Craig Groe: Cartoons & Caricatures

Bio: Craig Groe was born in 1959 in Austin, MN. He studied at Austin Community College from 1977-1978 and later at  Mankato State University where he received his BFA in painting.  Craig works across multiple art disciplines, including painting, drawing, sculpture, music, film, video and theatre. He is now retired from KEYC-TV in Mankato after 28 years as a commercial writer, producer, director and production assistant.   Artist Statement: Cartooning, for me, is a type of visual diary.  Although I don’t generally depict real people, my cartoons often contain bits and pieces of myself, friends, acquaintances and the famous. The cartoons and caricatures in this show are taken from my sketchbooks and other related drawings and paintings. Most of these images are spontaneously formed directly from my imagination.  I use the distortions generated by this direct approach to incorporate a degree of randomness and freshness into the process. OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, May 14th