Bio
EDUCATION
1968 - Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism / Advertising, University of Oregon
1975 - Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Honors in Environmental Design, Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
WORK HISTORY
1969 - 1972 - Intelligence Officer, U.S. Air Force
1975 - 1979 - Exhibition designer with the Office of Gordon Ashby, and partner, Ashby-Wells Associates, Inverness, CA.
1979 - present - Independent designer specializing in the planning and design of museum exhibitions, interpretive publications, and explanatory illustrations.
EXHIBITION & PLANNING PROJECTS
RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS, Long Beach, California.
RANCHO EL ESCONDIDO, Catalina Island, California.
DELTA SCIENCE CENTER, Oakley, California.
TELLURIDE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, Telluride, Colorado.
“THE CROSSING”, A Proposed Exhibition at Traverse de Sioux, for the Nicollet County Historical Society in Saint Peter, Minnesota.
THE HUMPHREY FORUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE, San Jose, California.
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, San Francisco, California.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY MUSEUM, Walnut Creek, California.
THE OAKLAND MUSEUM, Oakland, California.
COYOTE POINT MUSEUM OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, San Mateo, California.
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, Sacramento, California.
HAYDEN PLANETARIUM, New York, New York.
GRAPHICS
Various illustrated maps and birds-eye view posters, including; RHEEM CREEK WATERSHED, Natural Heritage Institute; FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE MARSH CREEK WATERSHED, Delta Science Center; BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE NORTH RICHMOND SHORELINE, Richmond Shoreline Academy and The Natural Heritage Institute; NORTH RECREATIONAL TRAIL TOUR MAP, Monterey Bay Aquarium, 2009; CANNERY ROW TOUR MAP, Monterey Bay Aquarium, 2010.
PUBLICATIONS - design / illustration
WATCH YOUR MOUTH, Biting Duck Press, 2016.
TERMITAT - Meet the Pacific Dampwood Termites, companion guide to the Termitat, live termite habitat, 2016.
THE GET WELL-QUICK KIT, (Book and thermometer, other get-well tools) and THE STETHOSCOPE BOOK & KIT, (book and actual emergency-room stethoscope) Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass.
SCIENCE IN ACTION LEARNING SERIES, ( Titles included Sharks, Earthquakes, Dinosaurs, Birds of Prey, Penguins & Biters and Stingers), California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California.
A CHILD’S GUIDE TO THE BROOKFIELD ZOO, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois.
CALIFORNIA, A PLACE, A PEOPLE, A DREAM, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California.
OFF & RUNNING, THE COMPUTER OFFLINE ACTIVITIES BOOK, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California.
S•P•A•C•E•S (Solving Problems of Access to Careers in Engineering & Science), Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California.
THE HOME ENERGY DECISION BOOK, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California.
YOUR AFFORDABLE SOLAR HOME, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California.
SEWING FOR THE OUTDOORS, A SEAMSTER’S GUIDE, Sierra club Books, San Francisco, California.
SIERRA CLUB CALENDER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, (four volumes, from 1978-1981). Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California.
PRESENT VALUE • CONSTRUCTING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, Governor’s Office of Appropriate Technology, State of California.
ACID RAIN, Stanford Research Institute, Palo Alto, California. .
RESEARCH OUTLOOK AND HIGHLIGHTS, (six volumes), The Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.
TRACK OF THE GRIZZLY, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California.
TREE BOY, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, California.
A CHILD’S RIGHT TO FOOD, The Children’s Rights Group, San Francisco, California.