Moon Man painting is a meditation on the spirit of water. Balancing Light and Water, Becoming Both was inspired by a contemporary prayer rooted in Anishinaabe water teachings, addressing Gzhe-mnidoo (also Gitche Manitou, “Great Spirit). The prayer that inspired the…
Quest, presented here, depicts three poses of a young woman diving to the bottom of Lake Michigan. The painting has been accepted for the 2025 Northwest Michigan Regional Juried Exhibition from January 24 – May 25, 2025. Revisiting the earlier…
I met Peter on a winter day at Empire Beach, along the wind-whipped shoreline of Lake Michigan. He approached me as if it were the most natural thing in the world—which made sense, given his work in public media in…
This painting shows a loosely painted view of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, 460 feet above sea level, looking west over Lake Michigan, with a now-famous blackbird in flight. The blackbird motif has lived in my mind’s eye for decades—ever since…
Many years ago, while walking in the Sleeping Bear Dunes on a snowy day, Troels and I took photos of each other. I created a montage of these images in Adobe Photoshop, and with a few tricks, produced most of…