An Extra Special Hospital Project

I had the distinct honor of installing my artwork throughout the Prairie Lakes Hospital & Mallard Pointe Surgery Center in Watertown this summer.

Growing up in Watertown, before I knew art was my calling, I was amazed by Terry Redlin, also a Watertown native.  I would stare at pictures my parents had around the house, not to mention everywhere else they were around town.  I marveled at the exquisite detail and the stories in his art.  Little did I know, his influence slowly seeped into my creative soul to give me the confidence to tell my own stories through my own art and photography.

The art project also allowed me to work with a special colleague, my dad Val.  He helped me hang all of these enormous monstrosities.

I remember sitting in his office at the bank as he crunched numbers on his calculator (or doing other banker things), and now, 25 years later, here he was helping me hang my art in a hospital in my home town. 

To now come full circle and have my own artwork displayed in the very same space as Terry Redlin is so humbling.  To have artwork in a place where healing is imperative means the world to me.  

Watertown is my first home, and I am so excited and proud to be able to display art where I was first inspired as a child growing up.  I cannot thank Prairie Lakes enough for this amazing opportunity.

With more than 30 artworks installed, here are just a few of my favorites.