About the Artist

Born, raised, and educated in the Minneapolis area, I earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota and originally taught middle school science.  In 1988, I began realist art training with the goal of painting research based, historical landscapes. Five full time years of atelier training, two more of landscape training with Joseph Paquet and eleven seasons as an historical interpreter with the Minnesota Historical Society and the National Park Service prepared me to compose historical scenes from the imagination based on available research and studies from life.  This was demonstrated in a 2002 research fellowship with the National Park Service at Ft. Union Trading Post NHS.

Presently, I paint historical subjects in several forms including historical posters, scenes, artifacts and specimens with an occasional contemporary landscape.

Art Education

1998-2002 Hurinenko and Paquet Studio, St. Paul MN
1993-94 The Bougie Studio, Minneapolis, MN
1988-93 Atelier LeSueur, Excelsior, MN

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Picturing History: Paintings and Studies of Art, Artifacts and Architecture from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts