Travis graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Utah Valley University and a MFA in painting from Laguna College of Art + Design. He taught university art courses for several years, including anatomy for artists.
After discovering ocularistry, Travis apprenticed under retired ocularist Rich Caruso, BCO at Eye Prosthetics of Utah, from 2018 to 2021. During that time, Travis learned a wide array of advanced fitting techniques to enhance the look and feel of a custom prosthetic eye. He has made prosthetic eyes for hundreds of patients across a broad range of ages and backgrounds, including but not limited to pediatric retinoblastoma survivors, infants with congenital microphthalmia or anophthalmia, and teens to adults recovering from disease or trauma.
Travis's successful training resulted in him establishing Advanced Eye Prosthetics in 2022. He is passionate about utilizing his 20 years of extensive art experience to help others by creating the most lifelike prosthetic eyes available, and he strives to innovate new techniques in the fabrication process to best meet patients' needs.
Outside of work, Travis enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, and rock climbing with his family in the mountains of Utah where he grew up and is now raising his four daughters.
Shar graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's degree in English and spent the next 20 years as a technical writer helping create award-winning language & literacy software for young learners at Waterford Institute, Imagine Learning, and Alegra Learning.
Shar loved seeing the joy that helping others brought to her husband Travis throughout his ocularist apprenticeship and was excited for them to continue helping even more people as a team when they started Advanced Eye Prosthetics in 2022.
Shar manages the practice and can assist you with insurance questions and authorizations, billing questions, and appointment scheduling.
Outside of work, Shar writes children's books and enjoys hiking, climbing, and adventuring with Travis and their four daughters,
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