Reflections
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Experiencing Faith
I’m leading the last of four classes that have church members express their responses to word and worship visually. We have had a pitter, card maker and painted stones. I’ll be suggesting listening for an idea, phrase or image that strikes the participant and then expressing that on a small canvas in acrylic paint. Here Continue reading
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Cliffwood Bluff
Between the Bluffs is an annual Plein Air event located in a 15 mile radius of downtown La Crosse. I first participated in 2023 and did a series of bluff paintings. Straight West of our house is Cliffwood Bluff, a little brother to the more famous Granddad Bluff to its north. The bluffs on both Continue reading
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At River City Gallery
I’ll be the featured artist in the La Cross Society of Arts and Crafts in January and February. These are watercolors and available for purchase. On the First Friday of January and February, there will be refreshments and local artists from 4-7 pm. River City Gallery is a cooperative of local artists, located at 321 Continue reading
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Upcoming in 2025
I’ll have some wall space at River City Gallery this January and February. It is a space reserved for members of the La Crosse Society of Arts. I’m debating the theme of Discovering the Coulee region or the of elements. In the first case the arts are good for observation of life here. In the Continue reading
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The Letter Bee
I’ve been asked to participate in a show with the theme of Resonance: What idea struck with a resonance that endures. Cal DeWitt, biologist and environmentalist referenced this quote in a lecture on the spirituality of John Muir. This reference to the Belgic Confession is a statement of two books theology. My artwork appears under Continue reading
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Credo
At a year long church study we were encouraged to make a personal statement of our faith. I wrote and created a triptych of three acrylic paintings depicting creation, redemption and renewal. It expresses the phrase from the church fathers, that “all the works of God are undivided.” God as Father, Son and Spirit is Continue reading
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We’ve lived here long enough to be in our second Spring. Each of these flowers are a wonder. What adaption explains the amount of lavender color, following so much white in the spring. Of course these are plants with signs of human impact. We are made of dirt ourselves, Adam means as much. So of Continue reading
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Bleeding Heart
The adventure with abstraction continues. I didn’t like these I painted over #1, moved in close, switched to pallette knives and turned the black into an under layer. This at least lightened things up. It reminds me of our Madison neighborhood which embraced the plant in response to the frequent accusation of being “Bleeding Heart Continue reading
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Two Book Icons
I have made logos to help identify which posts are book centered and which are nature centered Continue reading
Two Book Reflections 