14’x18”, Oil on Linen
Minnesota Plein Air Collective
Bell Museum: MPAC Moments of Memory
Jan 27 - May 26, 2024
2088 Larpenteur Ave W
St Paul, MN 55113
Wed–Sun: 10 am–4 pm
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Red Wing Plein Air, 2023
14”x18”, Oil on Linen, $1,600
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 1, 2023 https://mmam.org/calendar2/2023/plein-air-exhibition
9”x14”, Oil on Linen
Minnesota Museum of Marine Art
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 1, 2023
https://mmam.org/calendar2/2023/plein-air-exhibition
30”x40”, Oil on Linen, $8,200
Inquire with White Bear Center for the Arts
“Linens and Lilacs” was painted from a Plein Air study. It is a scene near my home. I was leaving a friend’s house when I saw the scene and returned as quickly as I could to paint a small study. I was captivated by how the linens held the breeze and the sunshine while the new leaves and bright blossoms all seemed to swirl around them.
It was juried into the 2018 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts show.
and Currently on view at White Bear Center for the Arts
18”x24”, Oil on Linen, $2,800
The St Louis River was running high last fall, as it thundered through the rapids. In this stretch, the rock formations are ancient layers of slate, which seemed to break, chip, and flake as much as they smooth down over time. These rough edges made the place feel raw and dangerous. After hiking all over, I came back to this view because of the ‘perma-mist.’ This ghost told the story of violence. As the river pounds over the rock, the water droplets are going so hard some break down over and over until they become vapor - left to stir above the rapids. The apparition danced amid the downdrafts and occasional breeze - connecting all of it.
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
Plein Air & Studio
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Created During Art Residency with Wild Rice Retreat
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
There’s nothing like a summer day on Park Point. The lake was so peaceful that day, with the waves lazily lapping at the beach, but things were brewing far beyond the lighthouse.
12”x9”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
The sun is rising behind me, the fog is lifting beyond the sailboat, and seagulls have hit the snooze button.
16”x20”, Oil on Linen, $2,200
This was created from a plein air study. I had walked out to the end of Park Point. As I painted the waves, felt the breeze, and listened, I couldn’t help but think of how something so important looked so small at the edge of Lake Superior.
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
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Featured for the Red Wing Arts Plein Air Autumn Invitational, 2020
14”x18”, Oil on Linen, $1,600
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Created During Red Wing Arts Plein Air Autumn Invitational, 2020
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
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Honorable Mention
Richeson75 International Small Works Show
Judges Comments:
“I was drawn to the well-balanced and zig-zagging movement of this composition. The subtlety of temperature shifts in light and shadow rewards the viewer’s close inspection. What kept me coming back was the organic surface movement found in each brushstroke and stacked impasto.”
16”x20”, Oil on Linen, $2,200
GROVELAND GALLERY
25 Groveland Terrace
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612-377-7800
info@grovelandgallery.com
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100, 2022
GROVELAND GALLERY
25 Groveland Terrace
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612-377-7800
info@grovelandgallery.com
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American Impressionist Society Small Works Show
10”x8”, Oil on Linen, $900
GROVELAND GALLERY
25 Groveland Terrace
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612-377-7800
info@grovelandgallery.com
12”x16”, Oil on Linen, $1,400, 2022
GROVELAND GALLERY
25 Groveland Terrace
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
612-377-7800
info@grovelandgallery.com
12”x16”, Oil on Linen, 2023
$1,400
This painting began as plein air study, in preparation for live painting demonstration at Groveland Gallery. The finishing touches were done back in my studio.
30”x40”, Oil on Linen, $7,200
2023 Richeson75 Landscape, Seascape and Architecture Finalist
Deep in the varied greens of August is a rumor of autumn. The shortening days can be felt in the afternoon, as each passing hour is more lovely than one proceeding it.
This was painted along the Kenilworth Lagoon between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles over several evenings.
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
It was created on one of the longest days of the year in the north country, where the Mississippi begins. My work time was blessed with the company of otters, beavers, and too many birds to count. The sun barely seemed to set; like any kid in summer, it didn’t want to go to call it a day either.
12”x16”, OIl on Linen, $1,400
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This piece was also juried into:
American Tonalist Society’s Show, Best in Tonalism 2020
Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils 2021
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
Purchase Online from Olson-Larson Galleries
The road crosses Isabelle Creek several times as it makes its way through the valley on its way to the Mississippi River. The contrast of the luminous flowers against the verdant tree shadows caught my eye, so I found what felt to be the best composition for the rolling of the road and overlapping shapes. When a few merciful clouds rolled through, I watched their cast shadows play across the landscape.
30”x40”, Oil on Linen, $7,200
2023 Richeson75 Landscape, Seascape and Architecture Finalist
12”x16”, Oil on Linen, $1,400
Purchase Online from Olson-Larson Galleries
I do love this place. I was set up expecting the last deep rays of a strong sunset to skip across the valley like a flat stone across a pond. As I am laying the scene in, some high wispy clouds, remnants of weather way off to the west, reach out, quieting the scene, setting it on simmer.
18”x24”, Oil on Linen, $2,800
All of these seemingly common things move our eye around the painting, inviting us to be present to our time and place.
12”x18”, Oil on Linen, $1,200
16”x20”, Oil on Linen, $2,200
Far as I could tell, this may be the northern most rail line along the north shore. The old ties spoke to the history of the place.
16”x12”, Oil on Linen, $1,200
Painted just south of Duluth on a cloudy day where it felt like all the colors to come to play.
14”x18”, Oil on Linen, $1,600
Created during the Door County Plein Air Festival, 2022
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30”x40”, Oil on Linen, $7,200
I was so struck by the light spilling through skyway and across the rail lines. The complimentary colors and temps in the shadow sides of the glass and stone buildings all offered a remarkable challenge to be knitted together and filled with reflected light.
9"x12", Oil on Linen, $800
18" x24”, Oil on Linen, $2,800
Former Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, @rtrybak, emailed me after he saw this painting. He said,” It reminds me of many fall days door knocking neighborhoods like Seward and Northeast. Too many people pass in and out of these scenes without seeing what is special.”
.Thanking him, I wrote back and shared this story:
"That piece was painted on location this past fall. Early in the process, I noticed a grandmother and her granddaughter watching me. I turned and wished them a ”good morning.” Then Grandma introduced her granddaughter as an 'artist' and went on to tell me how she indeed prefers making art to nearly everything else - books, TV, iPad, etc... So I invited the peanut to “help”
I work on the painting. I lowered the easel to where she could work and briefly shared what I was looking at and thinking about.
We mixed up some paint, and then, with the biggest brush, she made the shadows fall across the street. She was wonderfully locked in on where and how the end of that brush was moving across the canvas.
There’s always time to make someone else’s day - just like the Mayor and the peanut made mine.
30”x40”, oil on linen, $6,200
MN State Fair Fine Arts Winner of Paul S Kramer Award
“Winter Along the Trimbelle” was painted mostly on location along the side of County Road O in western Wisconsin. The forecast called for three consecutive mornings of clouds, fog, and frost. But, the next two mornings were met with bright sunshine. Rather than scrape and wipe the painting or work from a photo, I reluctantly headed out to paint the day.
As I set up my easel, a car pulled up and out popped my good friend and fellow painter, @AndyEvansen, exclaiming "I thought I'd find you here!" I was as surprised as I was delighted. Any doubt about where I was supposed to be, vanished in the joy of friendship.
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9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $900
Winnewissa falls feels like an oasis, in an otherwise expansive prairie landscape. Ancient faces emerge from the stone formations around the site. Were they living, they’d belong to giants. I felt small, and grateful to be allowed to paint by that same stream.
“For countless generations, American Indians have quarried the red pipestone found at this site. These grounds are sacred to many people because the pipestone quarried here is carved into pipes used for prayer.” Learn More on the National Parks website.
16”x20”, Oil on Linen, $2,200
“Passing Through” was painted on location in Goodhue county. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees as the little front blew through. the haybales and I stayed dry, but much of the cornfield got a drink.
14”x18”, Oil on Canvas, $1,800
I think I was on Fourth and Cedar in Red Wing, MN. Cedar rolls down and away from Fourth, leaving a little window for Barn Bluff. Lots of fond memories of people and paintings in beautiful Red Wing.
16"x20", Oil on Linen, $2,200
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8”x12”, Oil on Linen, $850
This is a 50/50 plein air/studio painting. It was a very hot and humid day, and I wasn’t the only person looking to beat the heat in downtown Minneapolis, and it was time to move on. I remember how the place came to life with ambient light, perspective, and design. It felt like a math problem solved in poetry.
9”x12”, oil on linen
It is funny how sometimes the simplest thing can put you in a time machine. I grew up on roads like this. Riding my bike to a friend’s, or going to the store. The closest one was 3 miles away. In middle school that seemed like The Tour de France. There’s nothing special about these roads until you think about all the people that live in one direction or the other. Or how these two roads were probably gravel when the barn was built. Do you see the barn? Just beyond the field, there’s a barn peeking out from under the tree line. It reminded me of a dog that knew it was in trouble or a toddler that doesn’t quite get how to play hide and seek. Beyond the barn, the road gently rises through the cast shadows of trees and phone poles. Behind me, Andy Evansen is creating a poem of a backlit cow in a midsummer pasture.
12”x16”, Oil on Linen, $1,100
9"x12", Oil on Linen, $900
8"x10", Oil on Linen, $800
8"x10", Oil on Linen, $700
12"x9", Oil on Linen, $800
18”x24”, Oil on Linen, 2,800
7"x9", Oil on Linen, $700
9"x12", Oil on Linen, $800
16”x20”, Oil on Linen $2,200
18"x24", Oil on Linen, $2800
9"x12", Oil on Linen, $800
12"x16", Oil on Linen, $1,400
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $900
12"x20", Oil on Linen, $1,600
8"x10" Oil on Linen, $700
9"x12" Oil on Linen, $800
8"x10", Oil on Linen, $700
8”x10”, Oil on Linen, $700
9”x12”, Oil on Linen, $800
11”x14”, Oil on Linen, $900
This is a memory painting, reflecting upon a winter hike I did with a friend along the Cascade River.
12”x16”, Oil on Linen, $1100
The air around Lake Pepin was filled with melting snow and light.
9"x12", Oil on Linen, $800
12"x18", Oil on Linen, $1,400, 2015
Plein Air & Studio piece created while an Artist in Residence with the Science Museum of Minnesota’s St Croix Watershed Research Station.
8"x10", Oil on Linen, $900, 2015
Plein Air & Studio piece created while an Artist in Residence with the Science Museum of Minnesota’s St Croix Watershed Research Station.
11"x14", Oil on Linen, $1,200, 2015
Plein Air & Studio piece created while an Artist in Residence with the Science Museum of Minnesota’s St Croix Watershed Research Station.
12"x16", Oil on Linen, $1,400, 2015
Plein Air & Studio piece created while an Artist in Residence with the Science Museum of Minnesota’s St Croix Watershed Research Station.
