I started drawing before I started grade school. Privately tutored by John Gunnar Carlander, a graduate of the University of Chicago, I was encouraged to take classical technique in new directions. These paintings are oil on canvas and created using techniques that include developing layers of coloring to achieve some new and unique tones. I call my stylistic approach "sur-ruralism," a combination of empirical reality and imagination, often placed in a Midwestern rural backdrop.

Come see the paintings 'live' at U S Marble and Granite, 3216 Brickler Road (just off IL-54), Springfield, IL. They will be hanging until the end of May 2010.  Please join us for the artist reception April 28, 2010 from 5 to 7 PM.

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