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About Me:: Grizzly Mountain Arts is a small business owned by Dave and JoAnna Stanbrough.

Dave took up the whaler's art of scrimshaw while aboard ship during the Viet Nam War. He has a degree in wildlife ecology and worked over 25 years in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife law enforcement officer and wildlife refuge manager. He retired in 2002 and now lives on Grizzly Mountain in central Oregon where he still pursues his art. Whales have been protected since 1972 and Dave continues this historic maritime art by scrimshawing on ancient ivory from walrus and mammoth tusks, bone or imitation ivory.

Jo, who has been married to Dave for 29 years, shares Dave's interest of creating art from natural resources. Her mediums include pressed flowers, rock mosaics, driftwood, pine needles, clay and ancient ivory jewelry. In a collaborative arrangement with Dave, Jo uses materials reflecting elements found in nature to create modern primitive jewelry and baskets. Jo also enjoys utilizing the internet to further her genealogical research into her Choctaw ancestry. Jo is the creator of the Grizzly Mountain Arts website located at www.grizzlymountainarts.com.

Grizzly Mountain Arts sells their pieces at art shows around Oregon and on Ebay (ID "GrizzlyMountainArts") and are excited to have found Etsy!