from 1992 to present... Interior Design, Graphic Design, Stage Design, and Artwork
Professional Design
Internship at Dorothy Draper, Inc. with Carleton Varney in NYC
Office Design with casegoods, millwork, and systems furniture
Hospital Design
GSA Clients
Hospitality Design
Institutional and Educational Design
Special Theme Design
Design Project 2021-22
Pierpont's 3rd Floor of the ATC
Revit images of the proposed design.
Mobile Unit Project - re-design
converting the HVAC Travel Unit into a Student Services Unit
The State of West Virginia
The Division of Education & the Arts
The West Virginia State Museum Renovation
27,000 square feet
$19M
2004-2009
Contemporary Galleries
After graduation from the University of Charleston, I was hired as a junior designer at a local furniture dealership. The company was primarily the Herman Miller dealership as well as providing many other lines of furniture in commercial and residential design in WV, MD, OH, PA, KY, VA, TN.
Areas of concentration are hospitals, GSA clients, and office design.
1992 - 1996
Huntington VAMC
1993-1996
Clarksburg VAMC
1993-1996
Ohio Valley Medical Center
1995-1996
Design Resources
Owner and Designer, Barbara Gower
Retained services for major clients: Ashland Oil, Valvoline, Trane Co. Lexington VAMC
1996 - 2003
Lexington VAMC
GSA Procurement Projects ranging from
$500 - $250,000.00+
Ashland Oil
Multi Million Dollar renovation for the headquarters of Ashland Oil & Valvoline
The Trane Co.
Facilities Projects
Coldwater Creek
Conceptual drawings for space plan of new addition of 500,000 SF to the Distribution plant in Mineral Wells, WV
2004
2015 Student Services in
Hardway Hall at the Locust Ave. Campus
Veterans Square 2013-16
Spec Design for 5,000 SF Space
Education Space
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Pierpont Community & Technical College
Special Design Projects for the College
2010-present
Education Building 2017 Poster
Mannington Museum wall display
MTEC 2013
Wallman Hall renovation to a conference room
