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Join Me—It’s Time to Celebrate!

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Featured image: Hawk III “I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness.”
— Thoreau For as long as I can remember, my work has circled around the importance of the real, the imagined, and freedom. These ideas have shaped my life, my art, and the way I move through the world. So I’m excited to share that on January 22nd, from 4–6 PM, we’ll be celebrating the opening reception of my new exhibition at the Campanile Center for the Arts, Campanile Gallery:
131 Milwaukee Street, Minocqua, WI 54548 And… it’s also a birthday party! 🎉
Both Steve Opfer (UP FUR) and I have birthdays right next to January 22nd, so we decided to make this opening a shared celebration. It’s going to be a fun, joyful evening, and we’d love for you to join us. The exhibition features my newest work, titled:
“The Real, the Imagined, and Freedom.” I’ll be showing brand-new 3D pieces—never seen before—created with repurposed found objects, along with a selection of my 2D work (some repurposed, som...
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How Do You See?

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  Featured image: She Is A Creative “Let me help you,” he said. “How?” I should ask. How do we see? How do you see? Whose eyes do we see through? Do we see on our own? I would like to think so. Or do we see through another’s eyes? When I was teaching young adults, and they would do something outside of the classroom—something incredibly stupid (yes, stupid —sorry, I can’t think of a better name for driving on a slippery patch of ice on a curve, fast, as a challenge to see if you can defy all odds)—they also thought at the same time, “Oh, but it won’t happen to me.” Well, it happened to them—and it happens to them. Their “won’t happen to me’s” run out. All of my “won’t happen to me’s” have run out, too. I try not to do those things anymore, but, well, they still happen to me. For the most part, my magic wand still works for some reason—but the magic feels different now. I seem to be, I feel to be—at least lately—visualizing almost constantly the task that has been before me prett...
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Embracing Earth

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  Featured image: Earth's Energy Embracing Earth,  it's a perfect expression  of harmony and balance between chaos and quiet It's the life that embraces, teaches and inspires me guides my instinct ........it has.....  always been                    my story and my way and guide.
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Intersections Accepted into Exhibition

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  I’m honored to share that my work Intersections has been accepted into the 36th Annual Midwest Seasons Exhibition at the Center for the Visual Arts. This show has long celebrated the artists and landscapes of the Midwest, capturing the rhythms, beauty, and character of our changing seasons. To have my work included alongside so many talented artists is truly meaningful to me. Center for the Visual Arts Caroline S. Mark Gallery January 7 – March 14, 2026 The Midwest Seasons Exhibit is the CVA’s premiere annual show, featuring artists whose pieces reflect the spirit of Midwestern life—its colors, traditions, stories, and sense of place. All selected artworks, including Intersections , will also appear in the Midwest Seasons 2026 Calendar , a beautiful keepsake publication celebrating the exhibition. I’m grateful to be part of this year’s lineup and deeply appreciative of the CVA for the opportunity. If you’re in the area during the exhibit run, I’d love for you to stop by an...
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Painting is Poetry

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  Featured painting:  Kaleidoscope Of Raw Reality: We Are So Small – Northern Lights “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” -Leonardo da Vinci
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Chickadees for Thanksgiving

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  Featured image: November Chickadee Chickadees, bluejays,  doves, blackbirds,  nuthatches,  downy woodpeckers,  pileated  woodpeckers,  rose breasted  woodpeckers,  and flickers come to the feeders in the morning. The squirrels and foxes are there too -  Today,  Thanksgiving Day they all come home to for Thanksgiving. The table is filled with berries, fruits, nuts, seeds, and corn. All things natural.  all things beautiful all things yes. 
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Sensible

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  Image: Celebrate Innovation Creativity has NEVER been sensible.
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