Terry Pyles

Terry Pyles is an Alaskan artist whose work includes depictions of the sights and scenery in the state.[1] He makes sculptures and paints.

Pyles painted a still life depicting fellow artist Dave Rubin surrounded by a bounty of Alaskan fish after being inspired by Alejandro de Loarte’s painting "The Kitchen" (1610) at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[2] The Rasmuson Foundation funded the acquisition of one of his paintings to donate it to a museum in 2004.[3]

His public sculptures include mosaic tile toppers on dock pilings that were inspired by architecture in Barcelona.[4] They were made in collaboration with Dave Rubin.[5] He created an NOAA fisheries poster with Ray Troll.[6] He and Kroll also collaborated on an interactive piece titled Spawn-O-Rama based on Plinko at the Sitka Sound Science Center.[7]

Pyles has collaborated with fellow Ketchikan artist Ray Troll.[8] Pyles also created a salmon sculpture on Ketchikan Creek to replace a wooden one by local carver Jones Yeltatzie (born 1897), a Haida, that had deteriorated.[9]

References
  1. "Terry Pyles".
  2. "Terry Pyles: Abundant Depth | Sitka Harbor Guide".
  3. "SitNews - Ketchikan Museums Acquires Terry Pyles Painting". www.sitnews.us.
  4. Chandonnet, Ann (May 5, 2009). Alaska's Inside Passage. Fodor's Travel Publications. ISBN 9781400009022 – via Google Books.
  5. "Ketchikan Story Project". ketchikanstories.com.
  6. "Managing Our Nation's Fisheries: Past, Present, and Future : Proceedings of a Conference on Fisheries Management in the United States, Held in Washington, D.C., USA, November 13-15, 2003". NPFMC. May 5, 2004 – via Google Books.
  7. "Troll, Pyles collaborate to make 'Spawn-O-Rama'". October 21, 2013.
  8. Troll, Ray (May 5, 2004). Rapture of the Deep: The Art of Ray Troll. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520239470 – via Google Books.
  9. "New salmon sculpture honors original artist". July 9, 2013.
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