Oh hey, I’m Austin.

I paint Midwest landscapes and those expansive and ever changing skies at the bookends of the day.

Y’know that feeling when you make that final turn towards your house after a long road trip? Where you’re so exhausted and just happy to be back. You exhale and breathe just a bit better, set your stuff down and something in you relaxes juuust a bit more. That deeply felt, yet borderline hard to describe feeling of being home. Can you picture it?

Yeah, that’s what I’m chasing with my work. The feeling of this place I call home, this place I love so deep in my soul. The feeling of the Midwest.

I work primarily in oils, painting both in the studio and out in the landscape itself. There's something irreplaceable about standing in a field while the light shifts dramatically as I try to capture it before it's gone. Those moments directly shape my studio work, helping in ways no photo ever really could.

That's what this work is really about. It’s an invitation to slow down, look up, and notice how extraordinary our world is and to reconnect with nature for awhile. A reminder of how small we are, and how beautiful that idea really is.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, come along for the ride. We’ll be home soon enough.

Awards & Recognition

2025 Waukesha Plein Air Festival - Best in Show