While I do not think of myself as a portrait artist, I do occasionally paint figures from the past. In some cases, I have painted clients in the clothing of the time period they find most fascinating.  In other instances, I have recreated client's ancestors, which can prove challenging but also quite rewarding.

1. "Abraham Lincoln"                     oil on canvas 

Available as a signed print.  To purchase a copy, click HERE.

2. "Jacques the Story Teller"           oil on canvas     Private Collection

3. "Royal Navy Lieutenant Schifferdecker, 1805"                       oil on canvas    Private Collection

4. "James the Tailor"                     oil on canvas   Private Collection

5. "Dina's Garden"                         oil on canvas   Private Collection

6. "Leo the Silversmith"                 oil on canvas   Private Collection

7." Dred Scott at Fort Snelling"     oil on canvas

8. "Harriet Scott at Fort Snelling" oil on canvas

9. "James Monroe Phillips at Vicksburg"     oil on canvas         This was painted for his descendants

I illustrated several articles for The History Channel Magazine. Talk about travelling through time!

1. "Blackbeard"   oil on canvas Private Collection

2. "The Escape through the Swamp"   oil on illustration board   Private Collection

3. "Marion's Ambush"                 oil on panel      Private Collection

4. "Woodland Warriors at Detroit" oil on panel     Private Collection

5. "Burning the U.S.S Philadelphia"      oil on panel

6. "The Custom of the Sea"           oil on panel

7. "Puritan Elder"     oil on panel   Private Collection

8. "Brock and Tecumseh"               oil on panel

9. "Boone, the Frontiersman"         oil on panel

I was honored to be asked by Twin Cities Public Television to paint a view of The Wall That Heals in late June of 2018. On the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, dozens of visitors - including quite a few Vietnam veterans - added strokes of paint to the picture over a 4-day period, and the stories they shared were quite moving.

(Thanks to TPT for the photograph of the family adding their marks)

The tragic U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 is a subject I have revisited a quite a few times. 

1. "Internment Camp at Fort Snelling"     oil on panel                 Brown County Museum                 New Ulm, MN

2. "Milford Massacre"                   oil on canvas                           Brown County Museum                 New Ulm, MN

3. "Surprise at Wood Lake"              oil on canvas     Private Collection

4. "Ambush at Redwood Ferry"     oil on panel                           Minnesota Historical Society

5. "Attack on the Barracks"           oil on panel                           Minnesota Historical Society

6. "Lorenzo Lawrence Rescue"       oil on panel                           Minnesota Historical Society

7. "Dakota pardoned and freed at Davenport"               oil on panel     Private Collection

8. "Murphy's spoiled pork" Watercolor on board           Minnesota Historical Society

I can never escape the gravitational pull of the past.   It is a part of who I am.

1. "Ojibwe Lodge"  oil on panel

2. "Dakota Village at Dawn"         oil on canvas     Private Collection

3. "Fort Snelling"                          oil on canvas   Private Collection

4. "First School at Lac qui Parle"   oil on panel    Private Collection

5. "Mural for Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life"           From the oil on panel originals         Ramsey County Historical Society

6. "Calling in Style - The Villa Louis"                                             oil on panel       Private Collection

7. "The Schooner HMS Nancy"   oil on panel      Private Collection

8. "The Keelboat"                         oil on panel   Private Collection

Despite my love of historical subjects,  I am often happiest when painting the effects of light on a landscape - whether sunlight or moonlight.

1. "Grand Portage by Moonlight"  oil on panel     Private Collection

This is available as a Limited Edition print. To purchase a copy, click HERE.

2. "Split Rock LIghthouse"             oil on canvas  Private Collection

3. "Autumn Gold"                       oil on canvas  Private Collection

4. "Winter's Moon"                       oil on canvas   Private Collection

5. "Minnehaha Creek"                     oil on canvas board                     Private Collection

I always keep a sketchbook and pencils nearby - especially when on the road.  You never know when inspiration will strike. 

1. "Monet"               pencil, chalk and casein on tinted paper

2."The Sunken Road at Fredericksburg"         pencil, chalk and casein on tinted paper

3."Brandywine Battle Field - Gilpin House"            pencil, chalk and casein on tinted paper  

4. "Hat worn at Gettysburg"       pencil, chalk and casein on tinted paper

5. "Trading at the Fur Post"             pen and ink                             Minnesota Historical Society

6. "Stegosaurus"                   Charcoal on paper

7. "Iguanodon"                         Pencil on paper