ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bob is a retired college biology professor living in Washington State, U.S.A.. He earned a PhD from Oregon State University in Invertebrate Zoology, with an emphasis in biological oceanography, and is a recognized expert on the taxonomy of deep-sea shrimps and their parasites.
Bob is an active birder and a member of the Towhee Audubon Society in Takoma, Washington. He especially enjoys watching birds at feeders in his yard. He is a member of the Northwest Carvers Association, the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association, the International Wildfowl Carvers Association, and the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art.
Bob has been carving birds since 1994, specializing primarily in songbirds. He strives to give expression to his awareness of the diversity and beauty of birds in his carvings. He has taken seminars on carving and painting birds, as well as habitat studies with notable carvers Roz Daisey, Jerry Simchuk, and Bob Guge.
Bob's carvings have won awards in competitions at the local, regional, and the national level, including the Idaho Artistry in Wood Boise Woodcarvers Show, the Northern Virginia Carvers Artistry in Wood Show, the Carroll County Carvers Festival of Carving, the Mid-Atlantic Wildfowl and Wildlife Festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Northwest Carvers Show and Sale in Puyallup Washington, the Quiceda Carvers Show in Monroe, Washington, the Pacific Southwest Wildlife Arts California Open Show in San Diego, California, the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association Wildlife Art Show in Sacramento, California, the Columbia Flyway Wildfowl Show in Vancouver, Washington, and at the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition held in Ocean City, Maryland, sponsored by the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury, Maryland. Several of his carvings are in private collections and have been sold at a gallery in Sisters, Oregon.
ART SHOWS AND SALES:
Bob has been invited to show several of his bird carvings at the 4th Annual Spring Invitational Juried Art Show & Sale at the Fred Oldfield Western & Art Center, Feb. 14-28, 2014, in Puyallup, WA. The carving of the Male Oregon Junco received the award for the Best Sculpture (Carving).
Bob was invited to show his bird carvings at the Annual Spring Invitational Juried Art Show & Sale at the Fred Oldfield Western & Art Center, 2013-2016, in Puyallup, WA. His carvings have consistently won Judges Awards there.
EXHIBITIONS:
Grand Champion White-crowned Sparrow carving from 2011 Western Washington State Fair on display in lobby of Puyallup Branch of Columbia Bank, September 7-23, 2012.
Selected bird carvings at Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, WA exhibit "Trees to Treasures" by featured artists from Northwest Carvers Association, July 28-August 22, 2012.
CARVING, PAINTING, AND HABITAT STUDIES:
Carving & painting a Bufflehead drake with Sandy Stromberg, Deale, Maryland, 1995.
Carving & painting a Carolina Wren with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a Ruby-crowned Kinglet with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a male Yellow-rumpted Warbler with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a Black-capped Chickadee with Marsha Crawford, Anapolis, Maryland, 1995.
Carving & painting a Red-breasted Nuthatch with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1996.
Carving & painting a male Cape May Warbler with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1997.
Habitat construction with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1997.
Carving & painting an Ovenbird with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1997.
Carving & painting a female Northern Cardinal with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1998.
Carving & painting a male Common Yellow-throat with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1998.
Painting a male Eastern Bluebird with Roz Daisey, Ward Championship Show, Ocean City, Maryland, 1999.
Carving & painting a male Prothonotary Warbler with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1999.
Carving & painting a White-throated Sparrow with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2001.
Carving & painting a Winter Wren with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2001.
Carving & painting a male Barn Swallow with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2002.
Carving & painting a male Indigo Bunting with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2002.
Carving a White Phase Gyr Falcon with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Habitat creation with focus on rocks as habitat with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Painting the White Phase Gyr Falcon with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Habitat creation with focus on cone flowers with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2010.
"Failure is success if you learn from it." Unknown
Bob is an active birder and a member of the Towhee Audubon Society in Takoma, Washington. He especially enjoys watching birds at feeders in his yard. He is a member of the Northwest Carvers Association, the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association, the International Wildfowl Carvers Association, and the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art.
Bob has been carving birds since 1994, specializing primarily in songbirds. He strives to give expression to his awareness of the diversity and beauty of birds in his carvings. He has taken seminars on carving and painting birds, as well as habitat studies with notable carvers Roz Daisey, Jerry Simchuk, and Bob Guge.
Bob's carvings have won awards in competitions at the local, regional, and the national level, including the Idaho Artistry in Wood Boise Woodcarvers Show, the Northern Virginia Carvers Artistry in Wood Show, the Carroll County Carvers Festival of Carving, the Mid-Atlantic Wildfowl and Wildlife Festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Northwest Carvers Show and Sale in Puyallup Washington, the Quiceda Carvers Show in Monroe, Washington, the Pacific Southwest Wildlife Arts California Open Show in San Diego, California, the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association Wildlife Art Show in Sacramento, California, the Columbia Flyway Wildfowl Show in Vancouver, Washington, and at the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition held in Ocean City, Maryland, sponsored by the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury, Maryland. Several of his carvings are in private collections and have been sold at a gallery in Sisters, Oregon.
ART SHOWS AND SALES:
Bob has been invited to show several of his bird carvings at the 4th Annual Spring Invitational Juried Art Show & Sale at the Fred Oldfield Western & Art Center, Feb. 14-28, 2014, in Puyallup, WA. The carving of the Male Oregon Junco received the award for the Best Sculpture (Carving).
Bob was invited to show his bird carvings at the Annual Spring Invitational Juried Art Show & Sale at the Fred Oldfield Western & Art Center, 2013-2016, in Puyallup, WA. His carvings have consistently won Judges Awards there.
EXHIBITIONS:
Grand Champion White-crowned Sparrow carving from 2011 Western Washington State Fair on display in lobby of Puyallup Branch of Columbia Bank, September 7-23, 2012.
Selected bird carvings at Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, WA exhibit "Trees to Treasures" by featured artists from Northwest Carvers Association, July 28-August 22, 2012.
CARVING, PAINTING, AND HABITAT STUDIES:
Carving & painting a Bufflehead drake with Sandy Stromberg, Deale, Maryland, 1995.
Carving & painting a Carolina Wren with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a Ruby-crowned Kinglet with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a male Yellow-rumpted Warbler with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1995.
Carving & painting a Black-capped Chickadee with Marsha Crawford, Anapolis, Maryland, 1995.
Carving & painting a Red-breasted Nuthatch with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1996.
Carving & painting a male Cape May Warbler with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1997.
Habitat construction with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1997.
Carving & painting an Ovenbird with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1997.
Carving & painting a female Northern Cardinal with Bob Guge, Anapolis, Maryland, 1998.
Carving & painting a male Common Yellow-throat with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1998.
Painting a male Eastern Bluebird with Roz Daisey, Ward Championship Show, Ocean City, Maryland, 1999.
Carving & painting a male Prothonotary Warbler with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 1999.
Carving & painting a White-throated Sparrow with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2001.
Carving & painting a Winter Wren with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2001.
Carving & painting a male Barn Swallow with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2002.
Carving & painting a male Indigo Bunting with Roz Daisey, Newark, Delaware, 2002.
Carving a White Phase Gyr Falcon with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Habitat creation with focus on rocks as habitat with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Painting the White Phase Gyr Falcon with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2009.
Habitat creation with focus on cone flowers with Jerry Simchuk, Mulino, Oregon, 2010.
"Failure is success if you learn from it." Unknown