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Residential Mural
Co-Designer/Painter
2023
Backyard mural in
Petone, New Zealand
Becks Popham and I joined forces and do collaborative projects under the name Poppycock. Becks is an incredible illustrator and we had access to this blank concrete wall in Petone, NZ. This project is our largest to date. But commissions are welcome. We won a $500 gift certificate from Resene (paint company) for this mural.
Cellophane Drift
Artist/Designer
2020
Repurposed soft plastic and litter found on Masterton streets during walks around town.
Seaweek Kaupapa Moana
Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of
History & Art
Masterton, New Zealand
This piece began during my residency in Masterton in 2020. I was invited to exhibit the finished piece during Sea Week Kaupapa Moana in Masterton in the Aratoi Museum.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
I worked at RDG Art in 2005-2006. The studio specializes in public art and architectural installations. I modeled originals, cast molds, cleaned up pressings, and applied surface finishes to a variety of projects.
Hotel Pattee Integrated Art
Perry, Iowa
Part of a comprehensive site development and plaza design, Soumas Court has become a memorial garden and destination for the city of Perry, Iowa. Many different artist-designed and fabricated elements are integrated throughout the plaza based on its relationship to the Arts and Crafts’ Hotel Pattee. Over 3,000 “nesting” leaves of English Ivy and White Oak create a walking path through the plaza. Individual portrait tiles hang on the wall of the courtyard to honor over one hundred people in the history of the Perry community.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
Parade of Floats
San Jose, CA
Andrew Leicester in association with David B. Dahlquist and RDG Dahlquist Art Studio created this installation based on an early parade that featured the products and culture from San Jose's history. This comprehensive installation frames a district and speaks to the contemporary ethnicity, diversity, technology, and vitality of San Jose in a new urban setting.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
South Omaha
Streetscape Revitalization
Omaha, Nebraska
"Tree of Life" --- Comprehensive design, fabrication, and installation for five blocks of South Omaha District, L to Q Streets, on South 24th Street. Major entry feature for South Omaha Streetscape based on the cross-cultural symbol of the tree of life, which winds in paving pattern, planters, and inset tilework. Sculptural metal tree creates a memorable icon celebrating the four primary ethnicities from the area.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
Iowa Department of Public Safety - "Hand and Land: Fingerprint"
Des Moines, Iowa
This comprehensive installation is based upon the human hand and its relationship to the landscape. Two “fingerprint” columns flank the main entrance. Exterior terra cotta Echo-Blocks ® at the entry are modeled with various “hand” symbols and names of the respective Department of Public Safety divisions. Inside, visitors are greeted by lighted text bulkheads cut from steel. The interior leaded stained-glass window is the central integrated feature of the comprehensive artistic installation, based on an actual human fingerprint. Wayfinding is provided by logo signage panels of contemporary icons marking each division of Public Safety.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
Marion Arts & Environmental Center at Lowe Park
Marion, Iowa
One side of the building's exterior contains eleven panels of images representing Iowa landscape themes of woodland, wetland, and prairie. On the opposite side of the building appear relief sculptures of native Iowa species as fossils embedded into the wall. Sites were created in and around trails, and a child discovery garden, intended to accommodate an ever changing series of sculptures.
RDG Dahlquist Art Studio
Artistan
2005-2006
"Flying Shuttle" Integrated Art
Charlotte, NC
Andrew Leicester in association with David B. Dahlquist and RDG Dahlquist Art Studio worked together on the comprehensive installation of column lights at the entrance to Bobcat Arena. Based on cotton bobbins related to the history of Charlotte and the Piedmont, the pieces are fabricated, engineered, and installed in a unique architectural system.
Ingrid Lilligren
Ceramics Professor at Iowa State University
Artist's Assistant
2003-2005
Enlightenment Mural
Iowa State University Campus
Ames, Iowa
Funded by the College of Education and the J.W. Fisher Artist-in-Residency Program. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
I worked as Ingrid's Undergraduate Research Assistant for three years while I worked toward my BFA. Hands down, those years are the most pivotal and formative of my artistic life. Ingrid introduced me to clay, helped me hone a craft rather than dabble in a past time and challenged me to manage my creativity and finish the projects I started.
My part in the Enlightenment Mural was based mostly in the mold making process. Each stoneware block was sculpted and cast in plaster, need a replacement ever be made.
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