A bit about me: My name is Natalie Salminen Rude. I'm a visual artist and poet based in Duluth, Minnesota, and I interweave beauty, justice, and wonder into my creative work. Painting primarily in oils and encaustic​ (a​n ancient medium that combines beeswax, pigment, resin, and heat), as well as fostering a poetic writing practice (haiku!), are some of the ingredients in my meaning-full, dream-laden, zest-filled life.

Working professionally in the arts since 2004, I maintain a brick and mortar studio, ​Studio Haiku (@studiohaiku.design) i​n Duluth’s Woodland neighborhood, I teach encaustic workshops, exhibit paintings and sculpture both locally and internationally, and I love to facilitate salon-style discussions in my studio and abroad - on spirituality and what it means to live as an artist within the context of commitment, family, and the humble rhythms of life. I long for contemplative rhythms to infuse my everyday.

I live along the great shores of Lake Superior with my loving and talented partner and our three dear kiddos.

Many thanks to you- your presence here fills me with gratitude. Thank you truly for your support of the arts. You make the creative world go round.