life. In a fundamental art class, he took his students outside in the winter, asking them to sculpt with snow. He took students to the local dump for a Thanksgiving Day service, highlighting the vast sea of material goods for which to give thanks. Much of his own art consisted of found objects - garden gloves, dryer lint, tire rubber, marbles, and other scraps he picked up around his home. Much of his art had a Christian message behind it. Marxhausen was a proponent of creating art for churches, and in fact was commissioned to make works for churches in California, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Illinois. He said, "Why have gothic art in twentieth-century churches? Shouldn't twentieth-century churches have twentieth-century art?" This quote reflects his vision in which every church would have a resident artist. References 1922 births 2011 deaths Artists from Minnesota Concordia University Nebraska faculty Mills College alumni People from Otter Tail County, Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth alumni Valparaiso University alumni