As a visual artist Cody has been able to foster the intuitive place as well as express the inspiration he finds in nature through his work. The viewer is welcomed into a space where a sense of ease and joy are nourished most of all. A certain interest creating with materials of the wild in soil, wood and stone began early and has not left him. At around the age of eleven he was immersed with his father in excavation earth work and also taught the craft of metal fabrication from his grandfather. The next medium he would further learn came through several years of high school woodshop. Of that time period and prior Cody was fortunate enough to both experience life in bustling Southern California and the rural desert of Arizona.

Later in life other mediums and trades continued to be embraced by Cody and incorporated into his work. Out of high school he worked in several construction fields including finish carpentry and masonry then a short while in manufacturing. After that he was introduced to artificial turf in it’s popularity at the time for drought tolerant landscapes in California. Soon after around the age of twenty one Cody started his own landscape construction business and began creating outdoor spaces as a career. From that point to now he has developed a wide range of landscapes over a fifteen plus year period along with work in the interior realm of both residential and commercial spaces.

To round out the pallet of mediums and trades of interest he began studying ceramics in Sedona, Arizona as a hand builder. Around that time he also picked up the basics of stained glass from a local teacher. At the age of twenty six Cody was first shown in a gallery with works in ceramics and wood sculpture. At twenty eight he was awarded his first commission for a public sculpture at the historic Phoenix Country Club in Arizona. That sculpture then lead to a new drive in creating outdoor mixed media works.

In continuing on his path in the arts he moved to Colorado at thirty. There Cody was invited to take part in several shared exhibitions as well as individual. The collaborative element has been especially present in commissioned works in partnering with glass blowers across the states. Also in his years living in Colorado he fulfilled a dream he had of opening an organic eatery as well as taking part in the launch of a local farmers market. The creative place is where Cody returns to wherever he has come to be or found himself involved. Opportunities to bridge sculpture and other artistic elements into projects is a joy he has discovered along the way.

Today Cody continues to explore art disciplines he is called to with the people and places that carry momentum. Stepping further into other realms including agriculture and community space in years recent. The expanding path is one that Cody has come to recognize as familiar along with its challenge and gift to one’s experience. The inner child that opens up further in collaborative environments is where his north star has come to be. He knows it to be true that each of us come here with a unique signature our own, to share and inspire one another to create.