Although my main profession has been Marine Fisheries Development over the past twenty-five years, woodcarving and sculpting have been my enduring passions ever since I first picked up a Traditional Hand Adze on Kayangel Atoll in Palau back in 1966. And on Kayangel, it was Mokisang, the great Palauan mastercarver who taught me the techniques of producing fine utilitarian pieces using simple hand tools. Together, we fashioned spear guns, coconut scraping stools, food platters, canoe paddles, and even wooden diving goggles. After those two years in Palau, I have been on a career journey throughout the Indo-Pacific establishing indigenous fishing industries and carving when time permits.

Over the years, I have worked with other great woodcarvers in Micronesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Samoa and Indonesia. My early gallery sales and commissions include, Yupik Eskimo mask reproductions at the Artique Gallery in Alaska 1973, sculptures based on Hawaiian mythology at the Pollitt and Nuuanu-Pauahi Galleries in Hawaii from 1986 to 1992.

After completing several fisheries projects from 1992 to 1997 in Fiji, and Papua New Guinea, I commenced full time wood sculpting living in San Diego, California, showing my works at the San Diego Sculptors Guild and the Enchanted woods of Old Town San Diego, and placing numerous ‘tikis’ and fireplace mantles in homes throughout the county. I moved to Maui, Hawaii in 2000 and created new works based on Hawaiian Myths, including some of Maui’s feats. I also produced carved fishermen boxes, traditional carved bowls, traditional carved fish hooks and sea life renderings, placing these for sale at The Village Gallery in Lahaina, the Hana Coast Gallery in Hana and the Nohea Gallery in Honolulu.

Presently, I am again in San Diego but still producing major works for the Galleries mentioned above, making tikis for local sale and now also making traditional carved American Naval Eagles and personal name plaques. As you can see from the examples of my works presented here, I have a strong emotional and spiritual link to Oceania, the marine world and to the indigenous carvers and craftsmen of the Indo-Pacific.

All of my works are produced using traditional carving tools and techniques. All of my pieces are given an oil finish and are hand waxed and polished. I enjoy working on a one-to-one basis with all my customers to satisfy your specific requirements. Now, please look through my works and feel free to contact me via Email for orders or your ideas that you might want rendered in fine wood.