Pyles is an Alaskan artist whose work includes depictions of the sights and scenery in the state. [1] He makes sculptures and paints.
Pyles painted a still life depicting fellow artist Dave Rubin surrounded by a bounty of Alaskan fish after being inspired by Alejandro de Loarte’s painting "The Kitchen" (1610) at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. [2] The Rasmuson Foundation funded the acquisition of one of his paintings to donate it to a museum in 2004. [3]
His public sculptures include mosaic tile toppers on dock pilings that were inspired by architecture in Barcelona. [4] They were made in collaboration with Dave Rubin. [5] He created an NOAA fisheries poster with Ray Troll. [6] He and Troll also collaborated on an interactive piece titled Spawn-O-Rama based on Plinko at the Sitka Sound Science Center. [7]
Pyles has collaborated with fellow Ketchikan artist Ray Troll. [8] Pyles also created a salmon sculpture on Ketchikan Creek to replace a wooden one by local carver Jones Yeltatzie (born 1897), a Haida, that had deteriorated. [9]