“[Building] is all about the human consciousness to me.  Its about our evolution more than the buildings themselves.”

Growing up in the wild hills of the Pacific Northwest, it seems like SunRay was always building something.  His favorite source of inspiration and materials is the woods around him, "God's Hardware Store" as he calls it.  When working on a project it is not uncommon to see him pick up a saw and head off into the woods looking for the right piece of wood to present itself.  If he says anything, he'll mumble "I'm going shopping."

 SunRay's organic designs take their form from the shapes of living trees.  His study of architecture and sculpture only reinforced his affinity for the forms Nature takes, in rejection of the artificial forms in rectilinear Western architecture.  The teacher in his first college drafting class told SunRay on seeing his designs,

 "Learn to use a hammer, boy, because no one but you is going to be able to build that."

 Since then, Sunray has been building things that "nobody but SunRay could build."  The structures seem timeless and rooted, like they grew from the site.  In the early 1990s he was introduced by Ianto Evans to "Natural Building."  His forms had always been organic, based on wild round timber, but incorporating the sculptural qualities of earthen building--cob, light-clay straw and strawbale--into his work has been "a revelation and a completion" to the extent that SunRay for many years ran a "School of Natural Living" to learn and teach the art of integrating Nature and the human spirit, as well as natural materials in their pure form, into the built environment.   

 SunRay has personally contributed his energy to homes, temples and "follies" across the United States.  He has traveled the world studying buildings and live patterns both modern and ancient.  His unique style and personal energy have earned him legend status, even among master craftsmen.  Cob builder and teacher Michael Smith calls SunRay an "Elemental Force".