About : loculi design
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Loculi Design was formed out of a passion for ecological restoration, environmental art, cultural landscapes, and sustainable architectural design.
Loculi Design was created by Scott Sutton who is an ecological and environmental designer with a Master of Landscape Architecture from University of New Mexico and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Oregon State University. Scott's passion is to create places that weave together art and architecture within site specific environments while regenerating ecological landscapes that are endemic to the places that sustain us through the development of cultural landscapes. At Loculi Design, we focus on creating space for seeds to form enabling the regeneration of ecosystems and cultural landscapes through the creation of places where humanity can celebrate and live harmoniously with the wonders of nature within our built environments. |
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LOCULI DESIGN
Ecological & Environmental Design
FOUNDER
Scott Sutton
LOCATION
Taos, NM 87571
EMAIL
loculidesign@gmail.com
PHONE
503-734-4766
WEBSITE
www.loculidesign.com
www.scottsuttonart.com
www.pigmenthunter.com
SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram @pigmenthunter
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico : Albuquerque, NM : 2009 - 2012
Master of Landscape Architecture
Oregon State University : Corvallis, OR : 1994 - 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts
WORK EXPERIENCE
Loculi Design : Ecological & Environmental Design Studio
Taos, NM
Date : 2020-2023
Loculi Design focuses on ecological and environmental design of natural ecosystems, cultural landscapes, historic preservation, and sustainable building design. The services provided include site consultation, site analysis, mapping of both natural and cultural landscapes, along with two dimensional as well as three dimensions design of landscape and architecture projects. A diversity of skill sets include the use of detailed mapping of the landscape using lidar and digital elevation models, GIS program data, two dimensional design, and three dimensional design using Rhino 3d modeling program. The use of these programs assist with the creation of site analysis, grading and drainage plans, agricultural site planning, historical landscape documentation, landscape design, and architectural design. Site plans, building plans, as well as construction documents can also be created for assisting with ecological regeneration of natural landscapes, cultural preservation of historic sites, and the development of land use and site plans for the creation of new cultural landscapes.
Casas De Cultura Masterplan & Historical Documentation
Questa, NM
Date : 2020-2023
This project has involved the mapping of a historic property and cultural landscape for a site in the center of the Village of Questa. The site map will include 3 inch contour lines of the topography, acequia system, and existing orchard. The site design will also incorporate a new community orchard and gardens along with an outdoor kitchen and amphitheater for holding educational programming. The Casas De Cultura project has received grants to assist in the development of a detailed master plan documenting the historic cultural landscape of the property along with the floor plans of the historic home that is in need of restoration for future use by a local non profit organization. The future community orchards and gardens also connect with the farmers market site across the street where we are planting more fruit trees and gardens that highlight the historic importance of agriculture and as a means of helping to sustain the local community by bringing life back to the heart of the Village of Questa.
Casas De Cultura Public Art Project
Village of Questa, NM
Date : 2022
As part of the project I also received a grant to wheat paste historical images of the family who lived in this historic home along with imagery of other photos from the community, a map of the local acequia system, and an aerial image of the Molybdenum Mine. The wheat pasted large scale photos are glued to the exterior walls of the house on a plaster that needs to be replaced as part of the future restoration project. The temporary art installation will act as means of engaging the local community in not only reflecting on the past history, but also as a way of regenerating life into a historic home that has been vacant for over 20 years.
Taylor Ranch Community Center Mural : Albuquerque Public Art
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2022
The mural I created for Taylor Ranch Community Center is composed of a triptych with 8 foot by 8 foot birch plywood panels. The center panel is a 3d carving of the Middle Rio Grande Basin from the north at the Jemez River south to the Tijeras Canyon and the east from the Sandia Mountains to volcanoes to the west of the Petroglyph National Monument. This 3d carving is composed of 5 inch thick baltic birch plywood carved with a 3d router from a 3d model I created in QGIS and Rhino using digital elevation models. The mural is painted with local mineral & soils collected from the Albuquerque Basin that I processed into pigments then made into paints using an egg tempera and stand oil for the binder. I also grew Japanese Indigo in my dye garden in Taos and extracted the indigo blue pigment from its leaves that is the source of blue in the mural.
Rio Grande Basin Indigo Map : Indelible Blue – Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2022
The Rio Grande Basin Indigo Map is a 5 foot by 8 foot painting I created specifically for the Indelible Blue exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. This exhibition curated artwork of artists from around the world who work with Indigo blue as a source of color extracted from different plants that contain the blue pigment. I grew the Japanese Indigo also known as Persicaria Tinctoria in my dye garden in Taos and extracted the pigments from its leaves to use in the creation of this painting. The imagery central image in the painting is of the Rio Grande Basin and its tributary rivers as it flows from Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and finally into Mexico. A map of Japan also highlights the origins of this incredible plant that has been transported across oceans from its source as an endemic plant into watersheds throughout the world. A botanical illustration of the Japanese Indigo plant and its seed showcases the anatomy of the plant that is the source of this Indelible Blue.
Arterialist Design Studio : Art | Architecture | Landscape
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Constructed my own art and design studio and greenhouse at Green Anchors where I combine art, architecture, and landscape architecture into various functional environments. My focus over the years has been in creating art and making paints with natural minerals that I gather from around the Northwest. I also am combining my knowledge and interests in landscape architecture into various projects that embrace art as a functional aspect of design which is not centered around the purely aesthetic criteria, but instead to create a dynamic form that entices all the senses and engages people through physical interaction.
Green Anchors : Ecological Restoration | Storm Water Design
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Developed a masterplan for Green Anchors on seven acres of land to help with storm water management projects for the future through depaving and site ecological restoration with native and non native plants focused on productive landscapes and wildlife habitat biodiversity.
Ainsworth Pollinator Cooridor
Portland, OR
Date : 2019
Designed a pollinator corridor with native plants along the central green way of Ainsworth Street for 20 city blocks between Alberta Park and Fernhill Park in Portland, OR. The current green space is occupied by grass and a couple of trees per block. The design integrated a variety of pollinator plants from annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees to develop an increased biodiversity for native pollinators and birds. The design also integrated curb cuts into the island meridian allowing for stormwater infiltration from the streets into swales and rain gardens.
Neo Rio : Roots
Cerro, NM
Date : 2018
Neo Rio is an ecological art installation held within the Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and the theme for 2018 was Raices | Roots. My eco-art installation involved creating a multi tier shelving that was made of plasma cut steel creating holes in the shelves for mason jars to be placed. These jars were filled with water from the local watershed and rooted out Peachleaf Willow cuttings that I had taken cuttings from a mother tree in Portland growing in polluted soils of a brownfield and superfund site along the Willamette River where I was living. I transported the rooted willows from Portland to Cerro, NM across numerous watershed boundaries and a diversity of ecoregions. The Peachleaf Willow is a native species that exists along waterways in the Northwest and Southwest and has the ability to uptake toxins into its biomass. At the end of the Neo Rio event the rooted out willows were given to the local community to plant along with some that I planted along the Red River below the Moldybdenum mine superfund site.
Hightunnel Greenhouse : WWII Shipways
Portland, OR
Date : 2018
At the Green Anchors property where I worked as caretaker of the land doing restoration projects on the brownfield superfund site related to WWII ship building I constructed a hightunnel greenhouse in one of the old shipways along the Willamette River. The greenhouse was supported by a USDA | NRCS grant to set up a native plant nursery where I grew plants to be used in the regeneration of the local watershed. The greenhouse is located on a slope where the WWII ships were constructed and launched down into the river. In a symbolic way, the greenhouse itself resembled the hull of a ship turned upside down and was used to grow plants that could help remediate the toxins in the water, soil, and air that exists in the Portland Harbor Superfund Site along the Willamette River.
Heron Lakes Golf Course : Pollinator Habitat Project
Portland, OR
Date : 2018
Worked with the Heron Lakes Golf Course owned by the City of Portland and Columbia Slough Watershed Council to develop a masterplan that would integrate pollinator and wildlife habitat into the areas of the golf course that are considered out of play. I worked closely with the Superintendent of the golf course to identify existing areas of grass that could be regenerated into a biodiverse habitat using native plants that are endemic to the Columbia Slough. We had several planting parties with local non profits and youth to begin the first test phases of integrating the planting plan into specific areas of the golf course.
Apiary Building : Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab
Portland, OR
Date : 2017
Designed and built an apiary building in the pollinator gardens located at Green Anchors in Portland. The building was constructed as an educational space for the community and for research with a master bee keeper who is working with the Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab. The design integrated aspects of apiary buildings from Northern Europe to create a climate controlled environment for the bees. The structure was built with a variety of repurposed materials and milled wood salvaged from the shoreline along the Willamette River.
Hempcrete Tinyhouse
Portland, OR
Date : 2017
The Hempcrete Tinyhouse project was designed and built for a client who wanted to create a healthy home on a trailer. I designed the hempcrete tinyhouse in Rhino 3d where I produced a detailed 3d model and generated the construction documents along with the materials list to help guide the project from beginning to completion. The design of the building has a modern feel to it while using a natural building material that was created with the wooden framework for the structural form. The use of hempcrete creates a home that is a breathable wall system that sequesters CO2 into the lime during its entire lifespan acting as a carbon sink. The lime binder and hemp hurds mineralize over time creating a wall system that is also resistant to fire, mold, and insects.
Design Build : NE Portland Greenhouse | Outdoor BBQ | Deck
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
Designed and built a residential project in a backyard with a deck, raised beds, greenhouse, and outdoor bar/bbq structure. The project was build with cedar and reclaimed materials such as glass windows, plastic palettes, and old cedar fence boards.
OCAC : Oregon College of Art and Craft | Art Adventures Summer Camp
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
Worked as an art Instructor for the summer camp teaching painting and mixed media classes to children with a focus on making paints with natural minerals from Oregon.
Hempcrete Art Studio
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
The hempcrete art studio was constructed as my workspace using hemp hurds and a lime binder. This was my first time working with hempcrete as a building material and provided me with an opportunity to incorporate a material that had been used in Europe for almost two decades, but has not seen much use in the United States in architectural design. I used hemp hurds that I had sourced from Canada in 2004 and had been storing them for future use. After returning to Portland from studying for a Master of Landscape Architecture at UNM in Albuquerque I ended up with an opportunity to build my own art studio. I constructed the hempcrete studio at the site of Green Anchors, a historic ship building yard and brownfield where I worked for almost 7 years as an artist focused on environmental and ecological design.
End of The Oregon Trail Museum : Welcome Sign
Oregon City, OR
Date : 2014
Project manager, designer, and fabricator of a new welcome sign created on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for the End of The Oregon Trail. The sign included a design etched in glass and text laser engraved cedar. I prepared a 3d model and the files necessary to create the template for the etched glass and engraved wood.
The Freshwater Trust : Annual Gala Fundraiser @ Mark Building | Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR
Date : 2014
Designed and installed an event space with native plants for a fundraiser gala on behalf of the Freshwater Trust and used the plants for a local restoration project in St Johns.
Village Gardens : Seeds of Harmony Outdoor Kitchen w/ Architecture For Humanity
Portland, OR
Date : 2014
Helped design and model an outdoor kitchen with Architecture For Humanity that was built by Oregon Tradeswomen and now is a central component to the community garden.
Genentech : Campus Recreational and Restoration Plan
Vacaville, CA
Date : 2013
Worked as an independent contractor, landscape/ecological designer, developing a master plan for the potential expansion of the Genentech campus into an adjacent property that would function as a recreational/active space for employees. The design also included constructed wetlands to recycle water back into the natural environment with the hope to reduce the salt content, but also to re-create a natural ecosystem habitat with native plants.
Haddad Drugan : Seattle Waterfront Seawall Public Art Installation
Seattle, Washington
Date : 2013
Assisted Haddad Drugan in the creation of a 3d model of conceptual design for a concrete seawall panel. The 3d model was designed at life size in Rhino3d with various surface elements creating low relief patterns inspired by mussels, anemones, and starfish. The 3d model was used for the fabrication of the mold for casting the concrete seawall panels and are installed along Seattle's new waterfront remodel.
Portland Fruit Tree Project : Fruits of Diversity Community Orchard
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Worked as a project manager for a community orchard where I have helped to design the landscape of the community orchard, plant trees & shrubs, remove grass and mulch with wood chips, and install a pathway. The orchard also included a diversity of medicinal plants along with other native plants to attract pollinators and beneficial insects.
UNM School of Architecture and Planning : Fabrication Lab
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2009-2012
Worked as a shop assistant in the fabrication lab at UNM where I helped to teach students how to operate the cnc router, 3d printer, laser cutter, vacuum former, and the equipment within the wood and metal shop.
City of Albuquerque : Open Space Visitor Center : Art Center
Albuquerque NM
Date : 2010-2011
Taught a couple of natural paint making workshops using minerals collected from New Mexico. One workshop focused on where and how to collect minerals for making paint and the other focused on processing the materials into pigments and paints for making art.-
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum : Education Center
Santa Fe, NM
Date : 2009-2010
Taught two workshops at the O'Keeffe Museum that were focused on using the mineral clay as a pigment for making paint that inspired the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. The first day was spent in the area around Abiquiu collecting minerals and the second day processing the minerals into pigments and making paint.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde : Cultural Education | Lifeways Program
Portland, OR
Date : 2004-2008
Worked as an art instructor for the Cultural Resource & Education Department at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde teaching tribal members. My main focus was on reintroducing the use of natural minerals from around Oregon as a source of pigment for making paint, printmaking int, and silkscreens. I also helped to document sources of minerals as well as plant materials that are of cultural importance to the tribe and their numerous forms of art.
PNCA - Pacific Northwest College of Art : Continuing Education
Portland, OR
Date : 2008
Taught PNCA students how to make paints with natural pigments as a means of exploring traditional and sustainable processes.
Cathlapotle Plankhouse Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge : Artist Educator
Ridgefield, WA
Date : 2008
Taught natural paint making workshops with minerals that I collected from Oregon and Washington to children who were visiting the wildlife refuge.
Marysville School : Confluence Project : Marysville Playground | Pictograph Project
Portland, OR
Date : 2005-2006
Artist in residence at Marysville School where I taught art to students and acquired a Confluence Project grant while working with the Marysville Advisory Team to help integrate art into the design of the new playground. I worked collaboratively with the architects and engineers to develop concepts for the playground remodel which was completed in 2009.
SKILLSETS & TOOLS
Art - Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Silkscreen, Sculpture, Land Art
Art Materials - Hand made paints, oil paint crayons, wood, stone, metal, & found objects
Photography - Visual Documentation of projects and for site analysis
Mapping – GIS, Topography, Ecology, Geology, Hydrology, Cultural Landscape
Research - Site Analysis, Historical documentation
Computer Aided Programs - CNC Router, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Rhino, Sketchup
Metal Fabrication - Welder (Mig-Tig), Plasma Cutter, Grinders, Etc.
Wood Working - Table Saw, Band Saw, Planer, Hand Carving, Etc.
Landscape Design – Mapping, Site analysis, design, and installation
Ecological Restoration – Regenerative design with native plants
Permaculture Design – Productive landscapes, food forests, community orchards
Design Build – Residential architecture based projects such as decks, greenhouse, outdoor shelters and kitchen/bbq
PROGRAMS
Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design - Design, layout and renderings.
Rhinoceros - 3D modeling and rendering. 2D design for plans and construction documents.
Sketch Up - 3D modeling and rendering
Rendering - VRay – Rhino Render - Flamingo
GIS - Maps and Geographical Information Analysis with QGIS.
Microsoft Office - Word & Excel
PUBLIC ART PROJECT
Confluence Project | Marysville Playground Pictograph Project
Marysville School
Portland, OR : 2004
Mural of Camas Woman design inspired by Clackamas Chinook tribe ethnography is painted on the concrete in a playground at Marysville School in their ancestral lands.
Mural Love | Middle Rio Grande Basin Mural
Taylor Ranch Community Center
Albuquerque, NM : 2022
3d carved birch plywood & 2d painted mural panels with natural mineral pigments collected from the Albuquerque Basin and Indigo pigment grown in the Rio Grande Basin.
EXHIBITIONS
Wild Pigment Project
Form & Concept Gallery : Santa Fe, NM
2022 : Group Exhibition
Indigo Matrix
AVA Gallery : Astoria, OR
2022 : Group Exhibition
Mural Love
Taylor Ranch Community Center : Albuquerque, NM
2022 : Public Art Installation
Deep Geology
Stables Gallery : Taos, NM
2022 : Individual Art Installation
Indelible Blue
Albuquerque Museum : Albuquerque, NM
2022 : Group Exhibition
Solstice Create Art for Earth
Turner Carroll Gallery : Santa Fe, NM
2020 : Group Exhibition
NeoRio Ecological Art Installation
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument : Cerro, NM
2018 : Group Exhibition
Illuminated Apiary Building
Portland Winter Light Festival : Portland, OR
2018 : Art & Light Installation
The Mix
Steel Door Gallery : Portland, OR
2015 : Group Exhibition
Trashion Fashion
Warehouse 508 : Albuquerque, NM
2012 : Group Exhibition
Open Q
Creative Albuquerque : Albuquerque, NM
2010 : Group Exhibition
Box Lift Building Open Studios
Box Lift Building : Portland, OR
2008 : Group Exhibition
Environmental Art Exhibition
Ecotrust Building : Portland, OR
2007 : Individual Exhibition
Village Building Convergence Art Opening
Disjecta : Portland, OR
2006 : Group Exhibition
One Foot After Another
Mark Woolley Gallery : Portland, OR
2004 Group Exhibition
Awareness for Peace
Ogle Gallery : Portland, OR
2004 Group Exhibition
All Points Gallery Exhibition
All Points Gallery : Taos, NM
2002 : Group Exhibition
Emerging Artists
JKS Gallery : Portland, OR
2002 : Group Exhibition
Fly Swatter
Bareiss Gallery : Taos, NM
2001 : Group Exhibition
Taos Artists Invitational
Taos, NM
2001 : Group Exhibition
Artist Reparatory Theatre
Mark Woolley Gallery : Portland, OR
2000 : Individual Exhibition
Tsunami Gallery Group Exhibition
Tsunami Gallery : Newport, OR
2000 : Group Exhibition
Willamette Valley Juried Art Exhibition
Corvallis Art Center : Corvallis, OR
1999 Group Exhibition
Ecological & Environmental Design
FOUNDER
Scott Sutton
LOCATION
Taos, NM 87571
loculidesign@gmail.com
PHONE
503-734-4766
WEBSITE
www.loculidesign.com
www.scottsuttonart.com
www.pigmenthunter.com
SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram @pigmenthunter
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico : Albuquerque, NM : 2009 - 2012
Master of Landscape Architecture
Oregon State University : Corvallis, OR : 1994 - 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts
WORK EXPERIENCE
Loculi Design : Ecological & Environmental Design Studio
Taos, NM
Date : 2020-2023
Loculi Design focuses on ecological and environmental design of natural ecosystems, cultural landscapes, historic preservation, and sustainable building design. The services provided include site consultation, site analysis, mapping of both natural and cultural landscapes, along with two dimensional as well as three dimensions design of landscape and architecture projects. A diversity of skill sets include the use of detailed mapping of the landscape using lidar and digital elevation models, GIS program data, two dimensional design, and three dimensional design using Rhino 3d modeling program. The use of these programs assist with the creation of site analysis, grading and drainage plans, agricultural site planning, historical landscape documentation, landscape design, and architectural design. Site plans, building plans, as well as construction documents can also be created for assisting with ecological regeneration of natural landscapes, cultural preservation of historic sites, and the development of land use and site plans for the creation of new cultural landscapes.
Casas De Cultura Masterplan & Historical Documentation
Questa, NM
Date : 2020-2023
This project has involved the mapping of a historic property and cultural landscape for a site in the center of the Village of Questa. The site map will include 3 inch contour lines of the topography, acequia system, and existing orchard. The site design will also incorporate a new community orchard and gardens along with an outdoor kitchen and amphitheater for holding educational programming. The Casas De Cultura project has received grants to assist in the development of a detailed master plan documenting the historic cultural landscape of the property along with the floor plans of the historic home that is in need of restoration for future use by a local non profit organization. The future community orchards and gardens also connect with the farmers market site across the street where we are planting more fruit trees and gardens that highlight the historic importance of agriculture and as a means of helping to sustain the local community by bringing life back to the heart of the Village of Questa.
Casas De Cultura Public Art Project
Village of Questa, NM
Date : 2022
As part of the project I also received a grant to wheat paste historical images of the family who lived in this historic home along with imagery of other photos from the community, a map of the local acequia system, and an aerial image of the Molybdenum Mine. The wheat pasted large scale photos are glued to the exterior walls of the house on a plaster that needs to be replaced as part of the future restoration project. The temporary art installation will act as means of engaging the local community in not only reflecting on the past history, but also as a way of regenerating life into a historic home that has been vacant for over 20 years.
Taylor Ranch Community Center Mural : Albuquerque Public Art
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2022
The mural I created for Taylor Ranch Community Center is composed of a triptych with 8 foot by 8 foot birch plywood panels. The center panel is a 3d carving of the Middle Rio Grande Basin from the north at the Jemez River south to the Tijeras Canyon and the east from the Sandia Mountains to volcanoes to the west of the Petroglyph National Monument. This 3d carving is composed of 5 inch thick baltic birch plywood carved with a 3d router from a 3d model I created in QGIS and Rhino using digital elevation models. The mural is painted with local mineral & soils collected from the Albuquerque Basin that I processed into pigments then made into paints using an egg tempera and stand oil for the binder. I also grew Japanese Indigo in my dye garden in Taos and extracted the indigo blue pigment from its leaves that is the source of blue in the mural.
Rio Grande Basin Indigo Map : Indelible Blue – Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2022
The Rio Grande Basin Indigo Map is a 5 foot by 8 foot painting I created specifically for the Indelible Blue exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum. This exhibition curated artwork of artists from around the world who work with Indigo blue as a source of color extracted from different plants that contain the blue pigment. I grew the Japanese Indigo also known as Persicaria Tinctoria in my dye garden in Taos and extracted the pigments from its leaves to use in the creation of this painting. The imagery central image in the painting is of the Rio Grande Basin and its tributary rivers as it flows from Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and finally into Mexico. A map of Japan also highlights the origins of this incredible plant that has been transported across oceans from its source as an endemic plant into watersheds throughout the world. A botanical illustration of the Japanese Indigo plant and its seed showcases the anatomy of the plant that is the source of this Indelible Blue.
Arterialist Design Studio : Art | Architecture | Landscape
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Constructed my own art and design studio and greenhouse at Green Anchors where I combine art, architecture, and landscape architecture into various functional environments. My focus over the years has been in creating art and making paints with natural minerals that I gather from around the Northwest. I also am combining my knowledge and interests in landscape architecture into various projects that embrace art as a functional aspect of design which is not centered around the purely aesthetic criteria, but instead to create a dynamic form that entices all the senses and engages people through physical interaction.
Green Anchors : Ecological Restoration | Storm Water Design
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Developed a masterplan for Green Anchors on seven acres of land to help with storm water management projects for the future through depaving and site ecological restoration with native and non native plants focused on productive landscapes and wildlife habitat biodiversity.
Ainsworth Pollinator Cooridor
Portland, OR
Date : 2019
Designed a pollinator corridor with native plants along the central green way of Ainsworth Street for 20 city blocks between Alberta Park and Fernhill Park in Portland, OR. The current green space is occupied by grass and a couple of trees per block. The design integrated a variety of pollinator plants from annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees to develop an increased biodiversity for native pollinators and birds. The design also integrated curb cuts into the island meridian allowing for stormwater infiltration from the streets into swales and rain gardens.
Neo Rio : Roots
Cerro, NM
Date : 2018
Neo Rio is an ecological art installation held within the Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument and the theme for 2018 was Raices | Roots. My eco-art installation involved creating a multi tier shelving that was made of plasma cut steel creating holes in the shelves for mason jars to be placed. These jars were filled with water from the local watershed and rooted out Peachleaf Willow cuttings that I had taken cuttings from a mother tree in Portland growing in polluted soils of a brownfield and superfund site along the Willamette River where I was living. I transported the rooted willows from Portland to Cerro, NM across numerous watershed boundaries and a diversity of ecoregions. The Peachleaf Willow is a native species that exists along waterways in the Northwest and Southwest and has the ability to uptake toxins into its biomass. At the end of the Neo Rio event the rooted out willows were given to the local community to plant along with some that I planted along the Red River below the Moldybdenum mine superfund site.
Hightunnel Greenhouse : WWII Shipways
Portland, OR
Date : 2018
At the Green Anchors property where I worked as caretaker of the land doing restoration projects on the brownfield superfund site related to WWII ship building I constructed a hightunnel greenhouse in one of the old shipways along the Willamette River. The greenhouse was supported by a USDA | NRCS grant to set up a native plant nursery where I grew plants to be used in the regeneration of the local watershed. The greenhouse is located on a slope where the WWII ships were constructed and launched down into the river. In a symbolic way, the greenhouse itself resembled the hull of a ship turned upside down and was used to grow plants that could help remediate the toxins in the water, soil, and air that exists in the Portland Harbor Superfund Site along the Willamette River.
Heron Lakes Golf Course : Pollinator Habitat Project
Portland, OR
Date : 2018
Worked with the Heron Lakes Golf Course owned by the City of Portland and Columbia Slough Watershed Council to develop a masterplan that would integrate pollinator and wildlife habitat into the areas of the golf course that are considered out of play. I worked closely with the Superintendent of the golf course to identify existing areas of grass that could be regenerated into a biodiverse habitat using native plants that are endemic to the Columbia Slough. We had several planting parties with local non profits and youth to begin the first test phases of integrating the planting plan into specific areas of the golf course.
Apiary Building : Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab
Portland, OR
Date : 2017
Designed and built an apiary building in the pollinator gardens located at Green Anchors in Portland. The building was constructed as an educational space for the community and for research with a master bee keeper who is working with the Oregon State University Honey Bee Lab. The design integrated aspects of apiary buildings from Northern Europe to create a climate controlled environment for the bees. The structure was built with a variety of repurposed materials and milled wood salvaged from the shoreline along the Willamette River.
Hempcrete Tinyhouse
Portland, OR
Date : 2017
The Hempcrete Tinyhouse project was designed and built for a client who wanted to create a healthy home on a trailer. I designed the hempcrete tinyhouse in Rhino 3d where I produced a detailed 3d model and generated the construction documents along with the materials list to help guide the project from beginning to completion. The design of the building has a modern feel to it while using a natural building material that was created with the wooden framework for the structural form. The use of hempcrete creates a home that is a breathable wall system that sequesters CO2 into the lime during its entire lifespan acting as a carbon sink. The lime binder and hemp hurds mineralize over time creating a wall system that is also resistant to fire, mold, and insects.
Design Build : NE Portland Greenhouse | Outdoor BBQ | Deck
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
Designed and built a residential project in a backyard with a deck, raised beds, greenhouse, and outdoor bar/bbq structure. The project was build with cedar and reclaimed materials such as glass windows, plastic palettes, and old cedar fence boards.
OCAC : Oregon College of Art and Craft | Art Adventures Summer Camp
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
Worked as an art Instructor for the summer camp teaching painting and mixed media classes to children with a focus on making paints with natural minerals from Oregon.
Hempcrete Art Studio
Portland, OR
Date : 2015
The hempcrete art studio was constructed as my workspace using hemp hurds and a lime binder. This was my first time working with hempcrete as a building material and provided me with an opportunity to incorporate a material that had been used in Europe for almost two decades, but has not seen much use in the United States in architectural design. I used hemp hurds that I had sourced from Canada in 2004 and had been storing them for future use. After returning to Portland from studying for a Master of Landscape Architecture at UNM in Albuquerque I ended up with an opportunity to build my own art studio. I constructed the hempcrete studio at the site of Green Anchors, a historic ship building yard and brownfield where I worked for almost 7 years as an artist focused on environmental and ecological design.
End of The Oregon Trail Museum : Welcome Sign
Oregon City, OR
Date : 2014
Project manager, designer, and fabricator of a new welcome sign created on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde for the End of The Oregon Trail. The sign included a design etched in glass and text laser engraved cedar. I prepared a 3d model and the files necessary to create the template for the etched glass and engraved wood.
The Freshwater Trust : Annual Gala Fundraiser @ Mark Building | Portland Art Museum
Portland, OR
Date : 2014
Designed and installed an event space with native plants for a fundraiser gala on behalf of the Freshwater Trust and used the plants for a local restoration project in St Johns.
Village Gardens : Seeds of Harmony Outdoor Kitchen w/ Architecture For Humanity
Portland, OR
Date : 2014
Helped design and model an outdoor kitchen with Architecture For Humanity that was built by Oregon Tradeswomen and now is a central component to the community garden.
Genentech : Campus Recreational and Restoration Plan
Vacaville, CA
Date : 2013
Worked as an independent contractor, landscape/ecological designer, developing a master plan for the potential expansion of the Genentech campus into an adjacent property that would function as a recreational/active space for employees. The design also included constructed wetlands to recycle water back into the natural environment with the hope to reduce the salt content, but also to re-create a natural ecosystem habitat with native plants.
Haddad Drugan : Seattle Waterfront Seawall Public Art Installation
Seattle, Washington
Date : 2013
Assisted Haddad Drugan in the creation of a 3d model of conceptual design for a concrete seawall panel. The 3d model was designed at life size in Rhino3d with various surface elements creating low relief patterns inspired by mussels, anemones, and starfish. The 3d model was used for the fabrication of the mold for casting the concrete seawall panels and are installed along Seattle's new waterfront remodel.
Portland Fruit Tree Project : Fruits of Diversity Community Orchard
Portland, OR
Date : 2013-2019
Worked as a project manager for a community orchard where I have helped to design the landscape of the community orchard, plant trees & shrubs, remove grass and mulch with wood chips, and install a pathway. The orchard also included a diversity of medicinal plants along with other native plants to attract pollinators and beneficial insects.
UNM School of Architecture and Planning : Fabrication Lab
Albuquerque, NM
Date : 2009-2012
Worked as a shop assistant in the fabrication lab at UNM where I helped to teach students how to operate the cnc router, 3d printer, laser cutter, vacuum former, and the equipment within the wood and metal shop.
City of Albuquerque : Open Space Visitor Center : Art Center
Albuquerque NM
Date : 2010-2011
Taught a couple of natural paint making workshops using minerals collected from New Mexico. One workshop focused on where and how to collect minerals for making paint and the other focused on processing the materials into pigments and paints for making art.-
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum : Education Center
Santa Fe, NM
Date : 2009-2010
Taught two workshops at the O'Keeffe Museum that were focused on using the mineral clay as a pigment for making paint that inspired the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. The first day was spent in the area around Abiquiu collecting minerals and the second day processing the minerals into pigments and making paint.
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde : Cultural Education | Lifeways Program
Portland, OR
Date : 2004-2008
Worked as an art instructor for the Cultural Resource & Education Department at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde teaching tribal members. My main focus was on reintroducing the use of natural minerals from around Oregon as a source of pigment for making paint, printmaking int, and silkscreens. I also helped to document sources of minerals as well as plant materials that are of cultural importance to the tribe and their numerous forms of art.
PNCA - Pacific Northwest College of Art : Continuing Education
Portland, OR
Date : 2008
Taught PNCA students how to make paints with natural pigments as a means of exploring traditional and sustainable processes.
Cathlapotle Plankhouse Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge : Artist Educator
Ridgefield, WA
Date : 2008
Taught natural paint making workshops with minerals that I collected from Oregon and Washington to children who were visiting the wildlife refuge.
Marysville School : Confluence Project : Marysville Playground | Pictograph Project
Portland, OR
Date : 2005-2006
Artist in residence at Marysville School where I taught art to students and acquired a Confluence Project grant while working with the Marysville Advisory Team to help integrate art into the design of the new playground. I worked collaboratively with the architects and engineers to develop concepts for the playground remodel which was completed in 2009.
SKILLSETS & TOOLS
Art - Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Silkscreen, Sculpture, Land Art
Art Materials - Hand made paints, oil paint crayons, wood, stone, metal, & found objects
Photography - Visual Documentation of projects and for site analysis
Mapping – GIS, Topography, Ecology, Geology, Hydrology, Cultural Landscape
Research - Site Analysis, Historical documentation
Computer Aided Programs - CNC Router, Laser Cutter, 3D Printer, Rhino, Sketchup
Metal Fabrication - Welder (Mig-Tig), Plasma Cutter, Grinders, Etc.
Wood Working - Table Saw, Band Saw, Planer, Hand Carving, Etc.
Landscape Design – Mapping, Site analysis, design, and installation
Ecological Restoration – Regenerative design with native plants
Permaculture Design – Productive landscapes, food forests, community orchards
Design Build – Residential architecture based projects such as decks, greenhouse, outdoor shelters and kitchen/bbq
PROGRAMS
Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design - Design, layout and renderings.
Rhinoceros - 3D modeling and rendering. 2D design for plans and construction documents.
Sketch Up - 3D modeling and rendering
Rendering - VRay – Rhino Render - Flamingo
GIS - Maps and Geographical Information Analysis with QGIS.
Microsoft Office - Word & Excel
PUBLIC ART PROJECT
Confluence Project | Marysville Playground Pictograph Project
Marysville School
Portland, OR : 2004
Mural of Camas Woman design inspired by Clackamas Chinook tribe ethnography is painted on the concrete in a playground at Marysville School in their ancestral lands.
Mural Love | Middle Rio Grande Basin Mural
Taylor Ranch Community Center
Albuquerque, NM : 2022
3d carved birch plywood & 2d painted mural panels with natural mineral pigments collected from the Albuquerque Basin and Indigo pigment grown in the Rio Grande Basin.
EXHIBITIONS
Wild Pigment Project
Form & Concept Gallery : Santa Fe, NM
2022 : Group Exhibition
Indigo Matrix
AVA Gallery : Astoria, OR
2022 : Group Exhibition
Mural Love
Taylor Ranch Community Center : Albuquerque, NM
2022 : Public Art Installation
Deep Geology
Stables Gallery : Taos, NM
2022 : Individual Art Installation
Indelible Blue
Albuquerque Museum : Albuquerque, NM
2022 : Group Exhibition
Solstice Create Art for Earth
Turner Carroll Gallery : Santa Fe, NM
2020 : Group Exhibition
NeoRio Ecological Art Installation
Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument : Cerro, NM
2018 : Group Exhibition
Illuminated Apiary Building
Portland Winter Light Festival : Portland, OR
2018 : Art & Light Installation
The Mix
Steel Door Gallery : Portland, OR
2015 : Group Exhibition
Trashion Fashion
Warehouse 508 : Albuquerque, NM
2012 : Group Exhibition
Open Q
Creative Albuquerque : Albuquerque, NM
2010 : Group Exhibition
Box Lift Building Open Studios
Box Lift Building : Portland, OR
2008 : Group Exhibition
Environmental Art Exhibition
Ecotrust Building : Portland, OR
2007 : Individual Exhibition
Village Building Convergence Art Opening
Disjecta : Portland, OR
2006 : Group Exhibition
One Foot After Another
Mark Woolley Gallery : Portland, OR
2004 Group Exhibition
Awareness for Peace
Ogle Gallery : Portland, OR
2004 Group Exhibition
All Points Gallery Exhibition
All Points Gallery : Taos, NM
2002 : Group Exhibition
Emerging Artists
JKS Gallery : Portland, OR
2002 : Group Exhibition
Fly Swatter
Bareiss Gallery : Taos, NM
2001 : Group Exhibition
Taos Artists Invitational
Taos, NM
2001 : Group Exhibition
Artist Reparatory Theatre
Mark Woolley Gallery : Portland, OR
2000 : Individual Exhibition
Tsunami Gallery Group Exhibition
Tsunami Gallery : Newport, OR
2000 : Group Exhibition
Willamette Valley Juried Art Exhibition
Corvallis Art Center : Corvallis, OR
1999 Group Exhibition
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