Randall Berndt

Human/Nature

"I think I could turn and live awhile with the animals. . .they are so placid and self contained, I stand and look at them sometimes half the day long. " Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass 1855

"Through the years, I have learned that there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration. " Steve Martin Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life 2007

The imagery in my art explores the interaction of humans with the natural world. This imagery is often presented in narratives that call up the question of what exactly that relationship is. I feel that interesting art must contain an element of mystery, something elusive and sought after along with some humorous detachment from overweening
utilitarianisms. Some part of the art experience has to be ineffable, beyond academic explanations, just as I believe our ultimate relationship to nature to be. But I also seek a feeling of naturalness, of image rightness along with the unexplained in these storied pictures.

Many of the goings-on in my art reflect a quest after that which exists beyond our everyday civilized and socialized lives. As a displaced country person, living mostly in the city now, I am often surprised by how much wildness shows itself in the midst of the busy urban hubbub. I have seen a Cooper's hawk pounce on a hapless sparrow right next to a sidewalk near the capitol building in downtown Madison. I have seen the unlikely, primordial opossum wobble past our front porch in the early spring snow and the screech owl perch in our apple tree in the full moon that rises over our backyard just as it does over the tamaracks in the north-country swamp.

Some of these works are blatantly romantic yearnings - deliberate archaisms, seeking after refuge from our overly organized lives, searching for rescue from business as usual and transport to the moonlit big pine woods with its secret campfire that invites dreaming where the sound of traffic is not heard. These paintings suggest, I hope, the
impossibly extravagant idea of going to live with the animals as proposed by Walt Whitman; oddly, they may be the result of valid inspirations conjured while walking those city sidewalks.

Randall Berndt - 2008

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Perfectly Natural. H. C. Johnson Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI (group invitational)
Wild Places . Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI (two person show)
2006 Up North: Imaging North Woods Culture & Mythology. West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
(group, invitational)
2005 Out of the Woods. Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
Inner Visions: 4 Painters’’ Nature Narratives. New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI. (Group, Invitational)
2004 Emblems, Allegories & Natural Appearances. Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
Midwest Painters. Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (group, invitational)
2003 Wisconsin Artists Biennial 2003. University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union (juried)
Fire Works. Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
2001 Northern National. Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI (juried)
Unconventional Wisconsin. Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI (juried)
Culture and Agriculture. New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (juried)
Ah, Wilderness. Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI (group, invitational)
2001 Parallel Worlds. Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
The Painted Landscape. Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (group, invitational)
Century 2 –– New Glass and Paintings. Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI (juried)
The Nature of Things: Diverse Observations, Illustrations and Interpretations of Nature. West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI (group, invitational)
2000 Featured Artist. Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
New American Paintings Number 29. Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA (juried exhibition in print)
1999 Culture and Agriculture. New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI (juried)
1999 55th Juried Exhibition. Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (juried)
1998 Day and Night. Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
62nd Annual Midyear Exhibition. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (juried)
Two-Person Exhibition. Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI
1997-98 Recent Paintings: From Farm and Forest. Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI (solo)
1996-98 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts and Media Arts Fellowship Awards Traveling Exhibition
1996 Wisconsin Dreams. Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI (two-person show)
1995 An Exhibition of Wisconsin Art From The David Barnett Gallery. Federal Plaza, Milwaukee
1994 Nocturnes, Daydreams and True Stories: Paintings and Drawings by Randall Berndt.
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, WI (solo)
1993 Wisconsin Artists Showcase. Jura Silverman Gallery, Spring Green, WI (invitational)
1991 Randall Berndt. Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI (solo)
Privileged Access. Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum (juried)
Wisconsin 91. Carlsten Art Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI (juried)
1990 Flora 90. Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL (juried)
33rd Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition. The Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI (juried)
1989 Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, Juried Membership Show '89. West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts,
West Bend, WI
Wisconsin '89. Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point (juried)
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors' South Central Chapter Membership Show. Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI (juried)
1988 The Spiral and the Dolphin. David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee (solo)
1987 The Wisconsin Triennial. Madison Art Center, Madison (invitational)
State of the Arts . . . New Art, New Artists. David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee
1986 Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, Members Show. Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (juried)
1985 Wisconsin History Paintings. Exhibited at The Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College,
WI; The Madison Art Center, Madison; and the Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI (solo)
Wisconsin '85. Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI (juried)
Exhibition 63 - Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors. Henry P. Reuss Federal Plaza, Milwaukee (juried)
1984 Wisconsin Directions 4. Milwaukee Art Museum (invitational)
Wisconsin Arts Board Group Show. Governor's Offices, State Capitol, Madison
The Pisa Project. UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI (invitational)
1983 Paintings: 1978-1982. UW-Parkside Communications Art Gallery, Kenosha, WI (solo)
Rituals, Fetishes & Obsessions. Center Gallery, Madison (solo)
Emerging Imagists of Wisconsin. Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum (invitational)
26th Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition. Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI (juried)
1981 Wisconsin '81. Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI
Figurative Artists from Center Gallery. Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point
The Door. Seuferer-Chosy Gallery, Madison (invitational)
1980 61st Annual Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors. UW-Milwaukee (juried)
The Chair. Seuferer-Chosy Gallery, Madison (invitational)
Salon des Refuses. Wolf Kubly Building, Madison (invitational)
1979 History Paintings. Center Gallery, Madison (solo)

HONORS AND AWARDS
1998 Juror's Choice Award. 62nd Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission. Art reproduced for Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission Annual
Art Poster
1997 Mayor's Purchase Award. Madison CitiARTS Commission, Madison, WI
1996 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award
1986 Cash Award, Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Members, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
1985 Cash Award, Wisconsin '85, Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, WI
1984 Honorable Mention, Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Program
1980 Cash Award, 61st Annual Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, UW-Milwaukee
1978 Cash Award, Wisconsin Biennale, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

COMMISSIONS
2002 Painting commissioned for First Wisconsin Book Festival Poster
1996 Felicity's House. Cover art for Scenes and Settings, created for Pleasant Company, Middleton, WI
1986-87 Series of paintings based on historic architecture of Oconomowoc, WI, created for the 1st Bank of Oconomowoc
1982-86 Series of drawings of historic houses created for reproduction for First Reality Group, Inc., Madison, WI
1977 Mural at St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, WI (with George Cramer)

GRANTS
1984 Wisconsin History Paintings. Supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
1983 Peter Pan, a play. Funded in part by the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission.
The Passion of Passover. Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
1982 Paintings 1978-1982. Supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004-pres Co-Director, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy, Overture Center for the Arts,
Madison, WI
1998-04 Director, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
2002 Visiting Artist, UW-Green Bay, WI
Juror, Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2001 Visiting Artist, Columbus Elementary Schools, Columbus, WI
Juror, ArtsWest 22 Exhibition, L.E. Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
1995-98 Co-Director, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
1995 Exhibition Curator, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
1994-95 Art Conservation Technician, Fine Arts Conservation Services, Sheboygan, WI
1989-94 Art Conservation Technician, Wisconsin State Capitol Conservation Project, Fine Arts Conservation Services, Sheboygan, WI
1990-92 Colorist, Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., Princeton, WI
1987-88 Self-employed artist
1982-86 Display and sign work for Advance Exposition Sales and Ampersand, Madison, WI
1981 Instructor, Life Drawing and Anatomy, UW-Madison
1978-80 Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
1978 Visiting Artist, Sheboygan, WI, Public School System
1977 Instructor, Drawing, UW-Madison

EDUCATION
1969 M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
1966 B.S., Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Charles Munch

Artist Statement

For many years I’ve been working with bright, clear colors and simplified shapes, attempting to express my feelings about nature and the relationships between natural elements.For instance, I may use a dynamic composition to convey turbulent weather or a character’s excited emotional level. A particularly brilliant pair of colors used to paint an animal may suggest its wild character. My goal is to create an image that is even truer to all my senses and emotions than a realistic painting or a photograph could be.

I live in the remote hills of southwestern Wisconsin. I’m often inspired by the fields and forest around me, but I seldom work from nature or even from a discrete memory of nature. Instead, my images come from imagination, from daydreaming about nature and about the cast of characters that inhabit it.

Most of my paintings are landscape based, but I’m still not exactly a landscape painter, maybe because I simplify so much that my landscapes are somewhat abstract. I paint people too, but I’m not a portraitist. I paint animals and I’m certainly not a wildlife artist. The people and animals in my paintings are all to some degree symbols. That is, they stand for larger groups of people or animals. And what seems to be happening in my paintings isn’t a true narrative. It’smore of an allegory because the story as a whole stands for a larger story with a similar structure, much the way a very specific dream can stand for a more general situation.

I especially like painting deer because they are a large mammal, common where I live, that can visually stand up to a human because it is nearly as large. But when I show a deer confronting a man, as I have in a recent painting, the deer stands for the whole world of animals.It’s just that a rabbit confronting a man wouldn’t work so well in a picture.

My paintings usually begin as vague ideas quickly set down in my sketchbook with a mixture of watercolor and crayon. If an idea intrigues me, I make another watercolor sketch or move on to a small oil painting. If I’m still interested after that, I go to a large oil painting and sometimes to a very large one. At each stage of development, I alter the composition, colors, and tones in an effort to make the painting truer to my feelings about the subject. When the painting is larger there’s more difficulty–but also more chance for satisfaction and fulfillment if I succeed.
That’s why I love to paint large.

Charles Munch

Charles Munch

BORN
St.Louis, Missouri

EDUCATION
Portland Museum School, Portland, Oregon; 1965-66
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, New York City; 1966-67
Reed College, Portland Oregon; Bachelor of Arts Degree, Phi Beta Kappa; 1963-65, 1967-68

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 Charles Munch: Recent Work, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 Charles Munch: Paintings, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
2001 Charles Munch: New Paintings, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2000 Charles Munch: Paintings, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Charles Munch: Dream Time, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1997 Two Sides of Charles Munch, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1996 Charles Munch: Organic Abstractions, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1995 Charles Munch: Tame/Wild, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1994 Charles Munch: Paintings & Cutouts, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1993 Charles Munch: Paintings & Cutouts, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1993 Charles Munch: Paintings & Cutouts, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Charles Munch: Fear & Desire (an installation), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Charles Munch: New Work, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1991 BORDERLAND: Paintings by Charles Munch (an installation), Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 Charles Munch: Paintings, Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
1988 Charles Munch Paintings: Landscapes & Figures, Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison Wisconsin
1987 Outer/Inner Sanctum: Paintings by Charles Munch (an installation), Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1985 Charles Munch Recent Paintings, Ruth Siegel Ltd, New York, New York
1983 Charles Munch, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
1976 Paintings by Charles Munch, Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Inner Visions: 4 Painters' Nature Narratives, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin
2005 Wild Color, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida
2004 A Decade of Art, James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy, Madison, Wisconsin
2003 Signs & Testimonials, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
2003 Fire Works: Recent Paintings by Charles Munch & Randall Berndt, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison,Wisconsin
2002 Visions of Water, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2001 Go Figure, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington, DC
2001 Parallel Worlds: Paintings by Charles Munch & Randall Berndt, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2000 Small Celebrations, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2000 Singular Visions, Ten Wisconsin Painters at the Academy, Madison Wisconsin
1999 Wisconsin Painting & Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum
1998 Day & Night: Recent Paintings by Charles Munch & Randall Berndt, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 Testing the Waters, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Wisconsin Art Since 1990, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1997 Recent Acquisitions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1996 Wisconsin Dreams: Recent Paintings by Charles Munch & Randall Berndt, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison,WI
1993 Dreams, Hopes, Fears, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992 Still Lifes - Paintings & Sculpture, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1990 A Decade Downtown, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1989 Charles Munch, Jack Hooper & Jeff Starr, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
1989 Installations, Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
1988 Individuals: New Art from Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Museum at 333 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 James Kielkopf and Charles Munch, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1988 Endangered Species, Klein Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987 Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1985 Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York NY
1985 Family Dramas, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984 Wisconsin Directions 4, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1984 Charles Munch & John Whalley: Selections from the Alfred Bader Collection, Krannert Gallery, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
1983 Rambunctious, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1983 Nocturne, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1983 Installation of Recent Works by Anne Abrons, Charles Munch, David Schirm, and Maria Scotti, Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1982 Ten Variations on a Theme (The Human Figure), Siegel Contemporary Art, New York, New York
1982 Wisconsin Biennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1982 Painterly Realism, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
1978 Wisconsin 78 (Best of Show Award), University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point WI
1978 Wisconsin Directions 2, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1977 Contemporary Figurative Painting in the Midwest, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1975 Wisconsin Directions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1973 58th Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 "A Look at the Natural World," Marshfield News- Herald, Marshfield, Wisconsin, January 20, 2005
2004 Berndt & Glowacki, "The Grand Opening," Wisconsin Academy Review, Madison, Wisconsin, Fall 2004
2004 Chris Martell, "Art for Culture," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, February 23, 2004
2003 "Signs & Testimonials," Reed (magazine), Portland, Oregon, August, 2003
2003 James Auer, “Small Thoughts and Original Visions,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 26, 2003
2002 Randall Berndt, “Visions of Water,”, Wisconsin Academy Review, Madison, WI, Fall 2002
2002 Jacob Stockinger, “APT Showcases Original Munch Work,” Capitol Times, Madison, WI, June 20
2002 James Auer, “Art by Committee Produces Signature Piece,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI,
May 15
2001 Joanne Trestrail, “Wisconsin: The Spirit of America,” Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY
2001 Robert Cozzolino, “Nature in Concert,” Isthmus, Madison, WI, June 15
2001 T. Hall, “Charles Munch at the Well Street Art Company,” The Beat, Fairbanks, AK, September 2001
2001 James Auer, "Munch Show Keeps You Wondering," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 14, 2001
2000 Jacob Stockinger, “Masters of Their Craft,” Capitol Times, Madison, WI, July 7
2000 Glen Adamson, Chris Byrne, et al., “Beautiful Things”, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI
1998 Jacob Stockinger, "Joint Exhibit Artists like Night and Day," Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, November 4
1997 New American Paintings, Wellesley, Massachusetts, August, 1997
1997 Auer, James, "2 Artists Present Stylized Fantasies," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
June 11, 1997
1996 Clowes, Jody, "Interior Landscapes," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, September 20, 1996
1996 Lynch, Kevin, "Wisconsin Dreams," Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, June 12, 1996
1995 Lynch, Kevin, "Selling Art: Bleak Picture," Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, April 27, 1995
1995 Paine, Janice T., "Munch, Skoczek Unafraid to Make Beautiful Art," Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 31, 1995
1994 Simms, Pat, "Art Poster Gets National TV Time," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin,
August 1, 1994
1994 Lynch, Kevin, "Big Sky Culture," Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, July 28, 1994
1994 Blocker, Susan, "Area Artist Draws the Line," Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin, February 4
1993 Paine, Janice T., "Munch's Art Bold, Enchanting," Milwaukee Sentinel, August 6, 1993
1992 Morrison, Mandy, "The Invisible Frame," Chicago Reader, Chicago, Illinois, November 6, 1992
1992 Shimon, J. and Lindemann, J., "The Enigmatic Nature of Charles Munch," Art Muscle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August/September, 1992
1991 Kapelke, Steven, "Charles Munch," New Art Examiner, Chicago, Illinois, June, 1991
1991 Auer, James, "A Fascinating Journey through the 'Borderland'," Milwaukee Journal, March 3, 1991
1991 Paine, Janice T., "'Borderland' Explores Edge of Abstraction," Milwaukee Sentinel, Feb. 1, 1991
1991 Kingsbury, Martha, BORDERLAND: Paintings by Charles Munch, February,1991, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1990 Paine, Janice T., "Many Currents Flow in Triennial," Milwaukee Sentinel, September 21, 1990
1989 Stevens, Mitchell, "Individuals: New Art from Wisconsin," New Art Examiner, January, 1989
1987 Dyer, Chris, "Two Bear Valley Artists Selected for Wisconsin Triennial Show," Home News, Spring Green, Wisconsin, October 7, 1987
1987 "Critics' Choice," Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin, September 11, 1987
1987 Jensen, Dean, "Artist Creates Own Sanctum," Milwaukee Sentinel, August 7, 1987
1984 Bowman, Russell, Wisconsin Directions 4, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1984
1983 "New Exhibit at Rahr-West," Herald-Times-Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, September 2, 1983
1982 Westfall, Stephen, "Ten Variations on a Theme," Arts, October 1982
1982 Russell, John, "Current Shows of Interest," The New York Times, July 2, 1982
1982 Auer, James, "Jolts of the New in Madison," Milwaukee Journal, June 13, 1982
1982 Madison Art Center, 1982 Wisconsin Biennial, Madison, Wisconsin, May, 1982
1981 Ph. Orth Company, The Orth Art Collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February, 1981
1978 "Sturgeon Bay Artist Wins $500 Prize for Painting," Milwaukee Journal, October 29, 1978
1978 "Munch Painting Receives Laurels," Door County Advocate, October 24, 1978
1978 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin '78, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, October, 1978
1978 Danoff, I. Michael, Wisconsin Directions 2: Here & Now, Milwaukee Art Museum, October, 1978
1978 Auer, James, "State Art Takes Many Pathways," Milwaukee Journal, October 15, 1978
1978 Jensen, Dean, "'Compelling' Describes 'Wisconsin Directions 2'," Milwaukee Sentinel, October 13
1977 Madison Art Center, Contemporary Figurative Painting in the Midwest, Madison WI, February
1976 Auer, James, "Gallery Gazing: Shows in Review," Milwaukee Journal, October 24, 1976
1976 Alderson, Jo Bartels, "Poem Painter," NEWmonth, October, 1976
1976 Harris, Chan F., "Art Committee Gets into Flap Trying to Avoid One," Door County Advocate, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, January 13, 1976

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Bader, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dain Rauscher Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Heritage Insurance Co., Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin (museum purchase)
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (museum purchase)
Ph. Orth Company, Deerfield, Wisconsin
Rayovac Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin