Inspiration for my paintings comes from everything I’ve experienced and everything that surrounds me. These paintings are stops along my way. The natural beauty that surrounds us here on the North Shore blends with my memories and then spills out onto the canvas.

I’ve always lived near water. Fish represent the life beneath the surface. Certainly the surface of the lake, but also the surface of ourselves. These colors run deep in me, and when they surface, they tend to bring with them memories of places I have been and people I have loved. And unlike fish, the trees are rooted and stable.

Thank you to everyone that came out to the Java Moose today!

These are not necessarily the bands that will be playing. They’re just there for the sake of working with the design at this point.

Coho Cafe, Tofte, MN