Bethesda Exhibits
Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital
559 Capitol Blvd., St. Paul, Minnesota
2003 - 2007
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"Monolights" - August/September 2003
"Outside" - August/September 2004
"Fragments" - August/September 2005
"Modular" - August/September 2007
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~Selected works from all exhibits~
"After the Summer Storm" 24x32, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"A Morning of Stillness" 18x24, acrylic on panel, 2003
"A New Golden Day" 24x32, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"Sun Wheel #1" 12x12. mixed media, digital, 2005
"Evening Glow" 12x36, acrylic on masonite, 2007
"Changing Colors #2" 24x24, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"Morning Light #1" 16x20, acrylic on canvas, 2007
"Construction of Time" 24x24, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"Decatur" 18x24, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"Elco Road" 18x24, acrylic on panel, 2004
"Golden Iowa Glow" 16x32, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"Golden Twilight #2" 24x24, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"Mono-light" 24x24, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"Our Bridge into May" 20x24, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"Rod Iron #2" 20x20, mixed media, 2006
"Rochester Park" 20x24, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"Flowers in Forest Park" 12x16, acrylic on masonite, July 2005
"Violet Tulip" 18x28, acrylic & collage on masonite, 2006
"September Passage" 18x24, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"September Glow #1" 12x36, acrylic on masonite, 2003
"From East to West" 18x24, acrylic on panel, 2007
"Stairway to Eatheron" 16x20, acrylic on masonite, 2004
"New February Bloom" 18x24, acrylic on panel, 2004
"A Moment in Jarvis #1" 12x12, acrylic on masonite, 2005
"A Moment in Jarvis #2" 12x12, acrylic on masonite, 2005
"Into Viola" 22x28, acrylic on masonite, 2006
Essay for "Outside" exhibit, August 2004
I explore landscape painting as an opening for personal escape as well as a setting for visual experimentation. It has been a wonderful challenge to explore different forms of the landscape and the subtleties of my experience within it. I think the work in "outside" represents more tradtional approaches to imaginary scencs, whether it be an open field or a simple garden that seems like it could exist anywhere. Like all my paintings I want to express an emotional response to light and atmosphere that gives a place a sense of surrealism. I think as adults we view and experience things differently than when we were children. Its a lot easier for a child to be overwhelmed by the mystery and ambience of the outside world, without experience or the understanding of why it does what it does. But as an adult we can appreciate the land when we feel the consistency of time and memory passing away and when the outside world offers a glimpse into timelessness. It is both of these sentiments that inspire my art. When the landscape is idealized and rearranged it offers a balance between nostalgia and fantasy.