Art is JOY!

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I am beyond grateful to be able to do something that I absolutely love.  When you feel that kind of joy, according to poet and professor, Ross Gay, it’s human nature to want to share that joy with others.

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“You invite people into your space

so that they can love it, too.”

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When I first began creating art full time, I opened my house and studio to the public.  We were transplants into the Driftless and I wanted to connect deeply with my new community. By sharing my space I met many fellow artists and this outreach afforded me the confidence to begin entering local and regional calls for art.

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An Artist Walks In series celebrates the slightly off-kilter, but always colorful everyday life of an artist. These sculptures were created from the scraps left over from our stair construction. Every night after the contractor went home, I would dumpster dive and grab every last piece of staircase I could. I would then construct, prime and oil paint the structures into what you see below.