Juneberry Blossoms

This is a pencil drawing I thought I had finished a few years ago but it never really sat right with me. I finally pulled it out the other day and decided to work on it a little more. I think it is done now. It is a smaller drawing only measuring 11″ x 13″. … Read more

Memories and poor photos

An interesting event and observation as I was heading down my road near Ely the other day. We had gotten about 10 inches of fluffy snow on the weekend and another 4″ that morning. A gray object plopped into the snow and I stopped to see what it was. He had no idea I was … Read more

Black and White Art Exhibition

I have a couple pieces in the Wyoming MN Black and White Exhibit. Details on the artists here: https://blackandwhite.wyomingcreativearts.org/index.php/the-artists-list The show will be up till November 22nd. It’s just off Hwy 35 in Wyoming. Hours and other show details here: https://blackandwhite.wyomingcreativearts.org/index.php/show-information The Wyoming Area Creative Arts Organization  seems to have a good thing going. A … Read more

The old piano

I was fortunate enough to win 1st place in adult drawing and pastel in the Eagan Art House “Welcome Home” show with one of my pieces. It is hanging at the Eagan Community Center till the end of October. Eagan Art House show, “Welcome Home” 1st place in Adult Drawing and pastel

Interesting stuff going on…

Searching for Stones, Lake Superior, bencil drawing work of art by John Huisman

I am fortunate to have had a few of my pieces selected for a couple upcoming art exhibits.One piece was chosen for the Flow Art Space Gallery group showing which will be one of many galleries and studios open for viewing during the 25th Anniversary St. Paul Art Crawl. they are located at: 308 Prince … Read more

finishing detail work…

Finally getting to some of the finishing details on this project we have been working on for the past … well it’s a lot closer to being a year than I was planning. The above picture is from the living room   looking in to the kitchen area and the glass doors out to the lake … Read more