[1] He settled in Chicago within a Swedish community, engaging in various jobs, including varnishing apartments and restoring church paintings.
[2] Seeking a cure and a respite from the Midwest's damp climate, he boarded a train for the arid Southwest, ultimately finding treatment in Albuquerque's Methodist sanatorium.
Redin's three-year convalescence not only restored his health but also let him return to his art, focusing on the vistas of the Southwest that would define his oeuvre.
His first show in 1926, sponsored by the Albuquerque Women's Club, marked the beginning of a career characterized by financial insecurity, but was sustained by patrons like Dr. Carl Hagland and Howard Roosa.
[6] Facing deteriorating health, Redin left Albuquerque in 1941, seeking lower altitudes in California due to a diagnosed heart condition.