Art is life... it is time to live a little.

I love making things!  I love art! I love staring into the abyss that is my brain and being terribly frightened by the images that I see sometimes.  I love the paint that stains my hands and doesn't wash off for days.  I have always had a love for art, making things and the whole creative process.

I was born in Green Bay Wisconsin at a very young age.  So young that I don't even remember being born.  Though not formally trained in the art of painting I have been making art for as long as I can remember.  Holy cow, this seems like I am writing a resume or something.  Well then... I have degrees in Marketing and Graphic Design.  I have a Press Technician degree.  I have many other certificates and pieces of paper that says that I can do things.  I was active duty in the Army (that was not the best part of my life, especially after 9-11.) and received an Honorable discharge.   Art helps me to deal with some of the darkness in my mind.

Upon my initial release from the Military, I met the love of my life who not only makes me want to become a better person but who supports my crazy dreams.  I also started my life as a "Sign Guy" working on those crazy billboards, giant boxes on sticks and eye sores attached to the buildings directing y'all which way to go.  Then in 2005 things took a turn and I was called back into the Army and put on "stop loss".  Those were dark times indeed.  However, I made it thru and I survived (barely) and was finally released for good.

It was the working in the sign shops that gave me the knowledge and the courage to (with the support of my amazing wife.) purchase Badgerland Badge and Sign Co. in 2019.  With Badgerland Badge up and running and me having these creative explosions we have decided to start Badgerland Boutique to showcase and sell the art and other creations. original art abstract art painting