, p. 18
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1991 Marin Independent Journal, April 24, p. C8
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1991 Northern California Home & Garden, March, gate article
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1990 California Builder, December 1990/January 1991-cover photo
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1990 Fine Homebuilding, November, pp. 86-87- images of four gates
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1980 Sunset Magazine, April, The Changing Western Home, p. 164-fence photo