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skills

    Conceptual art, 2D/3D design, design consultation, model-building, sculpting, molding, casting,
    fossil  preparation, fabrication, construction, illustration, graphic design, animation, writing, story-boarding,
    planetarium show production, voice-overs, and a life-long obsession with dinosaurs and things prehistoric.


education

      BFA Graphic Design, University of Georgia, 1986
     Fine Arts, 
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1983
     Associate of Arts, 
Dalton Junior College, 1982


currently

      Exhibit Designer and Fabricator,
     Former National Fossil Day Coordinator,
     Instructional Media Department
     DeKalb County School District
     Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, GA, Since 2002


previously

     Exhibits, Graphics & Design Coordinator,
     University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
     Rock Eagle Natural History Museum, Eatonton, GA &
     Tidelands Nature Center, Jekyll Island, GA, 1991-2002 


various  projects

     Life-sized Microraptor
         Clark Park Nature Center, Fayeteville, NC, 2020

     Life-sized Australopithecus sediba Bust

         Malapa Site Museum, Wits University, South Africa, 2020

       Life-sized Eoraptor, Dunkleosteus, Sauropod Vertebra Seating 
         Bob Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson, SC, 2017-2018

     Raccoon Carcass Feeders

         Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, IN, 2015

     Fossil Replica Props
         The Story Ship, Savannah, GA, 2013

     National Fossil Day Media Folder
         National Parks Service, Washington, DC, 2012

     Altamaha-ha Model
         Darien Visitors Center, Darien, GA, 2009

     Animal Models
         Museum Arts, Dallas, TX, 2001

     Website Art 
         American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 2000

     Exhibit Refurbishment
         Uncle Remus Museum, Eatonton, GA, 2000

     Paleo Restoration Art
         Archaeology's Dig Magazine, New York, NY, 1999

     Paleo Restoration Art
        Dinosaurus Magazine, New York, NY, 1995-98 (extinct)

     Life-sized Tyrannosaurus
        Mackie's World, Grand Rapids, MI,  1996-97 (extinct)

     Interactive Signage
         Bear Hollow Zoological Park, Athens, GA, 1996

     Gameboard & Box Art
         Survival or Extinction: The Dinosaur Game, Latz Chance Games, 1995

     Paleo Restorations
         Biology Department, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA, 1993

     Paleo Restorations
         Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL, 1991-92

     Exhibit Design & Fabrication
        Lanier Museum of Natural History, Buford, GA, 1990-91 (extinct)

     Paleo Restoration & Artifact Replication 

         Skidaway Island State Park, Savannah, GA, 1989


on camera

      Extra, TAG, Godzilla: King of Monsters, First Man, Lovecraft Country, 2017- 2019
      Author/Historian, Mysteries At The Museum, The Travel Channel, 2017
     Zombie Extra, Zombie Crush: A Teenage Zomedy, Bontrager Twins Productions, 2013

     Cryptid Expert, Secret Saturdays Promo Spot, Cartoon Network, 2008
     Exhibit Preparator, Gray's Reef: Real and Imagined, Turner South, 2005 
     Contestant, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 2003 ( Yes, but I still want to be a millionaire. )


behind the scenes

      Cryptid Art, Mysteries At The Museum, The Travel Channel, 2017
     Original Artwork, Cryptotrip, Christopher Maloney, 2012
     Prop Maker (uncredited), Eight-Legged Freaks, Warner Brothers, 2002
     Prop Maker (uncredited), Blood Salvage, High Five Entertainment, 1990
     Makeup Effects Assistant (uncredited), Sleepaway Camp Part 2, Double Helix Films, 1988

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