St Joseph Hospital: Coast Foundry

Sunday, 9 December 2012

Coast Foundry

Born February 14, 1946, in Los Angeles

Lives in Arroyo Grande, California

education

California State University, Long Beach, 1969 - 1975

Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, 1967 - 1969

professional experience

Creating paintings and sculpture, 2005 - Present.

Completed 3,200 square foot cast bronze sculpture and painting studio, 2005.

Moved to Central Coast of California. Currently desinging and building custom swimming pools in Central Coast Area. Clients include Historic Santa Maria Inn, Sysquoc Winery, Laetitia Winery, 2002 - Present.

Built custom swimming pools in San Francisco Bay Area. Subtractive earthwork, landscape architecture, aquatic sculpture, 1991 - 2001.

Sculptor for Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, Disneyland "Sword in Stone," 1985 - 1991.

Retained by various individuals as consultant for cast bronze-related matters, 1973 - 1991.

Instituted bronze casting foundry in Los Angeles under the name Sun Foundry. As owner-operator, worked with such artists as Charles Arnoldi, Aldo Casanova, Veja Celmins, Bruce Nauman, Ken Price, Peter Shire, Robert Therrien, Michael Todd, 1973 - 1985.

Built Art Foundry setup for Mt. Jacinto College and taught bronze casting sculpture class, 1977 - 1978.

Special effects -- Future General Corp., Paramount Pictures. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," 1976.

Special effects for David Wolper Productions of "Brenda Starr," 1972 - 1973.