This painting was part of a generous donation to the Mendocino Art Center by Janet and David Peoples in 2023.

Reclining lion clawing small shark in twilight.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Fred Stonehouse earned a BA from University of Wisconsin where he now teaches. His work has been shown at numerous galleries as well as several museum group exhibitions, including recent shows internationally in Germany and Italy, and nationally at The Laguna Art Museum, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, San Jose Museum of Art, The Art Center in Wisconsin, and the Cincinnati Art Center in Ohio. He currently resides just outside Milwaukee. Stonehouse is the recipient of many prestigious awards including The Joam Mitchell Foundation award, the Wisconsin Institute if Visual Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, and National Endowment for the Arts, Midwest Fellowship award. Fred Stonehouse has shown with KDR since 1997.