Kurt Lightner is an artist working in various media including graphic as well as performance art. He is originally from Des Moines, IA

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

 and currently resides in Göteborg, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

.

He did the front cover picture for the album, Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson

Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson

Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson is a compilation of cover songs by various artists in tribute to Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. The album was released as a single album. A second double album was released for sale only on the Internet through...

, as well as contributing cover and interior illustrations to the Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies

Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies

On September 9, 2008, Standard Recording Company released a triple CD Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies, a collection penned by songwriters J. Matthew Gerken of Nice Monster, Christian Kiefer, and Jefferson Pitcher...

 project on the Standard Recording Company

Standard Recording Company

Standard Recording Company is an independent record label based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Formed in the early 2000s, its specialty is indie rock....

 label.

Kurt appears as the background dancer in an Ian Eskelin

Ian Eskelin

Ian Eskelin , is a record producer, songwriter, solo artist, and founding member and lead singer of the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band All Star United. He won the Dove Award for "Producer of the Year" in 2011 and 2008, and was nominated for the same award in 2007, 2009, and 2010...

 video. (Ian and Kurt met while attending Wheaton College (Illinois)

Wheaton College (Illinois)

Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States...

in the early 1990s).

External links

• Kurt Lightner official website
• Altpick.com
• YouTube user home page (under the username of soapytiger)