"Farmland under open skies was a familiar sight in eastern
Nebraska, where I grew up. Country walks with my father gave me
an early appreciation for the wide outdoors, from rows of cottonwood to
foxtail banks, to cows along the fence and the late afternoon sun.
At fifty-two years of age, I find rural terrain in Missouri delightful."
     
    Karl Marxhausen was born in Seward, Nebraska.
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1979. He resides in
Carrollton, Missouri.