Wendell Arneson is a painter and mixed media artist. Arneson is a Wisconsin native, earning a BA in studio art from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa and a MFA from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Post-graduate studies included classes with Nathan Oliveira and Gregory Amenoff at the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts. Arneson has exhibited widely regionally and nationally and his work is featured in numerous private, public and corporate collections. Arneson was appointed to the faculty of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1978 where he holds the position as a Professor Emeritus of Art.