I work with wood like a painter works with oils and a sculptor works with stone.
​      I began developing the techniques I use in my art in 1996: joining boards in curves, inserting solid wood strips and pegs and carving the surface. Although my art looks like a painting, what you see is, in fact, the natural colors of the wood itself. No stains or dyes are used. It's difficult to realize how all this works together without seeing it in person.     
​         From a distance, you see lines, shapes, colors, deep contours and shadows. The lines and shapes seem two dimensional, as if in a painting, but as you move laterally, they begin to flow over the contours, increasing movement in the composition.
         As light changes orientation, the shadows move and become dramatic. At night, lights set at a low angle across the surface accentuate the shadows. These changing features give my art life.
     As you approach, shallow contours appear like swells on a lake.
     You can and should touch this art to feel the smooth undulating surface of the wood. You can do that because the surface is finished like fine furniture making it durable and easy to maintain.
     This single piece provides a diverse set of images and effects which interact and enhance each other around a theme.

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Commissions and Sales:
    Mayo Clinic – Cannon Falls, MN
    Prairie Care Clinic, Brooklyn Park, MN
    Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
    Aspirus Hospital, Wausau, WI
    1st Lutheran Church of Columbia Heights
    Regions Hospital Chapel, St. Paul, MN
​    Health Partners Regions Mental Health facility – St. Paul
    St. Francis Regional Medical Center – Shakopee, MN
    Regions Burn Center – St. Paul, MN
    East Side Spinal Clinic – Maplewood, MN
​    Regions Behavioral Sciences Building - St. Paul, MN​

Honors and awards:
    Best of Show –    Red Wing Art Fair - 2016
​    Best of Show –    Spirit of St. Croix Art Fair, - 2016
    Featured artist –  57th Street Art Fair – Chicago, IL 2016
    Best of wood –    Edina Art Fair – 2012
    Best of wood –    Northfield Art Fair – 2012
    Best of wood –    Minnesota Valley Art Fair – 2013
    Best of wood –    Art Fair on the Sq, Madison, WI – 2013
    Best of wood –    Tempe Festival of the Arts – 2014