Biography and Highlights    2011 Statue - Private Commission - figure, drapery, rabbits - Cincinnati, OH Elvis Presley - U.S. Army Little Basin Memorial - Santa Cruz Mtns., CA Davy Crockett Tavern Museum - Morristown, TN Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey - 4 Inductees - Teterboro, NJ 2010 Neurosurgical Society of America Medallion Vice Admiral Joel Boone - U.S. Navy James "Doc" Bradley - Flag Raising on Iwo Jima - U.S. Army Barbara Mandrell - Steel Guitar Hall of Fame - St. Louis, MO. Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey - 4 Inductees - Teterboro, NJ 2009 Statues (2) - Springdale Veterans Memorial - Springdale, OH Matt Kenseth - NASCAR - Fontana, CA Thomas Herrion Memorial - San Francisco 49er's Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey - 4 Inductees - Teterboro, NJ 2008 Brooks Robinson Plaque - Baltimore Orioles Stadium Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey - 4 Inductees - Teterboro, NJ 2007 Gov. Ann Richards - Congress Avenue Bridge - Austin, TX Alabama Military Hall of Fame Inductees Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey - 4 Inductees - Teterboro, NJ Pat Tillman Memorial - New Almaden, CA Colonial Dames of Georgia Medallion Rosa Parks - Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Pope John Paul II - Columbia, PA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees 2006 General John "Blackjack" Pershing Award - West Point, NY Bishop Fenwick Plaque - St. Gertrude Catholic Church - Madeira, OH Adolph Pfister Plaque - Martin Luther King Jr. Library - San Jose, CA Armed Forces Plaque - Lockheed-Martin - San Jose, CA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees 2005 City of Coral Gables, FL. Municipal Plaque - Coral Gables, FL Ilmenau, Germany - Sister City - Blue Ash, OH Medallions El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees Bicentennial Heritage Bell Tower Addition - 12 Panels - Blue Ash, OH Bucknell University Sports Induction Plaques - Lewisburg, PA 2004 Vietnam Memorial Plaque Bucknell University Sports Induction Plaques - Lewisburg, PA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees 2003 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Dedication Plaque - Washington, D.C. Bucknell Country Club - Lewisburg, PA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees 2002 San Jose Waterworks Presidential Dedication Plaque - San Jose, CA Jack Walker Clubhouse Plaque - Lancaster, PA Bucknell University Dedication Plaques - Lewisburg, PA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees HMM 164 Helicopter Memorial - Vietnam War - Roanoke, VA 2001 Royal Oak Country Club - Golf Hall of Fame Evergreen College Dedication Plaque - San Jose, CA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees Bucknell University Dedication Plaques Gerhardt Field Dedication Plaque - Lewisburg, PA San Jose State - Gateway Project - San Jose, CA 2000 Bicentennial Heritage Bell Tower - 24 Panels - Blue Ash, OH Dwight D. Eisenhower - Boeing Corp. El Paso Artists Hall Of Fame Inductees Veterans Memorial - Ft. Wright, KY Leticia Building Frontispiece - San Jose, CA San Jose State - Gateway Project - San Jose, CA 1999 San Francisco 49er's - Bob McKittrick Award El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees HP Pavilion Sports Hall of Fame - San Jose, CA 1998 Veterans Memorial - Boone County, KY Senator James Phelan Memorial - San Francisco, CA El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees HP Pavilion Sports Hall of Fame - San Jose, CA Barbary Coast Trail Walkway - San Francisco, CA National Historical Plaque - Madison, WI Kappa Sigma Memorial Foundation Plaque 1997 Ft. Myer Black Cavalry Museum - Arlington, VA Kentucky State Trooper Memorial - Frankfort, KY El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees HP Pavilion Sports Hall of Fame - San Jose, CA Pop Lloyd Stadium Memorial - Linwood, NJ National Historic Plaque - Defuniak Springs, FL 1996 The Beach Waterpark - Aztec Adventure Waterslide - Cincinnati, OH El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees HP Pavilion Sports Hall of Fame Inductees National Historic Plaque - Hadley, MA Police Memorial - Newport, KY Clear Lake Resort Union Hall Plaque - Clear Lake, CA 1995 Firefighter Memorial - Louisville, KY Police Memorial - Covington, KY Kappa Sigma Memorial Foundation Plaque El Paso Artists Hall of Fame Inductees 1994 Davy Crockett, The Alamo - San Antonio, Texas Sam Houston, Sam Houston Museum - San Jacinto, TX 1993 Conway Twitty, Conway Twitty Museum - Nashville, TN Veterans War Memorial - Endicott, NY 1992 John Paul Jones Memorial - Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Persian Gulf War Memorial - Rochelle, IL Train Conductor Memorial - Durango, CO 1991 Bicentennial Memorial - Blue Ash, OH 1990 Rock Walk of Hollywood Inductees - Hollywood, CA ‘90,91 Continental Marines Memorial -Princeton, NJ Police Memorial - Cincinnati, OH Four Chaplains Memorial - Newport News, VA PGA Golf Tournament Memorial - Dublin, OH ‘90,91 1989 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees - Nashville, TN “In 1980, after having interviewed at every art related business in San Diego that I could think of, I gave myself one more day before I was to throw my portfolio off the Coronado Bridge. That day I received a call to illustrate training manuals for the Navy and I’ve pursued every art opportunity since. In 1987 I began sculpting and I have hundreds of pieces all across the country. The granite illustrations on the Memorials page likewise number in the hundreds from Idaho and Texas to eastern Pennsylvania. The large foam sculptures were carved in a field in northern Kentucky, the 25’ x 50’ jaguar completed in 5 days. I began painting watercolors when I received a commission to paint a calendar and I’ve taught this difficult medium and have given public demonstrations. The drawings on this website which are the basis of my paintings were randomly picked from the thousands I have in my sketchbooks that I started with my bicycle and beach chair those many years ago in California. The treasurer of a municipality for which I completed a project told me that I was the only contractor involved who was on budget and on time. For me, art is a business and when I’m commissioned I do my home work and follow the rules put down by Van Gogh - go your own way, do your best, and make it live. Let’s get to work.”                                                                                          Gary Carson