My work is about celebrating the land, what it grows and how it feeds us. I believe my role as an artist in rural America is to cross-pollinate with other cultures, communities, art and artists, youth and technology. With that, I’d like to bring hope and healing. Having worked in Uganda, South Africa, Spain and Costa Rica, I see a movement percolating, similar to American Regionalism which grew out of the Great Depression— but more expressive and more global. That's what I want to be a part of. My aim is to inject a distinctive, engaging energy in my work. I'm inspired by artists Wayne Thiebaud, David Hockney, Charles Burchfield and the Canadian Seven who anchor me. I don't think art has to be happy to be good, but I want mine to be both. Thanks for taking a look.

In person viewings and representation:

Y Studio, (my studio) by appointment in Williamsburg, MI

Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI

V Gallery, Omena, MI

The Hotel Indigo, Traverse City, MI

Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City, MI

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CORPORATE, HOSPITAL AND HOSPITALITY PLACEMENTS

Cherry Capital Airport, Traverse City, MI: 2022 and 2023 Summer and Fall/Winter exhibits. Art program administrator.

The Hotel Indigo, Traverse City, MI: All Guest Rooms, Master Suites and Lobby, originals and reproductions

Grand Traverse Children’s Advocacy Center, Traverse City, MI: Thirty-five reproductions placed throughout

Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, PA: Main lobby 25-foot mural and 18-foot mural

Spectrum Health Hospital, Petoskey, MI: Two installations and seven reproductions throughout hospital

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital: Original commission for main lobby, Chelsea, MI

St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI: Two original installations- entrances to Radiology and Corporate Offices

Sparrow Hospital Herbert-Herman Cancer Center, East Lansing, MI: Three originals for Main Corridor

Kaiser Permanente, Woodbridge, VA: Reproductions for South Nova Hub

Cowell Family Cancer Center, Munson Hospital, Traverse City, MI: Four reproductions for Main Entrance

Egon Zehnder, Denver, CO: Original for Executive Boardroom

Flight Path Creative, Traverse City, MI: Two originals for Lobby Entrance

Danbrook, Adams & Raymond, PLC, Traverse City, MI: Original for Executive Boardroom

Norté Youth Cycling Advocacy, Traverse City, MI: Mural installation and original work in corporate office

RESIDENCIES

Studio Raven: Two-week residency, Santa Fe, NM - 15 paintings of rural landscape and scenery. April 2024

Valparaiso Foundacion: Two-week residency, Mojacar, Spain - 15 paintings of rural landscape and scenery. April, 2023

The Mauser Foundation: One-month residency, Parrita, Costa Rica – 30 paintings of the rural landscape, Oct/Nov 2021

Dreamcatcher Foundation South Africa: Two-week residency, Melkhoutfontein, South Africa: Three mural 20’ x 25’ installations, 2018

REPRESENTATION AND EXHIBITS

(2017-2023)

Twisted Fish Art Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI: 2016-present.

Mainstreet Gallery, Leland, MI: 2022-present

Bonobo Winery, Traverse City, MI: March-May 2023

The Gallery, Lake Forest, IL: Solo Show – October 2022

20Fathoms, Tech Incubator, Traverse City, MI: Solo Show – December 2021-February 2022

The Mauser Foundation, Parrita, Costa Rica: Artist of the Month – December 2021

2Lads Winery, Traverse City, MI (Old Mission): Solo Show 2021

The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL: Annual Members Show 2021; Books & Books 2021

The Old Art Building, Leelanau, MI: Annual invitational group show 2016-2023

Michigan Artist Gallery, Traverse City, MI: Our Piece of the Peaceable Kingdom, juried group show. 2018

Mangoes Restaurant, Key West, FL: Solo Exhibit 2016-2021

Synchronicity Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI: 2018

Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI: Paint Grand Traverse Inaugural Event: Honorable Mention 2018

THE NEW YORK TIMES 7/26/18, Steve Reddicliffe— “36 Hours In Traverse City, Michigan”

(2008-2017)

The Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI:

• The Northwest Michigan Artists Juried Fine Art Exhibit 2012

• Art of Sleeping Bear Dunes, juried exhibit and publication 2013

Deerpath Gallery, Lake Forest, IL

Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI

The Red Door Gallery, Ludington, MI

The Richard App Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI: Small Works Invitational and ArtPrize Group Shows

Michigan Artist Gallery, Traverse City, MI

Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI

Seed Studio Gallery, Elk Rapids and Traverse City, MI

Cog’s Creek Gallery, Traverse City, MI

Re-Invent Gallery, Lake Forest, IL

The Watershed Center, Traverse City, MI

Traverse City Art and Design Center, Traverse City, MI

Higher Grounds Trading Company, Traverse City, MI

The Traverse City Film Festival Opening and Closing Night Parties

Cedar Creek Interiors: Elk Rapids, IL

The Artist Table, International online gallery: First place, “Distant Horizons” 2013

From Women’s Hands, Traverse City, MI

The Minervini Group, Grand Traverse Commons, Traverse City, MI

The City Opera House, Traverse City, MI: Wingspan, Arriving Williamsburg

Experience ArtRapids, Elk Rapids, MI

Art Leelanau, Leland, Michigan

ART FACILITATION AND LEADERSHIP

GRAPHIC RECORDER

SafetyNet, Traverse City, Michigan

The Community Foundation, Traverse City, Michigan

Addictive Health Services 1st and 2nd Annual Conferences, TC, Michigan

CURATOR

The Good Work Collective - Fall Art Walk 2011 and 2012

Seed Studio Gallery, Elk Rapids and Traverse City, MI - May 2009-September 2012

Munson Medical Center Juried Fine Art Show - Spring 2010

MUSIC EVENT PRODUCER

Seed Studio Gallery Concert Series, Elk Rapids and Traverse City, MI - 2009-2012

The Edward Grace Memorial Harbor Concert Series, Elk Rapids, MI - 2011-2013

PANEL PARTICIPANT/SPEAKER

The Dennos Museum Series on the Northwest Michigan Art Exhibit, 4/12

The Institute for Sustainable Life Art and Natural Design – Art in Rural Michigan, 10/12.

The Utopia Foundation – Global Citizen Artist Program - 2015

Northwest Michigan Placemaking Summit – May 2012

BOARD MEMBER

Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network: 2018-2020

Art Center, Traverse City, MI: 2009-2011

EDUCATOR

Environmental Art, Cherryland Middle School – teaching and practicing the art of Andy Goldsworthy, funded by a 2011 grant through Art Rapids, Elk Rapids, MI

EDUCATION

Paul Klein Artist Works Class #8, Chicago, Illinois

Michigan State University, BA Advertising