I was born in a boxcar north of Esterville, Iowa in 1934 and raised on
a hardscrabble farm in Dodge County, Minnesota. I am self-taught and have
been practicing since 1959. I work in oil, watercolor, pen and ink, and
pastel. My subjects are primarily landscapes,
buildings, and boats. I have created fund-raising calendars for several
towns in the upper mid-west over the past quarter of a century, usually
for non-profit organizations.
My work has been published by the Minnesota State Historical Society,
The Minnesota Bar Association, Mayo Clinic Fellows Association, The Gift
of Life Transplant House and the American Medical Women's Association,
among others. Exhibition venues have ranged from a windswept clothesline
on the remote island of Inishmore, Ireland to the Grand Central Art Gallery
at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City.
Though I have been at it for over forty years and have an estimated 4,000
art works behind me there is still no greater thrill than sitting down
in front of a blank canvas or watercolor block!
Pen-and-ink renderings
and watercolor portraits of folks' houses are my specialty and I invite
commission work along that line.
JUST IN!!! "Welcome Back to Mantorville"
by Suzy Hoven and Ron Hunt, 240 pages and over 40 photos. Autographed
copies: $17.95.
