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This classic style woodcuts is 8 by 11 inches using 3 olors and 1 block. With deep snow covering the benches and icy temperatures in the air, you can be sure that there is no concert anytime at the Escanaba Band Shell or most of the other band shells across the northern part of the county. Yet, it stands there waiting, assuring the community that there will be other days when the music of the band will bring them to these very benches for the enjoyment of all!

After a life-long experience as a do-it-yourselfer and woodworker, making practical items like furniture and toys, in 2012 Ben took a weekend workshop in woodblock printing at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota, with artist Nick Wroblewski. After that initial experience he has continued to learn new skills as a woodcut artist, taking his creative energies as a retired pastor into new artistic directions. More recently Ben has studied drawing and painting at Northern Michigan University and is a member of Lake Superior Art Association. He particularly enjoys subjects provided by landscapes and subjects wherever he is. Travelling in 2016 on the Rhine and Mosel Rivers he spent a relaxing hour or two each day creating...