Several years ago, I came to the realization that a major and underlying theme in many of the works I’ve been making for five decades have been investigating the mystery of angelic presence, abstract images that are reminiscent of a struggle between heaven and earth, devils and angels, and reflections of mortality, death and the afterlife. While I specifically wanted to investigate these themes in individual works over time, sometimes within a landscape context, and recently in response to biblical passages of visionary accounts with sculptural work; but as I reflect on a collective overview of my work there are more than 40 works in my personal archives in a variety of media that address the above concepts. This group of work is a variety of art that provides unique insight into artistic process, spiritual contemplation, and visionary imagery. An Exhibit of this work has been displayed at Northwestern College, Orange City, IA, Mount Marty University, Yankton, SD. and at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA in 2023. It was on display at Mount Marty University when the fire destroyed my studio and many pieces of art and equipment in 2019, sparing this assembled group of my best works of art and sculpture. There are 42 works in this exhibit in Clay Sculpture, Lithographic and Intaglio prints, Oil Pastel drawings, and Oil Paintings. See the News Release for show specifics and a power point featuring the content, themes and art chronology of Apocalyptic Vision. You can also see the actual gallery views on the attached ppt; gallery views. A recent post on Submission, an award winning clay sculpture is also on this site to view for more background and information on the piece. This work has been characterized as disturbing, but in a good way, stretching the viewer to challenge assumptions and look at art in new ways. Even Submission, the large scale figurative work was considered to be too challenging and was removed from display in a recent exhibit.
