Strap on your lederhosen, strike up the accordion, and say hello to Todd Gutmann. That’s GOOT manN. German for “brave one”. Goes all the way back to Todd’s great-great-great uncle, Klink Gutmann, who was known throughout Stuttgart for wearing polska kielbasa around his neck to fend off evil spirits.

Todd, German for Todd, dons no such meat jewelry but is every bit as creative and brave.

Todd layers his paintings like someone with ADD.  He finds recycled elements to build a structure through a random series of smudges, globs and goo that become more connected to one another. he has created "mancave covers" or ala art for the man cave. it means you can commission artwork whether it be rg3 for baylor or dirk, whoever you man's favorite player or team, college, pro or high school. great for the media room or man cave in your life.

Todd has driven to the top of Pike’s Peak in a Karmin Ghia, does a crossword puzzle nearly every day and has a puggle. He works with home depot isle 37 materials like tar, sheetrock paste and residue from roofing patches. He was born in Iowa. He hitchhiked in his teens half way across America. He speaks no foreign languages. He has broken his nose twice.

When what you do for a living is think of ways to promote, sell or communicate, it becomes remarkably difficult to describe yourself on a professional level.

So he won’t.

First off, he is married to his beautiful wife Amy, and they have two cool little boys, um, er, big boys of 18 and 21, good guys. They live In a small house in Dallas, basically Richardson, and would never have guessed iT. He paints and does stairmaster but not at the same time. He likes making things, including crunchy peanut butter and tuna fish sandwiches.

That’s all for now.

“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” Elly Roselle