CV/Bio
Over the years I have variously been a teacher, organist, composer, software engineer, and visual artist; common to all these endeavors has been a creative spirit. As a visual artist I am constantly challenging myself to explore new approaches to technique and vision, to push the capabilities of the medium, and to investigate new materials. Recently I have been painting with encaustic as well as watercolor and oil.
Since I tend to see landscapes when confronted with visual ambiguity, and have a deep appreciation for the beauty of nature, it is no surprise that my paintings are usually about landscape, both real and imaginary, as well as abstractions based on natural patterns and forms, and that my three-dimensional work finds a similar inspiration.
In the visual arts I am largely self-taught, and have also taken classes and workshops with Greg Lipelt, Mary Ann Inman, Stephen Quiller and Mitchell Albala.
Selected Juried Art Shows and Festivals
Gallery Row Itty-Bitty Show, Gig Harbor, WA, May 2019
Proctor Arts Fest, Tacoma, WA, August, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Gig Harbor Summer Art Festival, Gig Harbor, WA, July, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
14th Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition, The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA, September 19 - October 28, 2016
Past and Present Show, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, Washington, November, 2015
Open Studio Preview Show, Morso, Gig Harbor, August - September, 2015
Gig Harbor Open Studio Tour, September, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013
Peninsula Art League 2015 Open Juried Art Show, Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA, September - October, 2015
Visual Ambiguity, Solo Show, Morso, Gig Harbor, WA, October-November, 2014
Peninsula Art League Members' Shows, Kimball Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010
Small Expression 12, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, December, 2013
Peninsula Art League 2013 Open Juried Art Show, Harbor History Museum, Gig Harbor, WA, August 30 - October 6, 2013
2013 Sequim Arts Juried Show and Sale, Sequim, WA, May, 2013
Gig Harbor Uptown Artwalk, June, 2012
Featured Artist, Kimball Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA, April, 2012
The CVG Show 2012, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA, February, 2012
Solo Show, The Art Space Gallery at Backbone, Gig Harbor, WA, November 5-30, 2011
9th Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition, The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA, September - October, 2011
2011 Sequim Arts Juried Show and Sale, Sequim, WA, May, 2011
Peninsula Art League's Eighth Annual Open Juried Show, Gig Harbor, WA, October, 2010
Juried Art Show, Sequim Irrigation Festival, Sequim, WA, May, 2010
Madison Audubon Society Art Fair, Madison, WI, May, 2009
You Gotta Have Art!, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI, 2009
Watercolor Wisconsin 2008, Wustum Museum, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI 2008-2009
Mount Mary Starving Artists' Show, Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
Hidden River Art Festival, Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI, 2007
Lake Mills Art Festival, Lake Mills, WI, 2007, 2008
Art Awards
Honorable Mention, Peninsula Art League Spring Members' Show, March, 2014
Third Place, Peninsula Art League Spring Members' Show, April, 2013
People's Choice Award, Collective Visions Gallery, November, 2011
Fond du Lac Artists' Association Award, WRAP State Exhibit, Madison, Wisconsin, 2008
Purchase Award, Lake Mills Art Festival, Lake Mills, Wisconsin, 2007
Gallery History
Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA, 2019-2020
Ebb Tide Gallery, Gig Harbor, WA, 2013-2014, 2015-2017
Bluewater Artworks Gallery, Poulsbo, WA, 2012-2013
Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA, 2011-2012
Proctor Art Gallery, 3811 N. 26th Street, Tacoma, WA, 2011
Tribeca Gallery, Watertown, WI, 2008
Education Highlights
MS, University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
MFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
BA, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
Employment Highlights
Teacher, grades 3-5, St. Peter Lutheran School, Richmond, MI,
and music, Milwaukee Montessori School
Assistant Professor of organ and music theory, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
and Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA
Software Engineer, Bear Automotive and Eaton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
Organist and sometime Choir Director, various midwestern churches