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Selected
​Paintings
​Artist Statement

Images of North Dakota and the Midwest flatland--vast expanses of expressive grids of grain punctuated with cultivation--are always with me. These are the fields I plowed in my youth and well into adulthood. The stark markings of furrowed land, patterns of irrigation, and stubble fields have a poetic quality, and in them I find a rich and meaningful source for visual expression. Abstracted, their imprint seems even bolder, representing colorful independent sections that coexist peacefully despite their diversity. I left the North Dakota farm and its long, difficult workdays and inclement weather to explore the greener pastures of artistic pursuits, only to be pulled back to the fields.
Picture
CADENCED VISTA V 2007 acrylic 36 in x 36 in
CADENCED VISTA VI 2007 acrylic 36 in x 36 in
CADENCED VISTA IV 2007 acrylic 36 in x 36 in
BORDERLANDS I 2007 acrylic 16 in x 16 in
FIELD FORMATION IV 2004 acrylic 60 in x 60 in
HEADLANDS AND FURROWS 2004 acrylic 36 in x 36 in
CADENCED VISTA II 2007 acrylic 36 in x 36 in
WINTER FIELDS 1982 acrylic 37 in x 37 in (Loveland Museum)
AUTUMN FIELD 1990 acrylic 37 in x 37 in
FIELD FORMATION I 2002 acrylic 60 x 60 inches
FIELD FORMATION #3 2005 acrylic 60 in x 60 in
PLANAR RITUAL 2000 acrylic 66 in x 66 in
FIELD MARKINGS III 2002 acrylic/mixed media 58 in x 96 in
GOLDEN LOWLANDS 2001 acrylic 36 in x 48 in
HEADLANDS 2001 acrylic 36 x 48 inches
DAKOTA IMAGE #2 1972 acrylic 34.5 in x 34.5 in
DAKOTA IMAGE #4 1972 acrylic 35 in x 34.5 in
AUTUMN FIELDS #1 1983 acrylic 31 in x 49 in
ITALIAN LANDSCAPE (Umbrian Tibor Valley) 1977 acrylic 41 in x 53 in
REGIONI Di MONTE ACUTO 1976 acrylic 58 in x 70 in
SUNRISE AT MONTE CORONA 1977 acrylic 41 in x 53 in
TERRACED LANDSCAPE 1979 acrylic 41 in x 49 in
TREE CLUSTER and DUNES 1980 acrylic 40 in x 50 in
TRIFORM 1971 acrylic 48 in x 60 in
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