Whether it be a curse or a blessing, I have always had an insatiable curiosity and a need to create. The drive to experience the world by touching it and expressing it through my hands has been with me from my very earliest childhood memories.
Creating artwork has been a lifelong passion that has threaded itself throughout my time and has become my primary occupation after making Mineral Point, Wisconsin my home. I am so grateful to share my work with the world and the opportunity to create in such a beautiful area known as the Driftless Region.
My work is born from my love of the natural world and its forms, believing everything is alive. I combine this with my curiosity of the deep past and its symbols such as maps, petroglyphs and cave paintings, The work can range from flora and faunal subjects, archaeological motifs and artwork, to old machinery, landscapes and maps primarily of the Driftless Region, Lake Superior and the Southwest.
The media I work with is dependent upon my inspiration. It ranges from clay sculpture and painting, whether it be watercolor, acrylic/oil or pen and ink, to mixed media collages and sculpture created from natural objects.
It is so inspirational when a positive relationship is made between someone viewing my work and the work itself. I am simply a person, a messenger if you will, that loves to create things and believe that it is those who appreciate my work who define the creator into artist. This partnership allows the creation to become art.