I am either gifted or afflicted with an uncontrollable need to make art.  I have woven .soldered, coiled, sculpted, drawn, painted, planted, or manipulated a multiplicity of tools and materials in order to achieve that end.  I am currently involved in what I would describe as a photo-realist style of painting.  I work from 35mm slides taken with my Minolta camera.  I have done still life, portraiture, architecture and studies of leaves and grasses of local, state, and national parks and forests.  I also love the sticks and stones of the Lake Superior shore area.  I enjoy traveling to wonderful places in my search for subject matter.  From my own back yard gardens and those of my family and neighbors, to the country roads of England and cities and villages in France I have found a multitude of beautiful imagery to paint.

The passage from subject to finished painting is an enormously selective process.  I believe that the steps I take, including using several slides, allows me to present a dramatic or heightened image of reality.  When I am successful, even I am astounded at the results of my patient and often difficult struggle with my media.  I work with watercolor and pencil on paper and acrylic on canvas.

Education:          San Jose State University, Advanced Studies 1965, 1966
Taught:              Edina Public Schools, MN 1964-1980

Collections:       American Family Insurance, Madison, WI
                        Weisman Museum, University of MN
                        Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
                        Dorsey and Whitney, Minneapolis, MN
                        Wells Fargo Bank, Bloomington, MN
                        Northrup King, Golden Valley, MN
                        Northland Insurance, Mendota Heights, MN
                        Cargill, Minnetonka, MN
                        Eberhardt Co., Minneapolis, MN
                        Alianz Insurance Co., Minneapolis, MN
                        West Publishing Co, Eagan, MN
                        U.S. Bank Plaza, Duluth, MN
                        First Bank of Robbinsdale, MN

Publications:      Hennepin County Lawyer, cover 1995 Jan/Feb issue
                        Southwest Art, professional biography, Feb 1988
                        Midwest Art Professional Biography, Sept/Oct 1986
                        Florida Bar Journal, cover, 1985
                        Wisconsin Bar Journal, April 1985
                        American Bar Association Journal, Oct 1983, Mar 1985
                        Twin Cities Magazine, cover, Jan/Feb 1983

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