A life spent in, around, and under the water being raised in St. Petersburg, Fla, Dale’s interest in art, architecture, and business have always been a reflection of this exposure to nature and the tropics.

 

Throughout the last 50 years, Dale has been lucky enough to work with marine life including, John Lilly Dolphin research in Coconut Grove, Fla, while attending the University of Miami to study Marine Sciences.  From Coconut Grove, he moved to the coast of Maine – Kennebunkport, where his business took him into the world of woodcraft, jewelry production, along with building, remodeling and many forms of creative arts.

 

After 10 years in Maine, Dale moved back to Naples, Fla, where he endeavored to establish several businesses, which lead to buying a working commercial fish house.  By this time he had decided to direct as much time as possible to creative furniture, marine life sculptures and the building of some unique island houses, located on the barrier islands between Naples and Marco Island, Fla.  These houses still stand as a monument to his tropical lifestyle and whimsical, creative technique with form and function, mixed with sculptural carvings of native wildlife.

 

After selling “The Fish House”, Dale started dividing his time between Oregon and Punta Allen, Mexico, where his time in now directed at using these acquired skills as new ideas, which reveal themselves as a possible reality.