The Art of Remembrance
My paintings are visual elegies calling for the preservation of funerary rituals and traditions. Drawing from my experience as a funeral director, I find beauty in the sacred ceremonies of shared grief. In honoring these somber traditions, viewers are reminded of their cultural heritage and encouraged to reflect on their own mortality, finding inspiration for living with more depth and purpose.
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| Funeral Director/Embalmer at Billings Cremation & Burial Services & Heights Family Funeral Home |
Participation
2026 - Carbon County Art Guild - The Rocky Mountain Regional Juried Exhibition 2026
2026 - AVAC Quick Draw & Art Auction Anipro Event Center, Absarokee, MT
2026 - AVAC Quick Draw & Art Auction Anipro Event Center, Absarokee, MT
2026 - Group Show Roosevelt Center, Red Lodge, MT
2025- Roosevelt Center Red Lodge, MT Group Show
2024- Carbon County Art Guild Exhibitions: "Inspired by Song" + "Art in the Beartooth's" + Member Show + Community Show
2023- Wyoming Game and Fish Collectible Conservation Stamp Art Show - Cheyenne, WY
2023- BAM - Bozeman Art Museum - Plein Air Quick Draw
2023- Plein Air Fest - National Museum of Wildlife Art Jackson, WY
2022 - SAGE Gallery 12th Annual National Juried Show Sheridan, WY https://www.artinsheridan.com/juried12
2022- Plein Air Fest - National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson, WY) https://www.wildlifeart.org/events/plein-air-fest-etc
2022- Wyoming Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition - WY State MuseumCheyenne, WY
2018- CM Russell Museum Quick Draw Artist Great Falls, Montana
Experience
2025- Gallery Assistant (Seasonal) Kevin Red Star Gallery Red Lodge, MT.
Articulated the cultural significance of Contemporary Native American art to collectors and tourists while assisting in facilitating sales and maintaining artist-collector relationships.
Articulated the cultural significance of Contemporary Native American art to collectors and tourists while assisting in facilitating sales and maintaining artist-collector relationships.
Community Outreach
2017-2018 Sunday Painter www.sundaypainter.org - Produced more than 45+ indoor/outdoor drawing and painting workshops Great Falls, Montana http://www.sundaypainter.org/
Press & Publications
2026- Funeral Home & Cemetery News - Beyond pastoral landscapes, using art to reconnect families with ceremony - https://www.nomispublications.com/
2026 - ARTeries - Montana Arts Council (MAC), Montana Art Works Artist Profile - ARTeries
2025- Montana Shakespeare in the Park Event Program "Meet the Artist" Contest Winner Profile & Artwork sold at MSIP merchandise stands during live Shakespeare events.
2023- Exhibition Catalog "Birds of the Rocky Mountain Region" The Brinton Museum - Sheridan, WY
2018- Great Falls Tribune Montana Public Radio 89.9FM KRTV KFBB-TV KULR-8 ABC-FOX MONTANA Powell Tribune KTVQ KXLH KGPR
2022- Video Blog Interview - Yellowstone National Park : https://thatparkplace.com/putting-around-the-usa-waterfall-at-grand-canyon-of-yellowstone-a-video-interview/
2022- Powell Tribune - Powell, WY Cover Story "A Brush with Death" - April 21,2022
2022- County10.com 6 Local Artists Featured in Wyoming Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition - Wyoming Arts Council - Wyoming Arts Alliance
2018- KRTV NEWS - Broadcast News Story - Sunday, 1-28-2018 Montana