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Sculptors
Richard H. Alpert is an accomplished multi-media artist from San Francisco who has actively explored expression through sculpture, painting, drawing, film, and performance, and he is in collections throughout the country (Giant Mic.)
Matt Babcock is a metal sculptor from Seattle who hones nature, animals, and other subjects to their most essential elements to tell a visual story (Discobolos and Standing Otter)
William Baran-Mickle is a metalsmith artist from Poulsbo, Washington, who has exhibited internationally and is continually expanding his themes and style (Inciting Hope, past)
Elizabeth Berrien is an early pioneer and world renowned wire sculptor from Olympia, Washington, who creates a wide range of subjects for private collectors, public spaces, and media outlets (Golden Pegasus and Cloud Heron)
Michael Blair Davies is an artist, curator, teacher, and works behind the scenes on Cirque du Soleil productions in Las Vegas, Nevada, all centered around the idea of providing joy for others (Kinetic Tree Bot)
David D’Ostilio is a multi-media artist and educator from Congers, New York, who addresses ecology and conceptualism with an emphasis on new technologies to add new dimensions for his multiple art forms (The Foundation of Animalia and Fungi)
Sarah Fetterman is a multi-media artist from Seattle who has exhibited her work in prominent institutions throughout the country and internationally. She specializes in large scale sculpture and art that interacts with dance and movement (Vertebrae)
Michael Finch is an up and coming sculptor from Afton, Minnesota who has a background in youth art education and focuses on bringing the peculiar and playful to life (Good Morning!, past)
Gary Gunderson is a kinetic sculptor from Issaquah, Washington, who creates sculptures on different scales and loves to provide wow experiences for visitors, kids of all ages, and Burning Man (Pentillium)
Mark Yale Harris is a stone and bronze sculptor from Carbondale, Colorado and Santa Fe, New Mexico who has exhibited in over 250 exhibitions, including over 80 solo exhibitions, in prestigious venues throughout the world (Got It)
Linda Hauser
Linda Hauser is a multimedia artist from Langley, Washington, who especially enjoys ceramics, textiles, and combining materials for new creations (Whimsy Way sign and Nature Nurtured sign)
Michael Hauser
Michael Hauser is a woodworking craftsman from Langley, Washington, who enjoys creative and challenging projects for many different uses (entry arch, kiosks, signs)
Jan Hoy is a well known local multi-media sculptor from Coupeville, Washington, who creates cerebral, abstract compositions that span many themes and concepts (4-Up)
Jeff Kahn is a nationally renowned kinetic sculptor from Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania, who produces beautiful, elegant, hypnotic sculpture that moves by air and touch (Wind Shear)
Jennifer Kapnek is an accomplished painter and sculptor from Portland, Oregon, who has exhibited nationally in many venues with her unique ability to take 2D and 3D art into new directions, settings, and meanings (All Things Equal)
Stephen Klema is a widely exhibited sculptor, designer, and design educator from Winsted, Connecticut, who works with vector software, wood, and a variety of saws (Rybee House, past)
Abigail Maxey is a fiber, lighting, and theater artist from Seattle who has mastered using reed to create twisting, organic, see-through, textural forms that encourage multiple meanings and interpretations (Entwined 6)
Anthony Heinz May is an emerging New York City sculptor and painter with site installations throughout the country, overlapping ideas and contexts of city life and people’s interaction with technology as they meet and approach cycles found in nature (Nature’s Keystone)
Ivan Neaigus was a multi-media artist from Langley, Washington, on Whidbey Island who died in July 2021. His family and local community wanted his legacy remembered so that a prime example of his stone work became part of the Sculpture Forest (Sunrise / Sunset)
Pat McVay is an expert woodcarver from Clinton, Washington, who has created many unique, beautiful, and sometimes humorous wood sculptures that are on display throughout the Northwest for both public spaces and private homes (Heading Upstream and Icarus Was Here)
Greg Neal is a talented metal sculptor from Coupeville, Washington, who specializes in representing the beauty of birds in various types of steel (Soaring Eagle and Attacking Eagle, and past Gliding Albatross)
J Brian Pfeiffer is a multi-medium sculptor from Bennington, New York who creates unique 3D imagery incorporating concrete, driftwood, lighting, and more (Pandora’s Box)
Chris Plaisted is a multi-medium sculptor and painter from New Milford, Connecticut who brings metalwork and woodwork to a wide range of subjects and styles (Bailey The Dragonfly)
Betsy Power is an emerging large-scale ceramic artist from Portland, Oregon, who brings a fresh new perspective in all her work (Colossal Face, past)
Ken Price is an experienced woodworking craftsman from Langley, Washington, who especially enjoys creating nautical themed pieces, furniture, and new challenges (Because She Loved Them, entry and other signs, entry arch, kiosks)
Daniella Rubinovitz is a degreed fine artist from Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she creates large scale public and private art commissions from her studio (Flying Fish)
Kirk Seese is a multi-disciplinary artist from Maryland who has created murals, sculptures, and large scale installations across the country, spanning many materials, genres, and creative utilizations of technology in creating art (The Feather)
Casey Strelecki is an accomplished yet previously undiscovered metal sculptor from Oak Harbor, Washington, who excels in bringing the natural world to vibrant life (Food For The Forest)
Jeff Tangen is a creative metal sculptor from Port Townsend, Washington, who uses re-purposed materials as material for his fun, intriguing visions that have been shared at Burning Man and various large exhibitions (Playa Flowers)
Sue Taves is a full time stone sculptor from Langley, Washington, who has been exhibiting in public spaces, galleries, and art shows for many years; she is well known for her mastery of stone sculpting and her recurring themes of beauty and rhythms found in nature (We Are Water)
Joe Treat is a driftwood and bark sculptor from Bow, Washington, who discovered his passion and unique aptitude to create realistic, fun, and entertaining sculptures that make many people smile after a happy encounter with his creations (Tyrannosaurus Rex and Gorilla)
Jenni Ward from Santa Cruz, California, has devoted her adult life to being a professional ceramic artist, interspersing many different forms, styles, and scale across her growing body of work (Lichen Series: Spore Patterns)
Bill Wentworth is a metal sculptor from Poulsbo, Washington, who has been creating organic, botanically inspired sculptures for many years and has exhibited widely (Cosmic Sail)
Maria Wickwire is an accomplished, award winning ceramic artist from Skagit Valley, Washington who has exhibited widely in a quest for evoking memory and emotion, inviting viewers to interact and contribute their interpretations (Anillos)
Andrew Woodard is a nationally exhibited sculptor and educator from Bloomington, Indiana, with a special interest in creating sculpture that serves as habitat for birds and bees, while he also enables others to participate in art through technology (Life Tree)
MacRae Wylde is a multi-talented, multi-media sculptor from Hood River, Oregon, who creates work that span themes of humor, nature, politics, and abstract form (Inside Out 14 and 15, and Stevo’s Dream The Ultimate Flying Machine)
Donors
The Sculpture Forest is a 501c3 nonprofit that is entirely funded and continued by donations from visitors and donors such as yourself. Please donate at our Donate page or contact us if you can get involved as a major donor.
Volunteers
Arts Organizations
Connecting and educating Northwest stone sculptors through symposia, events, publications, and support
Camaraderie and sharing among sculptors throughout the Northwest, plus exhibits, workshops, lectures, and interactive meetings
Informative point to point tour with map of sculpture parks, galleries, and artist studios all across Whidbey Island
Support Partner Organizations
Providing the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, and supporting local nonprofits and students
Local county government supporting events for visitors through the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
Community and Visitor Organizations
Representing nonprofits and businesses throughout Coupeville and beyond
Representing nonprofits and businesses throughout Oak Harbor and beyond
Representing nonprofits and businesses throughout Whidbey Island and Camano Island