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Skills

     Conceptual art, 2D/3D design, art direction, project management, 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
     AA Liberal Arts, 
Dalton Junior College, 1982


Currently

     Exhibit Designer and Fabricator,
     National Fossil Day Coordinator,
     Instructional Media Department
     DeKalb County Schools
     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

     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-size 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

     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


Behind  the  Scenes

     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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