Welcome to my studio. I owned and operated an art gallery (Village Artworks) in LaValle for 30 years. For the last two years it has been my studio where I do my own work. My paintings are acrylic. I paint mostly landscapes of the area I live in, Sauk Co. Wisconsin. I seldom paint exact locations, but rather do composites. I try to capture the essence of this beautiful part of Wisconsin. I am mostly self-taught, so I am always learning. I do not teach classes, as I have developed many bad habits in my method of painting that I should not pass along. I live on a 5-generation family farm which has wonderful views in all directions. The hills across the road from our farm have been my teacher and I Incorporated them in a number of my paintings.
Special thanks to my family and patrons for their patience and continued support.
September, 2016
Special thanks to my family and patrons for their patience and continued support.
September, 2016
"The land! That is where our roots are. There is the basis of our physical life. The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity. From the land comes everything that supports life, everything we use for the service of physical life. The land has not collapsed or shrunk in either extent or productivity. It is there waiting to honor all the labor we are willing to invest in it, and able to tide us across any local dislocation of economic conditions. No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between man and a plot of land." Henry Ford
