Tony Sheets
JOHN A. SHEETS DESIGNS
P.O. Box 176
Murphy, OR 97533
F ax: 541-862-2868
Phone: 541-862-2910
ts@tonysheets.com

Experience:

  • Self employed since 1972.
  • 13 years of apprenticeship education.
  • High school and limited college education.

Design, Materials and Scale of Work:

  • Representational and stylized design to fit Client's needs.
  • Painted murals, monumental sculptures, free-standing sculptures, large scale portrait sculptures, intimate sculptures and two dimensional paintings.
  • Materials range from cast and fabricated metals, cast stone and poured concrete (tilt-up and poured in place), applied sand and cement, and GFRC (ground fiber reinforced cement) and resins.
  • Experience in the portrayal of ethnic and historical events.

Private Clients, Government Agencies & Other Artists:

  • Public Art commissions, 1979 to 1999, 22 projects in California, Texas and Arkansas, all mediums.
  • Private commissions, 1972 to 1999, 28 projects in California, Texas and Hawaii, all mediums.
  • Acted as Client's representative with government agencies in 31 of the above projects.
  • Collaborated with other artists in design and/or fabrication in 14 of the above projects.

Commercial Designer:

  • Logo and image design to meet Client's individual identity needs.
  • Prototype designs for department store display, Walt Disney, industrial product manufacturers and commercial art vendors.

Architectural Design and Construction:

  • Excellent working knowledge of construction and communication skills with contractors, engineers and job site inspectors, coupled with history of timely performance to meet time and cost schedules.
  • Residential and commercial design of architecture.
  • Five years apprenticeship in architectural office.
  • Experience in working directly and indirectly in construction since 1958.

Fine Artist:

  • Painter: watercolor and acrylics.
  • Teacher: 17 traveling workshops in U.S., Mexico, Tahiti and Central America, 1986 to 1999
  • Painting demonstrations.
  • Juror

Commissions list and references available upon request ts@tonysheets.com