Artist Samples: click on Title for full Details
Resilience
Acrylic Mural for vinyl wrap, 33’x34’
2022, Oregon State Treasury Building, Salem, $32,470
Licensed animal imagery from Steph Littlebird (Grande Ronde Confederated Tribes) blends with
portraits of resilient Oregonians, a fallen forest and nature’s resilient elements.
Acrylic Mural for vinyl wrap, 33’x34’
2022, Oregon State Treasury Building, Salem, $32,470
Licensed animal imagery from Steph Littlebird (Grande Ronde Confederated Tribes) blends with
portraits of resilient Oregonians, a fallen forest and nature’s resilient elements.
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Common Threads
perforated metal screen, 38’x51’
2020, Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Parking Garage, design budget: $21,000 + fabrication
Leading a design team of Antwoine Thomas, Van Cooley, and Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), our b/w design focuses on the history and future of creativity in the Beaverton area, with repeated patterns representing animals, Indigenous craft forms, and creative industries.
perforated metal screen, 38’x51’
2020, Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Parking Garage, design budget: $21,000 + fabrication
Leading a design team of Antwoine Thomas, Van Cooley, and Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), our b/w design focuses on the history and future of creativity in the Beaverton area, with repeated patterns representing animals, Indigenous craft forms, and creative industries.
Vibrant Cities Don’t Burn
acrylic paint on Tyvek, 8’10” x 16’7”
2020, Portland Fire & Police Disability Building, Portland, OR, Budget $8,000
Commissioned by the Portland Fire Department and Fire Chief Boone, mural focuses on community and nature working in harmony and represents Portland’s current and gorwing diversity. Co-created with Antwoine Thomas
acrylic paint on Tyvek, 8’10” x 16’7”
2020, Portland Fire & Police Disability Building, Portland, OR, Budget $8,000
Commissioned by the Portland Fire Department and Fire Chief Boone, mural focuses on community and nature working in harmony and represents Portland’s current and gorwing diversity. Co-created with Antwoine Thomas
Library Silhouettes
3/8” powder-coated steel, life-size
Fabricated with Matt Cartwright, 2016
Happy Valley Library
Commissioned by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance
Eight life-size steel figures (with aluminum and painted elements) provide directional elements near the parking lots and road leading to the library entrance. Following the theme of “going to the library,” figures are based on original sketches of library patrons, which were hand-cut out of paper before being laser cut in steel and powder-coated.
3/8” powder-coated steel, life-size
Fabricated with Matt Cartwright, 2016
Happy Valley Library
Commissioned by the Clackamas County Arts Alliance
Eight life-size steel figures (with aluminum and painted elements) provide directional elements near the parking lots and road leading to the library entrance. Following the theme of “going to the library,” figures are based on original sketches of library patrons, which were hand-cut out of paper before being laser cut in steel and powder-coated.
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Making Waves
acrylic mural applied as vinyl wrap, 810 square feet
2023, Trimet Bus, Portland OR, Design budget $4000
Commissioned by the City of Portland to celebrate Women’s History Month, this design features 27 contemporary heroines who have broken barriers in their fields, and will traversing Portland all year.
acrylic mural applied as vinyl wrap, 810 square feet
2023, Trimet Bus, Portland OR, Design budget $4000
Commissioned by the City of Portland to celebrate Women’s History Month, this design features 27 contemporary heroines who have broken barriers in their fields, and will traversing Portland all year.
Tapestry
Corten steel installation, 6.5x16’
2121, Rockwood Commons Entry, $34,670
Celebrating the work of women’s hands and the multicultural population of the area, the repeated patterns in the tapestry were provided by local women, ages 7-70, via public art classes, as well as four generations of my own family.
Corten steel installation, 6.5x16’
2121, Rockwood Commons Entry, $34,670
Celebrating the work of women’s hands and the multicultural population of the area, the repeated patterns in the tapestry were provided by local women, ages 7-70, via public art classes, as well as four generations of my own family.
Read to Grow/Learn to Dream
acrylic murals for vinly elevator skins, 4x7’ each
2021, Hillsboro Public Library, Oregon, Design Budget $1,600 + fabrication
Embedded letters on the edges of the design create a secret message that reveals vertically when elevator doors open and close. Characters based on photographs of patrons.
acrylic murals for vinly elevator skins, 4x7’ each
2021, Hillsboro Public Library, Oregon, Design Budget $1,600 + fabrication
Embedded letters on the edges of the design create a secret message that reveals vertically when elevator doors open and close. Characters based on photographs of patrons.
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E Pluribus Unum
acrylic mural spanning tunnel 30’x34’4” wrap
2022, 8th Street Greenbelt Tunnel, Boise, ID $22,000
Commissioned by the city of Boise in answer to racist graffiti, mural features real Boise heroes, cultural pride symbols, circles of light, and the local landscape blended into a mosaic of humanity.
acrylic mural spanning tunnel 30’x34’4” wrap
2022, 8th Street Greenbelt Tunnel, Boise, ID $22,000
Commissioned by the city of Boise in answer to racist graffiti, mural features real Boise heroes, cultural pride symbols, circles of light, and the local landscape blended into a mosaic of humanity.
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Art by Matt Cartwright, cartwrightdesign.com
Lotus Bench
stainless steel, cast glass and acrylic discs, concrete, 8’ x 13’ x 3.5’
2006, Broomfield, CO, Budget, $17000.00
Commissioned by the Broomfield Public Arts Commission. Stainless pipe and flat stock are rolled and fabricated into framework of lotus flower. Lotus fruit is a glass casting stacked on acrylic discs that refract ambient sunlight to appear as a glowing center within the flower, and stainless steel inlay repeats the lotus petals in the concrete landing.
stainless steel, cast glass and acrylic discs, concrete, 8’ x 13’ x 3.5’
2006, Broomfield, CO, Budget, $17000.00
Commissioned by the Broomfield Public Arts Commission. Stainless pipe and flat stock are rolled and fabricated into framework of lotus flower. Lotus fruit is a glass casting stacked on acrylic discs that refract ambient sunlight to appear as a glowing center within the flower, and stainless steel inlay repeats the lotus petals in the concrete landing.
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Malabar Bombax
powder-coated steel, 17 x 17’ x 6’
2009, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA, Budget, $18,000
Tubing, pipe and strips of steel are cold formed to create an experiment inspired by interference patterns, bright colors and chaotic organic geometry to maximize visibility. Permanent display in Maryhill museum’s outdoor gallery.
powder-coated steel, 17 x 17’ x 6’
2009, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA, Budget, $18,000
Tubing, pipe and strips of steel are cold formed to create an experiment inspired by interference patterns, bright colors and chaotic organic geometry to maximize visibility. Permanent display in Maryhill museum’s outdoor gallery.
Sabin Garden Gate,
Sabin Elementary PTA created a teaching garden and realized the need far a gate near the garden. This gate is made of roll formed tubing, various surplus scrap pieces. A full size, reclaimed pick-axe is mounted to the inside of the gate, and is the latch when closed. The powder-coated steel gates span a 14 foot opening, are 9 ft high with a 13 ft high arch.
Sabin Elementary PTA created a teaching garden and realized the need far a gate near the garden. This gate is made of roll formed tubing, various surplus scrap pieces. A full size, reclaimed pick-axe is mounted to the inside of the gate, and is the latch when closed. The powder-coated steel gates span a 14 foot opening, are 9 ft high with a 13 ft high arch.
Trillium Bench
Aluminum tubing, steel pipe, flat bar, acrylic, stainless, 12’ x 7’ x 5’
2007, Lake Oswego, OR, Budget, $12000.00
Steel Pipe and Flat bar are rolled, folded and forged into panels based on the organic shapes of the Trillium’s leaves and flower. Leaf panels act as seats. Aluminum flower creates shade during the day. Purchased by Lake Oswego, Oregon, Art Walk Gallery
Aluminum tubing, steel pipe, flat bar, acrylic, stainless, 12’ x 7’ x 5’
2007, Lake Oswego, OR, Budget, $12000.00
Steel Pipe and Flat bar are rolled, folded and forged into panels based on the organic shapes of the Trillium’s leaves and flower. Leaf panels act as seats. Aluminum flower creates shade during the day. Purchased by Lake Oswego, Oregon, Art Walk Gallery
