| My membership in the American
Numismatic Association (ANA),
www.money.org has been continuous since 1990, when my Centurian
design won the national competition for the obverse of their 100th
anniversary Medal. I had won other design competitions,
(Garden State Numismatic Association medal...town of Catskill, N.Y.
logo), but because of the ANA's stature, this is the design that got
me national recognition as a designer.
The design
depicts a Centurion (symbolizing 100 years), ascending a set of
steps, and opening a portal into a new century, armed only with
enlightenment that comes with knowledge. Historically, the
ANA's symbol has been the lamp of knowledge with the legend "de
profundis", which means "from the depths".
Since then I have
been fortunate enough to receive several awards through my efforts
as a medallic designer and sculptor. One of these is the:
ANA Excellence in Medallic Sculpture Award, which is a lifetime
achievement award, and is presented with an engraved 5 ounce gold
medal, which I feel very honored to have been selected to receive.
This award was presented to me at the ANA convention at Philadelphia
in 2000.
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Over the past few years, I have designed
and produced an ingot and several medallions for State Parks and
private organizations in the Pacific Northwest. These are
typically 39 mm. in diameter, silver or gold plated, and each come
with a certificate of authenticity. A few are shown below.
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Available at Columbia River
Maritime Museum, Astoria, OR
Pictured below is
a medal I recently produced for the Friends of the Columbia River
Gateway in Ilwaco, WA. It is a new release called "Lure of the
Lighthouses II" that features both lighthouses that are located at
Cape Disappointment State Park. The park's name was formerly
Fort Canby, and was recently changed. The new medal reflects
that name change.
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Below is another medal that I created
for the Friends at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, also
located within Cape Disappointment State Park. It is called
"Lewis and Clark's Destined View" It features William Clark
looking at the Pacific Ocean for the first time from an overlook at
what is now called "McKenzie Head". ( According to his
journal, Clark viewed the Pacific from the cliffs with a small party
of men, but not including Lewis....he went on a different day) The
reverse illustrates some of the artifacts and information about
flora and fauna seen at the interpretive center at the park.
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These medals are
available at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Ilwaco, WA .
They can be ordered two different ways:
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This ingot was created for the Pacific
County Friends of Lewis and Clark, in Long Beach, WA. It
contains five ounces of silver. It features portraits of Lewis
and Clark, a view of Cape Disappointment as they would have seen it
from "Station Camp", the American flag, Lewis' telescope, Clarks'
map making dividers, and "The buzzard of the large kind" that was
sighted nearby on a whale carcass. The bird was actually what
is now called a California Condor.
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Pictured below is a
medal that I created for Fort Clatsop, in Astoria, Oregon. It
commemorated the formation of a new system of parks: The Lewis and
Clark National and State Historical Parks. The fort was
tragically burned shortly after the medal was created, but has been
re-built. This medal was struck in gold plate and solid
silver, and is available in the gift shop at Fort Clatsop.
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My studio is located in Beatty,
OR., and I specialize in the design and sculpting of finely
detailed, plaster models featuring portraits, historical topics,
wildlife and logos. These master plaster models are then used in the
reduction process to strike medals, or in the case of a large
plaque, used in it's entirety.
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