Good Causes

That's me on that cement truck.

​Donating time, skills and artwork for worthy causes has long been a part of who I am. Over the years I've tried to do what I can to help veteran community service organizations like Concrete Couch, CASA of the Pikes Peak Region, Citizens Project as well as new organizations or upcoming organizations looking for a little help to succeed. If your organization is interested in my work (for auction or other fundraising) or would like me to help judge a contest or needs some art direction for a project, please feel free to reach out to me to discuss how I can help you.

​I also have artwork available to donate for fundraisers! Please Contact Me if your worthy organization needs a piece of art for an auction, prize drawing, etc.

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​In 2014 I had the pleasure of getting a design chosen for the Downtown Colorado Springs Rotary Club's annual fundraiser, which at that time was called "Butterflies and Friends" and is now called, "CS Flight." This annual event has raised  hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Rotary Club and for Colorado Springs School District 11 art programs by calling artists to create designs for large landscape art butterflies (from a blank template they provide) which are then auctioned off to attendees at a gala event. 

​In 2015, the organizers approached me and two other previous year artists to create butterflies for the developers of the University Village Colorado shopping center to have 3 custom, permanent pieces on display at their property. The piece I created for them was "Spitzweg Yellow".

​German romanticist, Carl Spitzweg's 1840 painting, titled “der Schmetterlingsjäger”
(the Butterfly Hunter), inspired this design. It depicted a butterfly hunter stumbling across some giant butterflies in a tropical forest. I thought that it would be a nice homage as well as apropos since these landscape butterflies are gigantic.