Stepping into the world of Ron Henggeler is leaving our customary presence and any notion of the ordinary behind. A genius mind is at work, creating and processing. Ron Henggeler’s home, surely on the way to becoming a private museum, is brimming with objects and materials old and new–collectibles, paintings, sculpture, thousands of Classical music vinyl records, cameras, taxidermy, historical and contemporary photographs, art books (5000+), objects d’art and… Oh yes, a cat named Alice (in Wonderland). By most standards, it is bursting at the seams, yet Ron is working feverishly to create more art.
Heide VanDoren Betz: Tell us a bit about your background, your upbringing.
Ron Henggeler: I was born on July 12, 1953, in Columbus, Nebraska. I was part of the baby-boomer generation and was the oldest…