Terry Pyles is an Alaskan artist whose work includes depictions of the sights and scenery in the state. 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

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. The Rasmuson Foundation funded the acquisition of one of his paintings to donate it to a museum in 2004. His public sculptures include mosaic tile toppers on dock pilings that were inspired by architecture in

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. They were made in collaboration with Dave Rubin. He created an NOAA fisheries poster with Ray Troll. He and Kroll also collaborated on an interactive piece titled Spawn-O-Rama based on

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at the Sitka Sound Science Center. Pyles has collaborated with fellow Ketchikan artist

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. 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.

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External links

Short video clip about Pyles
on Vimeo
Interview with Pyles
Living people Painters from Alaska American sculptors {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyles, Terry Year of birth missing (living people)