The landscape is my inspiration, and the northern landscape, with its long summer and short winter days, raking light early and late and in spring and fall, deep winter snows, busy summer textures, brilliant autumn colors, endless water, trees and rocks, is my passion. Realistic, impressionistic and abstract imagery – they are all there for the artist to find, feel, interpret and record, and share with the viewer. This is my source, my process and my goal…
Shows and Exhibitions: “Northern Exposure”,Wm Bonifas Fine Arts, Escanaba, MI Lake Superior Arts Association Member Shows, Marquette, MI “Fresh Aire”, plein air exhibition by Painters On the Loose, Marquette, MI “Winter Charm”, Huron Mountain Gallery, Marquette, MI “Glacier Glide”, outdoor winter art show, Marquette, MI
Workshops with: Pat Dews, Virginia Cobb Robert Salo, Elin Pendleton And others…
Education: Basic art courses at Michigan State University Extensive self-study from a library of books and videos by the above artists as well as: Albert Handell, Richard Schmid, Richaed McKinley, Kevin McPherson and others…