As a Wisconsinite, Charles was born in Wausau, and later moved to the Twin Cities in 2005.  The winters haven’t gotten any shorter, except for maybe this one in 2012, which is hard to take seriously as a winter. Seriously.  Not that’s not something to be sad about.

Charles started doodling in the 2nd grade where he ended up spending many recesses indoors forced to clean the drawings off on his desk.  He got wise and kept his sketches in the margins of his homework.  Contrary to belief, this did not help improve his grades.  Throughout his academics, it was routinely noted on report cards that Charles often was doodling rather then paying attention in class.

Somewhere down the road, Charles went onto study Fine Arts at the University of Marathon County, and the University of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  He made a short, but enjoyable living as a freelance artist, and moved to the Twin Cites to co-found Dim Media with Joe Lipscomb.

Now residing in the Midway of St Paul, Charles defines his process of painting and creating as the means of “discovery to refinement.”  Metaphorically it is the Archaeology of Art, where he surveys and excavates the canvas to find what might be revealed within.  Then it’s only a matter of rendering to belief.