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Tampa Bay, Florida

I worked with The Sand Sculpture Company during the month of November. We created a Christmas train sculpture for a shopping center client in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Pumpkin Carving

Saturday, October 25th - Come down to Troll's Restaurant in White Rock to check out the Invitational Pumpkin Carving Competition. I, along with a number of professional sculptors will be carving Atlantic giant pumpkins for the White Rock/Surrey Community Foundation. The Pumpkins will be up for auction at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 26th. Come on down bid and bring a giant carved pumpkin home for Halloween.

Sunday, October 26th - We will be at Surrey Place mall from 12:00 to 4:00 on the afternoon of the 26th to compete at their Invitational Pumpkin Carving Contest. The carved pumpkins will be raffled off for the Surrey Foundation.

Friday, October 31st - I will be featured on MTV Canada's Select Program Halloween day with some of my carved pumpkins. Tune in and check out some pumpkin carving techniques.

Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia

The weekend of September 05th the World Championship Sand Sculpture Competition was held at Harrison Hot Springs. Our team, Ted Siebert, Charlie Beaulieu, Andrew Briggs, Brian Turnbull and myself were named "Totally in Sand - a.k.a. SAND CAPES", a Canadian and U.S. collaberation. We picked up the 2003 3rd Place Prize in the Master Team category and the 2003 People's Choice Award for our sculpture entitled "Paul's Bunion".

Kitsap Fair, Washington

The weekend of August 22nd, I worked with The Sand Sculpture Company in Washington State at the Kitsap County Fair. We practiced our "Paul's Bunion" themed sculpture for The World Championships in Harrison Hot Springs in September.

Parksville, British Columbia

The weekend of August 08th, found Charlie Beaulieu, Ted Siebert, Andrew Briggs and I competing as team B's Beaver Squad at the Canada Open Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville. We Won the 2003 Canadian Open Sand Sculpture Championship and People's Choice Award against a strong group of Pacific North West sand sculpting teams.

Blankenberge, Belgium

I traveled to Blankenberge, Belgium for the first two weeks in July to work with the Sculpta sand sculpting company on a sculpture depicting the mythology and history of South America. The Sculpture consisted of approximately 3.5 million kilograms of sand and stands 19 meters tall by 180 meters long and 80 meters wide and may be considered as a new European World record. The event was a spectacle with 60 amazingingly talented international sculptors from around the world. The sculpture was built over a four week period and will be open to the public until October, 2003. Check out the photos of the building process and sculpting at Sculpta

Port Angeles, Washington

The weekend of July 25th, I competed in Port Angeles, Washington at the Windermere Masters Sand Sculpture Classic presented by the Nor'Wester Rotary. There were 5 North American sculptors creating Fairy Tale-themed sculptures during the Arts in Action 2003. I Won the First Place Prize, with my sculpture of "Alice in Wonderland", edging out some very good competitors.

Taipei, Taiwan

In August of 2002 to I was invited to work with The Sand Sculpture Company to build a sand sculpture on the North East coast of Taiwan for the opening of the Yenliao Beach Resort. The client requested a Harry Potter themed sculpture.

Ottawa, Ontario

During the winter of 2002, I worked with Bruce Waugh and Roger Chaisson as Team British Columbia at the Winterlude National Snow Sculpture Championships on Parliament Hill. The weather turned for the worse 3 days into the event and most of the sculptures were permanently damaged. Ours, unfortunately was destroyed.

Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia

The 2001 World Championships in Harrison Hot Springs was an exciting time for me. Our team "The Syndicate" was created from a combination of British Columbia and Washington State sculptors. We Built a sculpture called "Scare Air" which depicted a tongue and cheek scenerio of lost baggage and mishaps at check-in and loading of a jet airliner. The sculpture Won our group both the 2001 World Championship , as well as, the 2001 People's Choice Award.

Springfield, Illinois

I was invited to work with Sandscapes sand sculpture company on a State Fair sculpture in Springfield, Illinois. The sculpture was a play on Farm yard animals and baseball and called "Farm Team - Barn 'o' Fame".

Scheveningen, Netherlands

I was invited to represent Canada at an International sand sculpture competition in Scheveningen, Holland by the World Sand Sculpture Association. We were to create a sculpture with a theme that described our country. I chose Hockey and the Stanley Cup, a great part of Canadian culture.

Quebec City, Quebec

During the winter of 2000, I again worked with Bruce Waugh and Roger Chaisson as we represented British Columbia at the National Snow Sculpture Competition at the Quebec Winter Carnival. We created a Pedestal and Gyroscope with Cube inside.

Ottawa, Ontario

During the winter of 2000, I worked with Bruce Waugh and Roger Chaisson as Team British Columbia at the National Snow Sculpture Championships on Parliament Hill. Our Team was awarded the 2000 People's Choice Award for our representation of "The Walkie Talkie" which was a Canadian invention This invention at the beginning of World War II paved the way for the first cordless communication devices.

Ottawa, Ontario

During the winter of 1999, Bruce Waugh, Roger Chaisson and I represented British Columbia at the National Snow Sculpture Competition at the Winterlude Festival on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We created our interpretation of Bill Reid's "Raven - Discovery of the Haida People". Our work gained us the 1999 People's Choice Award.