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During the summer of 2009 I completed a large oil portrait of Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court Russell Anderson. He was able to sit several times for the portrait. In addition to being very enjoyable, the personal interaction and the opportunity to paint from life added a great deal to the depth and accuracy of the painting. In May of 2010 his portrait was unveiled and it now hangs in the Minnesota Judicial Center.

In the fall of 2009 I was checking my email at the public library in Ellsworth, Maine, and got a message from Debbie Smith, the secretary for the US House Agriculture Committee. She wrote that the Committee would like me to consider painting a portrait of Representative Collin Peterson, at that time the Chairman of the Agriculture Committee. I met the Congressman in St. Paul and then traveled to Washington several times to photograph him and to research the possibilities for the painting. The portrait was completed in January of 2011, framed beautifully by Master Framers of St. Paul, and unveiled in April. The unveiling was an impressive event attended by leaders of both parties as well as many of the Congressman’s friends and family who travelled together from western Minnesota for the occasion.

In June of 2011 I took a painting workshop from Marc Hanson, a Minnesota artist I have admired for a long time. I came back energized and inspired.

I am proud that my portrait of Mrs. Goldie Maria Novak was accepted for the 2011 State Fair Exhibit. I am working currently on a number of portraits that will be shown at the Minneapolis Club at the end of October, 2011.