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The RedWhite+Black Project<\/strong>: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Born Out of Need<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am an artist, a painter and maker<\/a>, living in and working out of a decommissioned school in rural western Iowa. My first cancer in 2001 prompted me to take art seriously and make art seriously. And now I am a two-time cancer survivor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2025 I began a search for a different kind of art series, and importantly, a less physically intensive one during my recovery from prostate cancer surgery. This change of course coincided with needing a reprieve from the steady drone of negative news and existential dread. I needed a way to heal. A way to work in what I call “positive space”. A way to give back. And, frankly, a way to give voice to frustrations on many levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt the answer was work that tapped into my past involvement with the calming, repetitive, and formulaic processes of screen printing. So these are not serigraphs, but paintings as a series, each one unique but identified by the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is RedWhite+Black<\/strong><\/em>, a variant of my Tarpaulin Series, informed from tapestries and flags and tarps. Le Corbusier called tapestries “nomadic murals” and these are intentionally uniform, practical, lightweight, and mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also help me give back. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. For the life of this project, I am donating 20% of the sale price of this series to food banks and pantries,<\/strong> starting in Carroll County, Iowa where I live and have my studio practice, and hopefully expanding from there.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Additionally, I am making the RW+B project part of the Artist Support Pledge.<\/strong> ASP is an initiative supporting artists & makers, and is committed to a “generous culture” concept. Details can be found here.<\/a> #artistsupportpledge<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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