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Barkhausen, a Brown County Park near Green Bay, WI. I painted this at a plein air event with the Water's Edge Artists group. It was very cold so I painted from the cab of my truck...not sure if that qualifies as Plein Air.

I'll skip the boring historical stuff. At 90 years old it is a pain to recite all that. I did obtain a degree from the University of Illinois, served in two branches of the U.S. military and had a fairly thorough training in drawing and art. I also had some considerable business experience. My paintings are not meant to convey some deep message that I feel the world should share. They are just an interpretation of what I see, a celebration of the wonderful life and world God has given all of us. I try to choose subjects and create paintings that allow you to lose yourself in them and want to return to them many times. If I achieve that, your mind will generate your own interpretation and the painting will have a message, but...