EVEVATING THE EVERYDAY

My art has always been about what I see and how I respond to what is around me: the colors, forms and movements, of everyday people and changing places. As a painter I collect visual impressions and mull over them, sifting what I have seen for significance, for beauty in it's various forms and for meanings bordering on the universal. I then begin to paint, condensing what I have seen into visual poems or stories, which value who we are and what we have been given. I understand what Pablo Picasso once said, "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary!" At it's heart, art captures the truths of both alluring and difficult moments and transforms them so they can be contemplated, held and valued.

My formative art years were spent in Europe. During the 38 years I lived in Germany I experienced the excitement and the broadening of perspective that come with participation in international art exhibitions. In over 100 solo and group shows I was able to contribute to the art scenes of 9 very different countries. In 2020 I moved back to my hometown roots in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area of Minnesota, where I continue to capture and paint the significance, beauty and meaning, of the people and places around me.                          (Read more in "About Me" on this website.)