Digital Art steeped in the aesthetics of traditional photography and the untethered imagination of Magical Realism. My work utilizes digital montage to illustrate human behavior. Through the use of animals that are usually interacting with man0made objects, my goal is to gently illuminate the absurdities and behaviors that accompany our higher level of evolution. The result is a kind of subversive twist on Grimm’s Fairytales, where death and dismemberment are not nearly as frightening as going through life pretending to be alive.

Visually inspired by the theatrical prairie landscapes of Grant Wood, and the odd realities of museum dioramas, my goal is to provide the viewer with an experience that starts with a chuckle and ends with a gasp when they understand the subtle warning in each piece.

All of the photographic imagery utilized in my work is created by me. Negatives, prints, scanned objects, and digital photographs are manipulated, separated, and combined utilizing a computer and photo software. The finished work is printed on high quality art paper utilizing archival pigment-based inks.

2008
‘Now & Then’, Peninsula Art School, Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
‘Contemporary Animal Imagery’, Invitational Exhibition, Artisans Gallery, Paoli, Wisconsin
‘Mississippi Flyway, Juried Exhibition, Art Café at the Figge, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Solo Exhibition, Copper County Art Center, Hancock, Michigan

2007
‘DIA Invitational’, Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado
‘Out of the Ordinary’, Peninsula Art School, Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Faculty Exhibition, Peninsula Art School, Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Solo Exhibition, Project Art Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Solo Exhibition, Artisans Gallery, Paoli Wisconsin
Two-Person Exhibition, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
‘We Are All Photographers Now!’, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland