I'd like to thank   Paul and Cindy Culver (and da boyz) for their good taste in art (but somehow buying my stuff anyway)...  Don Williamson and Jeanne Flora (whereswille and argostar) because they are THE most fun on the road... Kathy and Elliot Phillips (and boys) for being  amazing people and for spoiling me with their generosity and kindness...Teri, Kim, Ryan and everyone at Arts @ Large...Jody and her fine gallery The Village Firefly...Mike and Medelice Wirtz for being so damn cool-their dogs really drool...The Kohlis' ...The Laurentis', whom I never see enough of thank you for always being supportive and positive...Paul Wirtz...Scott Wirtz and family...The Singleton family and everyone involved with  the Awarehouse Art Studios...The W.A.A.C. for the great Art Fair Off the Square....Alice & Christ Tzakais, fantastic, creative  art teacher and fantastic, creative, and 'Hairy'  potter....Pat Reiher-high school art teacher/raku potter--we need more like you!...Val and the gang at the Paper Discovery Center in Appleton, WI-...V.S.A. Wisconsin, where I learned a lot about being an artist-in-residence-thanks for letting me come out and play...Virginia Williamson; thank you for the encouragement and wonderful stories about dogs, horses and Gordon...Ron, terri and the gang at THE Goldsmith...Kelly Shannon at Zablocki Elementary for bringing me in for dog camp and feeding me hot dogs and all the fixin's...Said Neftah & Kris Hansen-Neftah-great dance moves, Said...carl Peronto for "Fab" Photography, and his beatle Portraits..Tommy Faris, for all the free stuff and words of wisdom...Paul and Nancy, for their being the most awesome collectors (and birders) there are...Gail Rohan, Kari SWanson and Lee Tauriello-some Greyt gals...other "Greyt" organizations : Greyhounds Only, Inc...Midwest Greyhound Adoption...Claudia and the Greyhound Gang...Lynn Roick and the folks responsible for Greyhounds in Art...artist Ginger Reath, for helping out so much with the Monster Head workshop...Anne Kebisek, for inspiration & laughter ...Kathy Gooooomez and everyone involved with GoodWill Industries of S.E. WI...Oxbo Todd Steenberg...Jordan Goldblatt for requesting all the Doberman sculptures...Anthony and Amy  Dallmann-Jones ...Margaret MacLellan-remember, the moon rises in the east...Brian Seal for friendship and fun laughs-may one of your patent ideas make you rich...Pat Little, now making papier mache' with the angels ...Steve and Alix from Chicago, and their Westies and other pooches...World-Wide Artist Resources...Becky and the folks of Atlanta Lab Rescue...Paul Yates...Traci Blanchette, artist of peace and beauty...Susan Fiebig, can't believe you've got a Myspace page-wait, I guess I can...Nancy Donohue...Trista Holtz...Kathy Strong-Twohig...Mardee Verdina and the good people at Doberman Rescue Unlimited...Brad and Ann and everyone from The Pilgrim Doberman Club...PJ Wetak, art teacher-OK, I won't call you "P"...David DeMarco, my high school art teacher...MARN...Laura Lagomarsino, and her imaginative world...Bob Opperman and the great folks at the fond du lac UPS store...Lisa McKay for being a most thorough website editor...Jodi Youngman and Eagle Elementary School...The papier mache' resource, the U.K.'s definitive site for this type of art...Carol O'Connor-no, not the late actor, but the owner of Silver Fetish Gallery... The Oshkosh Fine Artists Association...Scott Huelsman...Aerosmith...Krystal Kraemer -a fun, gutsy art teacher...Barb bellmer & Jaci Wigchers-teaching the way of art in Brandon and Rosendale, respectively...The Waters School P.T.O....the good people at gallery 110 north in plymouth....Sheryl Ross, for giving this artist lots of fun projects to create...The Rolling Stones...Diane & Jerry Fricken and their work with the Fond du Lac Very Special  Arts Festival...appleton art center...Mid-States Aluminum...the art of Cary Tracy Pugh...Fond du Lac Artists Association...Joanne Warren, the talented watercolorist...Eric and Cori Olsen of Madison...The Green Bay Packers...Alice Furlong, may your journey always be smooth and your airbrush never clog...Amy Amdur and her fantastic staff-thanks for making an artist feel, well, special...HGTV...The Brunks of Milwaukee, and one of the coolest kitchens in North America...The Hauers, thanks for running such a great art supply store-I miss you guys...Wisconsin Border Collie Rescue...Brenda Mullard, grade school art teacher-good luck with the polymer clay and everything...Ellen Edge of Einstein Middle School...Judy Sackett,  at Evans Elementary...Gene Simmons of Kiss...David DeFuniak and the good people at Treehouse cat shelter...Terry Sullivan, great collector of mine and all around fun guy... Warren Zevon....Lydia Driscoll; can't wait to see what you need done next...UFO...Don Dubin, fish carver extraordinaire...Anita Russell, U.K. artist and her wonderful papier mache'...Pam Woodward-Nehring, her husband Ted, and her favorite band The Who...Corrie Mussell of princeton Public School-thanks for the tissue and band aids...Lee Hempel because she is such a sweetheart...tom Seagard of mill road gallery...Louie Rochon and his fun papier mache'...Pat and Jim Arnold-Pat's handmade paper rocks...Rozani navas-smith for her papier mache' masks...New Visions Gallery...Marie of school stationers corporation for being a pleasure to deal with...Alice Cooper...Restaurant Magnus...Renee Wirtz...Marleen Vogt...daina Galbraith for letting me use her-wait! That's My old- computer-you rock!...Of course, the men and women who serve in the armed forces-thank you, thank you, thank you!!!...and hey, thank you for reading this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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