PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Independent Work as Fine Artist:

Self-employed, Alabama, 1992-1999. Illustration, commissioned models, graphics, stage props, portraits, mural compositions, landscapes, still-lifes. Client list includes Ad Astra Magazine (National Space Society), Final Frontier Magazine, Star Trek Communicator, Star Wars Fan Club Magazine, Auburn University Educational Television, Steiner Bressler Inc. advertising, Style Advertising Inc., WBMG- TV, Beckley, NC, (PBS affiliate); Auburn University Conference Center; Rosemount Plantation, Forkland, AL; Gaineswood Plantation, Demopolis, AL; Birmingham (AL) Public Library; also in Birmingham: Vazda Video production company, Randy Mayor Photography, Yanks Miniatures, Omaha, NE; and Airworks & Associates, Colorado Springs, CO. Exhibitions and sales of more than 300 original landscape and still-life oil paintings in galleries throughout the, ~- Southeast.

Scenic Director:

Airworks & Associates, Colorado Springs, CO, 1996-1997. Design and fabrication of trade-show exhibits, model prototyping, model restoration, and limited edition figure- sculpting. Client list includes: Estes Industries, Telegen Corporation, U.S. Space Foundation, Kaman Aerospace, and licensees of LucasFilm and Paramount Pictures.

Scenic Artist:

C&M Productions, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 1996. . Production of large acrylic paintings (12'x24') for film and photographic imaging.

Chief Sculptor, Model-Maker and Researcher:

Model-Maker and Researcher: Eagle Quest Images, Birmingham, AL, 1990-1991. Production and sales ot limited-edition historical tigures. Distributors include: National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Kennedy Space Center, and the Japanese Space Museum. Collectors include: U.S. Astronaut Alan Shepard, Chelsea Clinton, Nippon Steel corporate headquarters; Lillian Kozlowski, curator, National Air and Space Museum. Model-Builder and Prototyper: Design Source, Huntsville, AL, 1988-1990. Provided services tor the design and production ot exhibits, displays, models, and graphics tor aerospace contractors and related businesses. Clients include: NASA, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, U.S. Strategic Detense Command, IBM, McDonnell-Douglas, Hughes Aerospace, Micro Cratt, Chrysler Pentastar, and Intergraph, Inc. Production Designer: Auburn Educational Television, Auburn, AL, 1981-1982, 1984-1986. Production design tor Auburn Television's two award- . winning documentaries -"Lost in Time" and "First Frontier ." - Pre-production designs to post-production special-ettects, including storyboarding, research, design and construction ot costumes, props, and sets; art direction on location and execution ot video matte-paintings. (An article on the development ot these video matte-paintings appeared in the December 1986 issue ot American Cinematographer. The documentaries won numerous awards, including a Cine Golden Eagle and Cindy Award.) Education: Auburn University, Auburn, AL, BFA, 1984. Alabama School ot Fine Arts, Birmingham, 1977. Chief Sculptor, Model-Maker and Researcher: Eagle Quest Images, Birmingham, AL, 1990-1991. Production and sales of limited-edition historical figures. Distributors include: National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Kennedy Space Center, and the Japanese Space Museum. Collectors include: U.S. Astronaut Alan Shepard, Chelsea Clinton, Nippon Steel corporate headquarters; Lillian Kozlowski, curator, National Air and Space Museum.

Model-Builder and Prototyper:

Design Source, Huntsville, AL, 1988-1990. Provided services for the design and production of exhibits, displays, models, and graphics for aerospace contractors and related businesses. Clients include: NASA, U.S. Space and Rocket Center, U.S. Strategic Defense Command, IBM, McDonnell-Douglas, Hughes Aerospace, Micro Craft, Chrysler Pentastar, and Intergraph, Inc.

Production Designer:

Auburn Educational Television, Auburn, AL, 1981-1982, 1984-1986. Production design for Auburn Television's two award- . winning documentaries -"Lost in Time" and "First Frontier." - Pre-production designs to post-production special-effects, including storyboarding, research, design and construction of costumes, props, and sets; art direction on location and execution of video matte-paintings. (An article on the development of these video matte-paintings appeared in the December 1986 issue of American Cinematographer. The documentaries won numerous awards, including a Cine Golden Eagle and Cindy Award.)

Education:

Auburn University, Auburn, AL, BFA, 1984.
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, 1977.