I was raised in the small upstate New York hamlet of Wingdale, which is in the township of Dover. I am a Veteran, having served my country for 4 years in the U.S. Navy, and after which, earning an Associates degree in Commercial Art and Advertising. I am proud to be an American, and an American Sculptor.
My specialty, or core competency, is in the field of Medallic Art. I have 50 years experience designing and sculpting medals and coins, receiving freelance commissions from many private mints. I was a United States Mint Sculptor/Engraver during the period from October 1991 to January 2001. I left the Treasury Department to resume a freelance design and sculpture career.
I can design a medal or coin and provide finished plaster models of the design that are suitable for machine reduction to the dies used to strike the pieces.
This service I can provide to both private mints, organizations, and individuals as well.
In the past, for many organizations, I have executed complete medal programs. This involved my designing the medal, sculpting models, ordering dies cut, encapsulating the struck medals, printing Certificates of Authenticity, and delivering the finished pieces.
I have developed the technique of carving directly into the negative plaster, bypassing the time consuming plasteline stage that most medallic sculptors use. I rarely use plasteline, and reserve it only for high or alto-relief work. By carving directly into the negative plaster, I have found that I have greater control over the detail, and lessen the turnaround time due to the shortened process.
Being a traditionalist, all the design and plaster work I do is totally by hand, utilizing an age-old casting process.
This website displays some of the works that I have done for both private mints, organizations, indiividuals, the United States Mint. and myself. I have been fortunate in my endeavors over the years to have been selected for many prestegious commissions.and as a U.S. Mint Sculptor/Engraver for a decade, honored to have created many Circulating U.S. Coins, Comemmorative Coins, as well as Mint, National, and Congressional Medals.
I would like to welcome you to this website. It has many different photos of my work. It is nearly impossible to show 50 years of work on one website, but I tried to show a wide range of my sculptures and designs. Being a country boy at heart, you will see that some of my awe and love for wildlife has been infused into my art.
The page called “MY WILD SIDE” contains designs that I created, sometimes originally, or from written customer concepts. The majority of these were commissioned by the ALASKA MINT, in Anchorage, Alaska, The Silver Creek Mint in Buhl, Idaho, and Provident Metals.
The following page, titled “ASSORTED COMMISSIONS” contains a wider range of works. Some I designed, some I only sculpted. Many of these were commissioned by BEX ENGRAVING, in Fullerton, CA, also SILVER SHIELD, in Ohio, several by The NEVADA STATE MUSEUM in Carson City, and again, the Alaska Mint.
The “PORTFOLIO” and “PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY” pages show mostly work from my early freelance career, prior to joining the U.S. Mint. All of the works listed under the U.S. Mint were my designs that I was honored to have selected, and was able to execute into plaster models, hand inspect and maintain the master dies, and see them all come to fruition as finished coins or medals.
I have always maintained that my position as a Sculptor / Engraver at the U.S. Mint was an honor and a privilege.