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Where do you find all the parts you use?<\/span><\/div>\n
I have been gathering parts for decades.\u00a0 Garage sales, thrift stores, farms, auctions, and donations from fans of my work.\u00a0 Sometimes, I find a piece that may inspire a whole sculpture, and sometimes I find one that is the perfect missing puzzle piece in an existing sculpture.
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How did you get started?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I have always done art as long as I can remember.\u00a0 Most of my early stuff was shown on the refrigerator in Mom’s kitchen.\u00a0 But I started welding in a\"\" 9th grade FFA , Ag class, and it wasn’t long until I was making small art projects. My first real show was a Christmas craft fair where I sold out what I brought with me, and took orders for more.\u00a0 \u00a0 Later I started designing, and\u00a0 making furniture.\u00a0 I even got to design furniture pieces for a really large furniture company.\u00a0 \u00a0By then I was bringing my sculpture, and maybe some furniture, to a few large art shows in the Southwest.\u00a0 My interest was wildlife, and Native inspired art of the Southwest.\u00a0 I was able to do quite a few life sized pieces which were sold to people from all over, through shows like the Loveland Sculpture Show, and Denver Indian Market. Two of my favorite shows. 2020 and the pandemic brought an end to my\u00a0 Art Show life.\u00a0 And I started focusing on more public art.\u00a0 Through the city of Fruita, I had done tons of functional art around town, and was lucky enough to land the contract for 6 large sculptures in two of the cities’ round about projects.\u00a0 From there, I built my resume, and landed many more contracts.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Do you make anything besides these huge sculptures?
\n<\/span>Yes, I still make gallery sized sculptures, and take commissions for back yard art, and\u00a0 art for homes.\u00a0 I also have done some painting, but I have more fun trying out new ideas in my welding shop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you ever going to retire?
\n<\/span>Probably never completely.\u00a0 I really enjoy what I am doing, and I stay very active in my mind and body working with Art.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We see you installing your art work, with cranes, and cement trucks, and yellow equipment, shouldn’t somebody else do that part?\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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I always said I would never be a starving artist. Meaning I can always make a living, (maybe doing non art things).\u00a0 I welded my way through college, and worked in the oil fields, as a welder.<\/span>\u00a0 I have done structural welding\u00a0 for years, and even industrial demolition.\u00a0 As a kid I was working on a farm\/ ranch and ran all kinds of equipment.\u00a0 So, I am familiar with and sometimes schooled in the industrial setting of construction.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do you teach classes?\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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Not now, but maybe at some point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Can I come to work for you as an apprentice?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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I’m sorry, no.\u00a0 \u00a0I have tried this a time or two, and it takes me too long to get through a project while teaching how it is done.\u00a0 \u00a0Maybe at some point I would try it again, but not soon.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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How do you do this?\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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The real answer is I don’t know.\u00a0 I do understand that I see things differently than a lot of people.\u00a0 I feel like I am really blessed to have found something I am good at, and I enjoy doing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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How can I own some of your art?\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
Contact me and we can discuss what you have in mind.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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