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BIO-STATEMENT
Biography
Age: 80
Rockford, Illinois resident
since 1949

Education
Palatine High School
1953-1957
William Rainey Harper College 1968-1977
Associate Degree in Fine
Arts

Shows, Awards, and Collections
First prize in
drawing and sculpture at the Barrington Art Fair in 1968 and a first prize in  Graphics.  Exhibited in a juried show at the Countryside Art Gallery, in
Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1968.  Mixed media drawing purchased for the  Kemper Insurance Corporate Art collection in 1972.  Exhibited with a one man  show at the Arlington Heights Library during their grand reopening in January  1996 and a second one man show at the Arlington Library in 1999.  Two paintings are in the permanent collection of the Arlington Library.  In 2005 and 2006, I did a commision for the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Palatine, Illinois of six acrylic paintings measuring 72x48 inches that now hang on the sanctuary walls. 
I also did a painting for their reception area.  In 2003 I did a painting called  "Palatine Illinois Our Hometown"  that now hangs in the Mayor of Palatine's  office reception area as a digital print.  The original raised money for the  fireman's memorial.  The original painting was purchased by a private family in  Palatine.  I have also completed various commissions over the years.  In 2012 I  had a one man exhibit of nine paintings at the Palatine Public  Library. I have also exhibited with the Barrington Cultural Arts Council in various galleries.  I have exhibited with a one man show at the Schaumburg and Barrington Libraries in 2015.  I have created a painting that now hangs in the First Methodist Church in Palatine for 2016.

Motivation
The interests that  motivate my paintings derive from the creation.  I have had a closeness to nature from childhood.  I am an environmentalist at heart and this has led to many landscapes created from resource photos and made into my own composistions for painting.  As an avid photographer and artist I have been inspired by the  photos I have taken
over the years in our many travels thoughout North America.  Many of my works reflect my love of the natural world and God's creation.
 
 
 
 
   
  
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