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The Key that Unlocks the Door to the Past
Mixed Media

Revelation show at Carnegie Cultural Center in Luverne my painting "Revelations Unveiled" in the background

Self Portrait done with pallet knife in oil on canvas

Mom......................Dad

mixed media of a 1959 Ford Custom that even lights up!

Cone 9 fired clay figures...41" high

New Studio

Look at the magnificent horse with its free spirit... God's creation of beauty as she runs freely across the plain; Pausing momentarily to remember where she came from, Running, kicking out at the air as the wind blows through her mane. It's good to have a free spirit as we run the race of life, Pausing to remember where we come from, why we are here; Loving life, feeling the wind blow through our hair, Knowing the comfort of a Savior who cares and is near.

Harpist..................................Marcella

2005 painting for the Common Ground show "Hidden in the Heart"
This is about the scripture 2 Samual 22: 12-20
It is an oil painting on canvas 3' x 4'

His Mercy Revealed
Oil Painting

This is a relief wall sculpture made of plaster and painted with acrylics.

Self Portrait in oil...............Marcella's shoes done in oil

Oil paintings of the art studio at Augustana College

Oil painting of Sundance

These are some handbuilt pots that I fired with sawdust.
This technique is called Terra Sigillatta which was used by the ancient Romans.
You apply a slip with a burnishing technique before firing.

Here is my collage of my cello. You probably cannot see all the detail and texture.
It is done in velvets, suede, foil paper, wallpaper, handmade paper and embroidery floss.
Just to mention a few. The colors are richer tones than show up here but you can get the idea.
It is 12" x 12" without the matt and frame.

Oil of three horses for my friend Fay who sold me the most wonderful horse, Shadow!

"Turning Point"
This is a pastel drawing I worked on for LifeLight Festival art show 2003. www.lifelightfest.com
The theme for the 2003 art show was "His healing touch". It was about how Jesus can heal you.
So this is a drawing of a woman who suffers from depression and tried to kill herself,
but now she is at a turning point in her life.
Through the healing power of Jesus, she has had a change of heart.
She was an empty shell, but is now filled with new life.
I titled it "Turning Point". It is 18"x25".
Turning point - noun : a point at which a significant change occurs. Change of heart.

Here is my drawing for the 2004 Common Ground show at LifeLight Festival.
That years theme was Beloved Enemy. The title of this piece is "Forgive Them"
Luke 23:34 “Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.’”
Jesus loved and forgave his enemies more than any of us are capable of even imagining.
He is the best example of how we should forgive our enemies.
How must our Heavenly Father felt as he looked down on His Son?
This was drawn from God’s perspective.
Prints are available

Andalusian in Charcoal 16" x 22"

"Beautiful! I love that you put personality in them, and sort of a secretiveness, like they have secret thoughts.
Like on this one you can only see part of his face, and it's like he has a part of himself he isn't
ready to reveal to you just yet, but he is thinking maybe he will trust you." - Karen Lipphardt

"Rain Dancer"
Conte and pastels, for Karen

A view from the horse's eye.

"Megan's Pride"................................."Paleface"

Pastel of Sundance ........close up view

conte and pastel drawing
"King"
King was the prize stallion at http://www.redrockfarm.com 18"x24"

Free
With a Heart of Gold & With a Will to Please.
Now I am uplifted far into the realms above
I now can reach the sun
Impelled to run ... Forever Free...
(Author Unknown)

"Mariachi" for my friend Jean..........................Pastel drawing of horse, January 05
He is running free on greener pastures now.............................................

Pencil drawing "Tumbling Cello"

Ink & Wash Enlargement..........crosshatch drawing, the old camera used to belong to my dad.

Still-life in conte......"Sophie's Eye" Conte and Pastel

Collage made from magazine cuttings. The ocean was made from an automobile advertisement,
some of the bubbles are the headlights. The coral came mostly from women's apparel in magazines.