TRISH EKLUND ~ PUBLISHED AUTHOR, VISUAL ARTIST, PHOTOGRAPHER ~

Personal Objective:

As a published writer, photographer, and mixed media visual artist, I’m committed to spreading love, adventure, and kindness in my surroundings through creativity.

Skills & Expertise:

  • Soft and hard pastels (chalk)
  • Acrylic paint on canvas, paper, furniture
  • Pen and Ink
  • Acrylic paint markers
  • Landscape photography
  • Wildlife photography
  • Photography of the abandoned
  • Content writing
  • Creative writing
  • Public speaking & powerpoint

Exhibitions:

  •  Dick Blick, Omaha, Nebraska location, displayed multiple pieces for over a month in 2021.

TSP Architecture Firm in the Blackstone District of Omaha, Nebraska. My photography was on exhibit for over a month in 2020.

Vendor at Junkstock in Elkhorn, Nebraska (each vendor chosen by jury) in 2019

Francie & Finch bookstore, First Friday solo exhibition, featuring my photography, art, and published book in 2019

RAW artist exhibition, 2018

Publications & Media:

  • Abandoned Farms and Homesteads of Kansas: Home is Where the Heart is, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2023
  • Nebraska Life Magazine, May/June 2023, pages 24-33, article titled: Abandoned but Not Forgotten: Crumbling homesteads and barns conjure memories of the Nebraska Yesteryear, written by Tom Hess, article features Trish Eklund’s story about photographing the abandoned.
  • Pat and JT Podcast episode #259 – Abandoned or a s-hole in 2021
  • Abandoned Farms and Homesteads of Nebraska: Decaying in the Heartland, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2021
  • Anthology, Fine Lines, Volume 29, Autumn 2020, Issue 3, Edited by David Martin: page 303 features a photograph, Butterfly at Blair Farm
  • Anthology, Fine Lines, Volume 29, Summer 2020, Issue 2, Edited by David Martin, cover photo: Butterfly at Blair Farm; page 112 features a photograph, Tree in Yankton, South Dakota, and page 180 features a photograph titled: Old Ford Truck near South Dakota Border
  • Pat and JT Podcast episode #490 – Abandoned Nebraska with Trish Eklund in 2019
  • Voices from the Plains, Volume III, NWG Anthology, published in 2019, Essay titled: I Showered with the Curtain open today
  • Anthology, Fine Lines, Volume 28, Winter 2019, Issue 4, Edited by David Martin, page 274 features a photograph, The old lock and key to an old farmhouse in Kansas, and page 288 features a photograph titled: Old Blackstone School
  • Abandoned Nebraska: Echoes of Our Past, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2018
  • Newspaper article written about my first book, in the Kearney Hub, titled: Hauntingly Beautiful, by Rick Brown, December 20, 2018
  • Hey, Who’s in my house? Stepkids Speak Out, anthology by Erin Mantz, September of 2015. Essay titled: Happy Endings

    Public Speaking, book signings, and presentations

  • July 11, 2024: Thursday Speaker Series at the Kansas Oil Museum, located in El Dorado, Kansas, featuring Trish Eklund sharing about Abandoned Farms and Homesteads of Kansas via PowerPoint presentation. The turnout was excellent, with extra people standing in the back. The audience was interactive and engaged.
  • October 21, 2021: Local Authors’ Spooky Stories at the Francie & Finch bookshop, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, featuring authors: Joel Green, Trish Eklund, and Tayden Bundy. Each writer shared experiences and interacted with one another and the audience.
  • August 28, 2021: Local Author Day, Summer 2021, Authors featured: Trish Eklund, Dave Mainelli, Bruce McCoy, Francis Schepp Ruh, Matt Schur, Francis Rourke.
  • April 2021: Francie & Finch bookshop, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, book release event for Abandoned Farms and Homesteads of Nebraska: Decaying in the Heartland.
  • November 14, 2020: Local Author Series Highlighting Nebraska writers at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, located in Ashland, Nebraska, featuring several authors, including Trish Eklund. Each author spoke at the podium about their books, displayed and sold books, and other merchandise.
  • 2019: First Friday Event and book signing at the Francie & Finch bookshop, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, featuring Abandoned Nebraska: Echoes of Our Past. The bookstore also displayed and sold photo prints, framed prints, canvas prints, and hand-painted signs for over a month.
  • 2019: Barnes & Noble, Lincoln, Nebraska, Book signing for Abandoned Nebraska: Echoes of Our Past.
  • December 2018: Barnes & Noble, Lincoln, Nebraska, Book signing for Abandoned Nebraska: Echoes of Our Past.
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I also do visual art on commission, email if interested. 
Email: trishwriter@gmail.com