Jeff And Ranja Dean

I'm an artist and sculptor in Homer, Alaska. For the last 40 years, I've created significant focal point artwork specially designed to enhance the character my clients envision for their homes, businesses, or public places.

I make both decorative and functional sculpture, furniture, and wall art. From my first bronze portrait to my latest Percent for the Arts Commission, I've completed more than 90 commissions.

With the ability to work in a wide range of materials, styles, and techniques, I make pieces that become integral to the essence of their setting. These pieces can be either custom designed or selected from my currently available artwork or designs.

With visual effects impossible to achieve using other materials, heat colored steel engraving brings a broad range of moods to a single work of art.
Because heat colors patina the steel without obscuring its unique metallic qualities, each piece has a dynamic character and depth that changes with the light and viewing angle.

You can get a feel for this dynamic quality in this video: https://youtu.be/NGBjs0PbkIo

With each commission, I intend to bring about a creative synergy between your aesthetic vision and my artistic sensibility, thus creating something new t...

Naguib School of Sculpture
Sculpture, 1977 - 1981
Three years with Egyptian sculptor, Mustafa Naguib near Chicago, IL.

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Metalsmithing, pottery, printmaking, wood carving, 1975 - 1984
Intensive semesters over a period of years with Ron Senungetuk, Bill Brody and Stan Zielinski.

South Bear School
Pottery, 1975 - 1975
Summer pottery school with Dean Shwarz

Pond Farm Pottery school.
Pottery and sculpture, 1976 - 1981
Four summers with Marguerite Wildenhain in Guerneville, CA

Origins - 36 Years of Commission Proposal Drawings, The Dean Gallery, Homer, AK 2019
Heartfelt and Handmade: From Creative Homesteading to the Fine Arts. Pratt Museum, Homer, AK