Celebrating Little KCF
I always loved my birthday growing up - it felt so good to be the center of attention in my family. There was a joy in getting to pick the flavor of one’s...
I flew too close to the sun
Thankfully I was not wearing wax coated feather wings… and this is just an analogy for a overcommitted artist who is (as the kids say) crashing out. The last...
Material Mythos
Early in 2024 my friends at the Kaddatz Galleries asked me if I would be willing to think about a show in the main gallery again. The super kind and...
Busy as a Beaver
I am drawn to the phrases that bring animals into the mix. Our furry or feathered kin have so many lessons to teach us. Last week at the Pelican Rapids...
Baseball Zen
2025 marks the year I went from a casual baseball fan to a fanatic. I have always loved to watch baseball - even back in the days when the game was not on a...
Queso on the side
Coming at ya with a bit of a Freaky Friday salutation! The Artist at work I keep telling people I’m going to figure out this capacity and my eyes being...
Duty Days
As the days become noticeably shorter and the light of the sun begins hits our hemisphere differently based on our locations on this spinning rock, I am...
How was it for you?
I have finally made it through the fog of winter. It took me until August this year, which I think according to my Captain’s Log (of my hazy memory) is a new...
Join Me At Calendula Gallery Tonight!
I am so pleased to announce the debut of a new body of work called Queericana - a diary of sorts of my time in rural Otter Tail County. I have had a week of...
Two weeks away from my 2nd Solo Show in St. Paul
I did not have any idea when I was growing up in New Mexico that I would some how end up in Minnesota. Compulsory heterosexuality also had me believing that...
New Solo Show Coming Soon!
As promised, I’m back this week for more thoughts on my upcoming show Queericana that will open on August 1 at 6:00 at Calendula Gallery in St. Paul, MN. If...
New Solo Show on the Horizon
One of the things I love about living in the mixed grass prairie of West Central Minnesota is the expansive sky. It’s not the same as the New Mexico...
I'm in the corner
watching you kiss her oh oh oh I’m right over here Why can’t you see me? Oh oh oh I’m giving it my all, But I’m not the girl you’re taking home I keep...
Inspirations abound
I have been fresh off the end of a class that ran from January through May, another teaching engagement that involved travel and whilst all that was going on...
Tending the graves
“Would it be useful if I connected you with my contact who sells art to corporations” my friend Kristine asked me while Vaimo and I were showing her the...
Flowing through Life
I had all intentions of popping in new items into my shop over two weeks ago. To be more specific, I wanted to add a painting I had recently received back...
What a relief (print)
It’s been a long and somewhat confusing week for me body wise. I came home from a very successful artist talk trip to Kansas on Sunday and then promptly left...
The Value of an Education
I’m speaking at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas’ campus 3:00pm today! If you’re around and want to join please come, I hope to have a...
The distance between grief and love
Last night, when I couldn’t sleep due to my chronic body pain and the busy whirring thoughts in my head I began scrolling through my photos from most recent...
KCF and the Giant Peach
In fourth grade — let me see if I can do the math — circa 1989 or so, my book report prop was so fantastic it was placed on display in the school library for...