I’m thrilled to be one of the 6 Pfister Artist in Residence finalists for the 2020/2021 cycle. Please join me Gallery Night on January 17th from 5-9 PM for an exhibition of the finalists’ work. The event will be held at The Pfister Hotel in the Rouge Ballroom. Since my most recent work is currently […]
If you missed my talk at the opening reception of House Tableau, I’ll be presenting a new version of it at Saint Kate on January 13 at 6 pm. Over the course of a year, I painted on location at both the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums documenting unique views inside and outside […]
Website work in progress! I’m adding a “shop” to facilitate the purchase of my paintings. The site is running very slowly most likely due to the fact that it’s on a low cost shared host. When it’s time to renew, I’ll probably move the site to a host with faster service. For now I hope […]
The exhibition, House Tableau, features the work made during my artist residency with the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums and opens October 17th at the Villa Terrace Art Museum. In addition to my show, there is an exhibition featuring the work of Madison artist, Jeffrey Clancy. Exhibition reception is from 6:00 to 8:00 […]
Once again I’m revamping the website, so look and feel will be evolving. Check back for the coming new look!
Part of an ongoing project of painting on location Milwaukee’s historic architecture as subject. What interests me in painting architecture interiors and exteriors of primarily historic buildings? Most of the following ideas are not present in the paintings themselves, but are implied in the structure of the house and the objects it contains. There are […]
Workshop I: Introduction to plein air supplies for oil or acrylic painting March 21 | 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Villa Terrace No supplies necessary; in this class, you’ll learn about what you need to begin painting on location. If you already have a painting kit (portable easel, brushes, and paints), bring it and we’ll discuss how to use […]
I started this little manifesto when I was working on my artist’s statement for the recent Mary Nohl Fellowship application. I don’t think I’m alone in finding writing artist’s statements to be an onerous undertaking. The manifesto is not the statement that I ended up using, but it did help. Painting is a refuge from […]
I’m please to announce that I’m now the artist in residence at the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums for the 2018/2019 exhibition season. I’ll be painting at the museums through September of next year culminating with an exhibition at the Villa Terrace opening in October 2019 and running through January 2020. More to […]
If you have known this site as huggettandniver.com, that domain is coming to an end. Don’t be sad because Chris and I are still a couple. I’m just creating my own website for now as Chris develops his latest body of work. I’m keeping his pages here too for all his fans.