I am an artist, educator and subsistence farmer and have been a member of the South Bend
community for twenty-five years. As Chief Curator/Program Director at the South Bend
Museum of Art, I invented, organized and engineered exhibitions about water and
sustainable design.
My artistic activities have ranged from public murals to comic book workshops and have for
the last decade, in my paintings and installations, utilized materials that I grow and produce
on my small farm. I believe that the visual arts need to use earth-friendly, non-toxic materials
and methods. I imagine the art of the future fabricated from water, recycled waste and solar
power grown plants and vegetables.
My rain barrel image is an 8-bit pixel rendering of Stokes Aster flowers in my garden. Individual
squares ordered in a grid combine to make the larger image - one drop at a time. Rain falling on
a roof, running into a gutter and flowing down a spout to collect in a rain barrel reflects the
convergence of media and information occurring today in our culture and worldwide. It is my
hope that awareness about conservation, sustainable design and eco-activities build in the same
way until we experience a watershed of significant change.
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