Home Before Dark

Oil painting on canvas "Home Before Dark" by Jon Madsen. Semi-abstract landscape depicting a black, hilly road with snow and sunset. In the background are the lights of a town (Laramie, Wyoming) and silhouetted mountain.

Jon Madsen was born in Kansas, grew up in Wyoming and made friends with the wind and open spaces. He attended college at the University of Wyoming BFA/MFA 1973 majoring in Art. Madsen then held a 25-year career in computers to support a family and his “painting habit”. From 1998 – 2007, he taught Beginning Drawing and Watercolor classes for the University of Wyoming Art Department.