"Whole Cloth" 12"x24" Oil on Canvas, Tom Maakestad, 2021 is part of a new Creative Support for Individuals Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. The grant project will culminate in an exhibition entitled "Merging Abstraction" at the Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, Minnesota, during October, 2021. This two part exhibition will include 23 new paintings by Tom Maakestad and 25 curated works by his father the late John Maakestad (1928-2012) Emeritus Professor of Art at St Olaf College. A selection of his early works from 1955 to 1972 will be shown.