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August 2008 -- 'Summer'
Artists Reception
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008,
5-8pm.
Superior Artists Gallery
proudly presents Summer, August 1st thru 30th
with new works by Laurie Otis, Millie O'Leary and Dora Kling.
"In the depth of winter,
I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible SUMMER."
Albert Camus
July 2008 --
Mélange.
Artists Reception
--
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008,
5-8pm.
Superior Artists Gallery
proudly presents Mélange, July 1st thru 30th
with new works by Mary McHugh, Mary Methven, Wendy Deerly Reese and Lois
Stensvad.
Mary McHugh,
Wendy Deerly Reese, Mary Methven, Lois Stensvad
Mélange [may-lahnzh]
Noun a mixture or assortment: a mélange of styles and mediums
[French mêler to mix] Mélange aptly describes the eclectic styles
of the artists and art forms in the July show at Superior Artists Gallery.
Mary J. McHugh
paints landscapes of local gardens, woods and lakes with passion and
vibrancy. She gives close attention to the beauty surrounding us. Her
paintings reflect her lifelong love of the outdoors.
Mary Methven’s
impressionistic style comes through in her newest works for Mélange
with her close up depiction of horses as well as the concentrated
expressions of roosters and cats.
Wendy Deerly Reese
works with a variety of organic and man made materials to produce one of
a kind masks that explore what Carl Jung called “vessels for the archetypal
powers”.
What Lois Stensvad
loves best about her gourds is that they come from the earth. With just
some basic tools, dyes, and paints, she creates three dimensional pieces
with few artistic limitations.
June 2008 --
H2O.
Artists Reception
--
Thursday, June 5th, 2008,
5-8pm.
Lynn Trok, Royanne Goossen, Jan MacFarlane
H2O is the title of
the gallery showing at Superior Artists Gallery for the month of June.
There will be hard, soft, running, swift, dashing, foaming and gushing
H2O rendered in pastel and watercolor.
Artists Lynn Trok,
Royanne Goossen and Jan MacFarlane pictured are the featured artists who
have produced the paintings for the show which runs June 2 - 30 and will
be present at the artists reception June 5, 5 - 8 pm. Dry land art of
landscapes, birds and flowers plus new metal and stone sculptures by
Sara Balbin are also included in the show.
May 2008
Artists Reception
--
Thursday, May 8, 2008,
5-8pm.
Birds and
Nature show.
Original art work by Superior Artist Gallery
members and consignment artists depicting birds and nature in keeping with
the theme for the Chequamegon Bay Birding & Nature Festival in May.
December 2007
Superior Artist's Gallery in
Washburn will present their December show entitled "Winter
Solstice" with a reception on the
evening of December 6th from 5-8 p.m. The artists who are
presenting their works during this month are Lynn Trok who
revels in painting winter scenes in water color and Catherine
Sebek who works in pastels and says that as a landscape painter
she gets her inspiration from the farmlands, forests, lakes and
swamps of northern Wisconsin. Lois Stensvad is in the show
exhibiting her art gourds. She has become very popular with the
novel artistic approach that she uses to transform nature to
gourd art. Milly O'Leary will have a range of watercolors in
the show from seasonal to abstract.
Finally Bev
Dehn will exhibit one of her large watercolors. The exhibit will
be on display throughout the month of December
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November 2007
The month of November brings a
new and exciting show to Superior Artists Gallery. "Winds of Change"
features works by four artists of Superior artists Gallery: Janice K.
Benson, Jody Johnson, Jan MacFarlane and Mary Methven. The show runs
from November 1 - 30, 2007. The Artists Reception will be on Thursday,
November 8, 2007 from 5-8PM.
Jan MacFarlane, Mary
Methven, Janice K. Benson, Jody Johnson
Keeping the Winds of
Change theme in mind, Janice K. Benson
has created a stained glass window of a lighthouse showing waves crashing
onto the rocks, a mosaic mirror using glass mirror pieces to represent the
theme of wind, and also some fun digital photography where she has changed
the colors to make exciting presentations.
Jody Johnson’s new works for the show
include a couple of "mini-series" fantasy-landscape watercolors. One
set of three small paintings expresses the clear skies of southern New
Mexico's mild winters. Another set of two, the lush greenery within
Ashland's own Prentice Park at the onset of summer. And, "Wind"
being a long time source of inspiration, a few new pastel "fantasy
landscapes" representing the name of this month's show.
Jan
MacFarlane’s move
to Northern
Wisconsin from Minneapolis two years ago to start a new life prompted her to
also start a new art form. Drawing was her first love, but when she
arrived for her first art lesson with Doug Thomas, he asked if she would
like to try pastels. "Sure, why not" was her reply and she hasn’t
regretted that decision for a moment. She painted lots of different
subjects and then one day while buying ice cream at Tetzner's dairy,
spotted their goats. She asked if she could photograph them for a painting.
Gregg Tetzner consented and that painting has led to the series of goats
for this show. There are lots of wonderful goats in the Washburn area
and so far Jan has done six paintings of them and she is aiming for a total
of ten. After those she’ll look around this beautiful Washburn area for
another subject. Water lilies? Turtles? Who knows?
but she’ll be ready with her camera and pastels.
Mary Methven’s
pieces in “Winds of Change” depict her impressionist view of the
world. Her “Sunflowers” pastel was created in France this past
September while she was attending an art workshop with local teacher/artist
Doug Thomas. The inspiration came from bouquets of sunflowers which
were abundant in the art studio where she worked. “Honeymoon Flower
Garden” depicts one of the many gardens at the Keukenhoff Gardens in
Holland which she and her husband visited while on their honeymoon in 2000.
“Daisy Field” depicts the fields of wildflowers at the Sandstrom
Farm on Madeline Island where she lived in the late 90’s. Old Rusted
Truck is from a photo given her by Peggy Dollinger, a great photographer
in the Chequemagon Bay area. And Lilypad Pond captures the Ashland
slough on a day when the light was perfect.
Make
it an Art Walk in Washburn. Art events also at the Washburn Cultural Center
(Altered Book Exhibit and Group Exchange) and Good Thyme Bistro, November 8,
2007.
October 2007
Autumn Nocturne -- Oct. 1
- 30 -- featuring artists from Superior Artists' Gallery:
Mary McHugh, Laurie Otis, Peg
Sandin, and Louie Stensvad
Opening reception Oct. 4
5-8 p.m.
Laurie Otis, Mary
McHugh, Peg Sandin, Louie Stensvad
Mary
McHugh. The
natural beauty of the north woods is what drew Mary McHugh to her home in
Drummond in 1985 when she accepted a teaching position at the high school.
After getting established in the teaching profession, she explored creative
pursuits on weekends and in the summer through evening art classes with
Diana Randolph and playing keyboard in a rock band. When Mary and her
husband Steve started their family in 1992 she found that painting with
pastels was a more adaptable to life with children than performing late into
the night. As her children have grown, she has had more time to spend in
her art studio. She started selling her paintings two years ago in Cable
and last year at the Superior Artists Gallery in Washburn.
Each of Mary’s paintings start with an idea suggested
by something intriguing in the landscape. She likes to explore the visual
idea that inspired the painting with the impact of color and light. Water
is especially fascinating to Mary who enjoys spending time on or next to a
lake or river and paying close attention to the reflective shapes of light.
Autumn is her favorite season and finds the bright foliage so precious
since it is so short lived. “My birthday is in the second week of October
and I’ve noticed that usually right before my birthday is when the big winds
come and knock down all of the leaves!” says McHugh, “If the leaves last
past mid October, I really appreciate it.” Her
new work is of favorite places in the woods and on the water near her home,
as well as some favorites around the Chequamegon Bay area.
Louie Stensvad.
As one of the new
members of Superior Artists Gallery, Louie Stensvad is one of the only
gourd artists. Her work involves painting, carving, burning, and dying on
many different gourd varieties. For her latest work in "Autumn
Nocturne", she has focused on autumn leaves such as oaks and maples. Some of
her pieces have intricate cut work, while others have taken on a certain
"art deco" look, with colors unusual to the natural leaf. She hopes you
enjoy seeing them as much as she has enjoyed creating them.
September 2007
Kaleidoscopes have been popular attractions for
young people and adults for decades. There is an endless variety of
symmetrical varicolored forms created through the loose fragments of colored
glass reflected in angled mirrors.
The gallery showing at Superior Artists Gallery,
Washburn, for the month of Sept. is entitled “Kaleidoscope” and features the
work of four area artists: Beverly Dehn, Wendy Deerly Reese, Lynn Trok and
Royanne Goossen. These four artists are presenting their work through a
variety of mediums in a kaleidoscope of changing patterns and scenes Sept. 1
- 29, artists reception Sept. 6, 5-8 pm.
Bev Dehn
has an Associate
Degree in Graphic Design. Her background includes working at a local
printing company that printed artwork images on garments. Her specialty is
in realism using a pointillist style with pen and ink, then completing the
work using water color.
“I have attended workshops for watercolor and
mixed medium for the past 15 years. What I have learned inspired me to
produce my artwork of varying patterns and vibrant colors, which are similar
to the viewing through the kaleidoscope. This effect was achieved through
the process called marbling.”
Wendy Deerly
Reese has worked
with clay for over 30 years. Her sculptural forms can be mysterious,
colorful and either serious or playful.
“I like playing with clay, metals and glass to
make a variety of sculptural forms. I adorn these forms with a variety of
organic and inorganic materials.”
Lynn Trok
has recently become a
member of Superior Artists Gallery. She works in water color and pastels.
Her paintings reflect an experience and expression meant to entertain all
the senses of the viewer.
“I have painted many floral but my favorite
subject is landscape, especially waterfalls and the play of light on every
natural thing on God’s beautiful earth. I enjoy the nurturing spirit of the
other creative people at S.A.G.”
Royanne
Goossen was an art
education major at the University of Minnesota where she was introduced to a
variety of mediums. She has honed her use of water color by attending many
workshops with well known watercolorists. She teaches water color and oil
painting classes in the classroom at the Craft Connection, Ashland.
“I spent many happy moments as a child viewing
the ever changing patterns of color in my kaleidoscope. The water colors I
am presenting in this show vary from the pastel of a Chequamegan Bay sunrise
into the intense colors and patterns of a peacock and also the waves
breaking on the rocks of Lake Superior. I recently observed a Pileated
Woodpecker searching for a meal in a dead birch tree by our driveway. That
experience found its way into my painting. Nature is always the source of
my inspiration.”
Meet the artists at a reception Sept. 6, 5 to 8
pm. This monthly Washburn gallery walk will also feature Catherine Sebek
and Sally Sorenson at the opening of their show at the Brownstone Center.
Bev Dehn, Royanne Goossen, Lynn Trok, Wendy Deerly Reese
August 2007
Dora Kling, Laurie Otis, Millie O'Leary, Jan Benson
“Pictures
at an Exhibition” at Superior Artists’
Gallery
Isn’t that a piece of music?
Musicians and classical music buffs recognize the title as an 1874
composition by Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky: it was his tribute
to and interpretation of an exhibition of ten paintings by an artist
friend. Many classical composers besides Mussorgsky have responded to
the connection between visual art and music by composing what they call
tone paintings.
Now, in an effort to emphasize that
connection, four local artists have chosen “Pictures at an Exhibition”
as the theme for their August 1-30 show at Superior Artists’ Gallery,
109 W. Bayfield St. in Washburn. The pictures at their
exhibition will include original paintings in oils, watercolors,
and pastels, as well as stained glass and mosaic work. The accompanying
tone paintings will play throughout the evening reception, to be
held at the Gallery on Thursday, August 2, from 5-8 p.m. and will
include works by Mendelssohn, Holst, Saint Saens and Tschaikowsky, as
well as Mussorgsky.
Artists Dora Kling, Janice Benson,
Millie O’Leary, and Laurie Otis are the August artists and invite the
public to attend the reception at the Gallery to view, listen, meet the
artists, and enjoy typical summertime refreshments.
First exhibitor, Dora Kling,
is a charter member of the Gallery and a well-known artist in the area.
With education and career experience in the graphic arts field, the bulk
of her work adheres to form, line, and composition, but with broad
strokes of whimsy and imagination. “In finding my voice in painting:
gouache is my soft voice. I yell at the world with oils, but sing while
using water color or pastels.”
Cornucopia artist Millie
O’Leary is a watercolor and fiber artist
who has received art education from Northland College and studied
further with Karlyn Holman, Lois Osterberg, and Bonnie Bergman. “I have
been trying currently to pursue the use of color and light in both
painting and fiber by trying to juxtapose complementary colors to
simulate the way light touches colors in nature and changes the value
and tone.”
Janice Kausz Benson is best known in the
area as a stained glass artist but also works with oils, pastels, and
mosaics. “I have been doing stained glass for over 25 years. All of my
windows are my own design, and I don’t repeat a design, so each window
is an original. I love the beauty of the glass as the sun reflects
through it.”
Laurie Otis enjoys working in oil and
pastels and greatly appreciates the efforts of her local teachers:
Catherine Sebec, Dianna Randolph, Bonnie Bergman, and Doug Thomas.
“From them I learned to appreciate that whole time and space absorbing
element of losing yourself in the creative process.”
The “Pictures at an Exhibition”
reception will coincide with art show receptions at The Washburn
Cultural Center and Good Thyme Bistro. It’s a chance to participate in
one of Washburn’s “Gallery Walks” and enjoy refreshments while viewing
fine art in all three locations.
July 2007
back row: Peg Sandin
front row: Lois (Louie) Stensvad, Mary McHugh, and Jody Johnson.
Summer is a time for
celebration, spending time in the beauty of the outdoors, with family and
friends. With this in mind, four local artists present the next monthly show
at the Superior Artists¹ Gallery in Washburn, July 1 through 31. The show is
entitled "Celebration" and features
the work of Peg Sandin, Lois (Louie) Stensvad, Jody Johnson, and Mary
McHugh. Peg is a watercolorist, Lois is displaying her creation of gourds
into unique and distinctive pieces of art, Jody is a painter who works in a
variety of media, and Mary is a landscape pastelist. An opening
reception will be held Thursday, July 5 from 5 to 8 pm.
Peg Sandin has been painting in watercolor for 30 years after earning a
degree in music education. She is an award winning artist and has been
featured in Lake Superior Magazine and Midwest Living. Peg is from the
Ashland area and since 2001 has made Little Girl's Point near Ironwood, MI,
her home and studio. Peg draws inspiration from the local woods and
waters to create luminous images of flowers, trees, rocks, ledges and
lakescapes in watercolor. She has chosen images that reflect her
great love of this area for Celebration.
"Everyday I look at the mood and colors of the lake,² says Sandin," Whether
a storm is approaching or the sun promises to shine in a clear blue sky, the
lake is always a source of inspiration."
Born and raised in Bayfield, Lois Stensvad has been making art for as long
as she can remember. A mother of three, she went to Northland College
and UW Superior, specializing in printmaking. Lois has been working
with gourd art for the past three years. She loves working with mother
nature as well as the artistic journey that each piece has to offer.
She uses leather dyes on nearly all of her pieces which allows the natural
tones to show through. Much of her work involves intricate cut work as
well as pyrography, which is a very old art form that dates back to the
ancient cave dwellings (hence the term "writing with fire"). In some
of her work she uses paints and found objects such as shells, stones, and
beach glass. Several of her pieces in Celebration
are from her copper and rust collection, the
color of which she discovered from mixing various leather dyes together.
Lois also enjoys working on woodcuts, collages, and found object
assemblages.
Jody Johnson is a practicing artist from Ashland whose mediums include oil,
watercolor, pastel and charcoal drawings. She lived and traveled away
from the area for fifteen years but eventually returned back to Ashland,
with a renewed appreciation for residing in the Chequamegon Bay area.
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin -
Eau Claire,
with an emphasis in advertising design and another in drawing. Jody is
inspired by the interesting compositions that lay inside 'parts of the
whole' in the natural world. Her paintings have a dreamlike quality about
them. Recently she has been experimenting with oil pastels and a few new
works will be in the show.
A Minnesota native, Mary McHugh makes her home in Drummond with her husband
and two children. For most of her adult life she has been teaching
math at the high school there, making time to paint on weekends and during
the summer. Mary uses pastel as a medium in her paintings because she
likes the immediacy and vibrancy of the sticks of pure pigment. Mary says,
"I enjoy painting because it makes me really see the harmony in the
landscape and feel the intensity of being alive." In her water and
landscapes she depicts scenes that have a connection to a place of quiet
beauty. Her paintings contain an inspiring element, often emphasizing the
effect of light on the garden, woods, or water reflections. Her new
work includes views of Lake Owen and the Namakagon River, a fishing research
vessel, and some of her favorite gardens.
June 2007
The month of June brings a new and exciting
show to Superior Artists Gallery. "Seasons"
features works by four member artists of Superior Artists Gallery. The show
runs from June 1 – 29, 2007. The Artists Reception will be on Thursday, June
7, 2007 from 5-8PM.
Alex Ackerman, Mary
Methven, Royanne Goossen, Dora Kling
Alex Ackerman’s
recent paintings are not paintings at all, rather assemblages of driftwood,
stones, and other locally found objects, held together with yarn originally
meant for knitting projects. Each sculpture is a unique arrangement, and
hanging together they resemble primitive skeletons of mysterious beings,
like something you might see in the natural history museum.
“These assemblages are
purely for fun. The process of finding the driftwood down by the ore dock,
arranging it, and wrapping it in yarn is very meditative, and I can almost
complete one piece during my son’s nap! I enjoy using found materials
because it's more ecological too."
Royanne Goossen
enjoys the challenges and excitement involved
in painting with water color. She finds her inspiration in the grandeur and
beauty of our unique area on the shores of Lake Superior. Royanne shares
her enthusiasm for painting in both water color and oil paint with the
students in the classes she teaches Sept. through May. She recently drew
illustrations for the book “Life With Nip and Tuck” by local author Emily
Davis.
“I am inspired to paint
each season as they arrive. The colors of each season evoke emotions that I
hope I have shared through my paintings.”
Dora Kling
has a Bachelor of Science degree in Textiles,
Design & Color from the University of Minnesota. She came to this area as
the clothing designer for Munsingwear. After Munsingwear closed, she brought
Anna Marie Designs Company to Ashland. Now, retired from the apparel
business, she has time to paint. Dora says “I have had a life long love
affair with art. I am trying to find my voice and say it in color, line,
design, oils, watercolors and mixed media. This show is my soft voice,
using Gouache paint that is in quiet colors and fun style. The painting,
The Sailing Regatta, is a giggle. Gouache colors give a mat finish after
they dry.”
Dora works from her
Studio in Washburn and welcomes visitors to see her work there.
Mary Methven
has been involved in the arts since the
mid-90’s. She began by taking watercolor classes in Minneapolis where she
was from and continued pursing the arts in 2000 when she moved to the area.
She joined Superior Artists Gallery in 2004 and became a board member of
CBAC in 2006. Her interests include photography, oil, watercolor, pastel,
pen and ink and graphite.
Her pieces in “Seasons”
were created during her classes with Doug Thomas, an artist/teacher in
Washburn, and on her own through the techniques she has learned throughout
the years
Mary loves to
travel and through this interest and her involvement in the arts, she now
organizes Art Workshop Holidays for artist tutors and art students in SW
France at Le Vieux Couvent (http://www.vacancesenvie.com/)
, a perfect artist venue. Mary’s work is ever evolving as she continues
studying and experimenting in photography, watercolors, oil and pastels.
Make it an Art Walk in
Washburn. Art events also at the Washburn Cultural Center, Good Thyme
Bistro and StageNorth. June 7, 2007.
May 2007
RANDOM SPARKS
Recent Works by Jeremy
Ackerman, Bob Graf, Doug Thomas and Nick Wroblewski
Reception: Thursday May
10th
5:00PM-8:00PM
Spring has arrived and with it comes an
exciting new group show at Superior Artists Gallery. "Random Sparks"
features works by three local artists and one from the far reaches of
Minneapolis. Random because these artists do not represent one set
school of thought and Sparks because the work promises to ignite an internal
dialogue with the viewer.
Jeremy Ackerman
is a mixed media artist and musician whose current work has found him
immersed in the art of cut paper collage. Jeremy studied painting at
the Massachusetts College of Art where he eventually found himself exploring
conceptual based artwork. His newest pieces use stark psychedelic
imagery to illustrate his own personal "creation myths."
Jeremy currently lives in Ashland with
his wife Alex and son Jonas. He is the K-12 Art Instructor at Mellen
Public School.
Bob Graf
is a mixed-media artist whose current work finds him developing an evolving
series of abstract narratives. With his Masters of Fine Art from
Indiana University, he is currently exploring a complex blend of toys,
architecture, and his own visual library/playground to support these visual
stories.
Bob lives in Ashland with his wife Laura
and has recently purchased the old Casperson Heating Building to house
creative businesses through his new venture "ARTWERKS."
Doug Thomas
has been an art instructor for over 30 years. Doug's own work is a
series of explorations into various media and techniques that are often used
as instructional tools in his classroom.
Doug runs an art instruction studio in
downtown Washburn called "D. Thomas Art" for all mediums and experience
levels, at 308 W. Bayfield St., 715-373-5864. He also teaches
summer workshops in the area and fall and spring workshops in France.
Nick Wroblewski
is a Minneapolis based printmaker specializing in hand-cut wood block
prints. He studied art at Bennington College in Vermont and later
developed his technique of relief printmaking. He makes "reduction"
prints, carving a single block of wood differently for each color that is
printed. Nick's current work explores the beauty and elegance of
patterns and rhythms within the natural world.
Nick works from his studio in
Minneapolis. He has shown work at galleries in Minnesota, Vermont, and
Wisconsin and displays prints at art shows throughout the country.
Doug Thomas, Jeremy
Ackerman, Bob Graf
March/April 2007
Held to the Light,
a show of photography
Featuring work by
Steven Kreuser,
Harvey Nelson, and Ros Nelson.
Ros Nelson will show her computer enhanced photography. Steven
Kreuser's work will be abstracts in nature and Harvey Nelson's work includes
flowers and other nature photography.
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 8 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
January/February 2007
Welcoming Winter
January 2 - February 28
Featuring work by
Greg Alexander, Barb McFarland, Peg
Sandin, Catherine Sebek, Karen Thiel
Opening Reception
Special Showing
Thursday, January 18 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, January 2 5:00-8:00
Refreshments will be served.
Light refreshments will be served.
Barbara McFarland and Greg Alexander
Karen Thiel
Welcoming Winter
by
Laurie Otis
Who
says winter is a “down time” in the north land? Not this group of five
well-known area artists featured in Welcoming Winter, the
January/February show at Superior Artists’ Gallery (SAG) in Washburn. Greg
Alexander, Barb McFarland, Peg Sandin, Catherine Sebek and Karen Thiel will
open the show and meet the viewers at a reception on Thursday, January 18
from 5 to 7 p.m. Beyond that the show can be seen at the Gallery every
Saturday until February 28.
To
preview the show: each of these artists Welcomes Winter
in a
different medium and with a different approach. They work in oil,
watercolor, acrylic and stained glass. The results range from quiet winter
landscapes to bright remembrances of warmer days; from warm abstracts to set
you ‘winter dreaming’ to jewel-like glass hangings for capturing light on
dark or sunny days.
Greg Alexander
concentrates on depicting the northland in
all seasons and manages to make a snowy landscape come alive with peach,
pink, and purple in the sky and shadows. Not a newcomer to the Bay Area art
community, he lives in rural Ashland with his wife and two children where he
says he “has more beautiful scenes than he can paint in a lifetime.”
Recognizing him for his accuracy and detail, Steiner Prints of San
Francisco, CA has further written, “Greg Alexander, the winner of nine
conservation stamp competitions, today is rightly considered one of the
country’s finest wildlife artists.”
Peg
Sandin is also an Ashland native, now living in rural Saxon, who has been
active on the local art scene as an exhibitor and teacher of watercolor.
Her lifelong influence of the “Big Lake” is evident in her pieces in this
show when, as she says, “the trees hang heavy after a snowfall and become
soft and pastel in the winter light.” In sharp contrast are the feelings of
power and life inherent in her painting of the winter sea caves when, “the
ice build-up along Lake Superior forms unique crystal sculptures and ice
coats and decorates the sandstone along the shoreline.” She adds, “I always
look to our world around us for my work, but winter has become my favorite
season.”
“Large abstracts in strong color and textures,” is how Karen Kilbourne Thiel
of Northwind Studio in Bayfield describes her paintings in SAG’s current
show. Formerly of Manitowish Waters and Fond du Lac, Thiel has a BA in
Liberal Arts and has been doing mixed media art for over thirty years. Her
paintings grant the viewer the privilege of self-interpretation as well as
the enjoyment of form and shape.
Catherine Sebek’s pieces use the effect of light through colored glass to
brighten interiors, define designs, and cast colorful shadows. Her
combinations of cool pinks and greens in geometric patterns to the purples
and golds of an intricate, Victorian window hanging provide a warm and
welcome complement to any season. Sebek lives in Hayward with her daughter
where she opened her studio in 1985, creating stained glass, fused glass,
and mixed media pieces. Of her credentials she says, “I have a BA in
Psychology to satisfy that soul searching time in the 70s and a BA in
Education for that responsibility-laden time in the 80s. All the while I
was taking art classes in a variety of mediums and techniques.” She is
further known for her pastel works and teaching.
Bright landscapes, abstracts that evoke visions of ancient civilizations and
tropical climes far from winter and a whimsical painting of otters at play
in a winter stream are Barbara McFarland’s offerings in the Welcoming
Winter show. Working for over forty years in oils, transparent
watercolor, acrylics and collage, she divides her time between Bayfield and
Manitowish Waters in Wisconsin and Nevis, West Indies. Her works have been
accepted and recognized in National Expositions and represented by
Midwestern and Caribbean galleries. She states, “My passion to create
incorporates both hemispheres into a canvas of color, texture, content, and
I hope viewer involvement. Sharing with my family and friends the ancestral
journey of spirit and art is my greatest Joy!”
Welcoming
Winter is a show you won’t want to miss. Again, the opening reception
is on Thursday, January 18, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Superior Artists’ Gallery,
106 W. Bayfield St., Washburn, Wisconsin.
www.superiorartists.com. The show can also be viewed every Saturday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. until February 28.
December 2006
Dark to Light Art Exhibition
December 1 - December 30
Featuring work by
Sara Balbin,
Karen Maki, Mary McHugh,
Sara Qualey
Sara Qualey is a still life oil painter, Sara
Balbin is displaying her steel and rock sculpture, Maki uses a variety of
media, and McHugh is a landscape pastelist.
Opening Reception
Thursday, December 7 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
November 2006
Featuring 4 member
artists:
Bev Dehn
Jody Johnson
Mary Methven
Wendy Deerly Reese
Showing November 1 - November 29
Opening Reception
Thursday November 2, 5-7p.m.
Some pictures from the show
October 2006
Sayonara to Summer
featuring 4 member artists: Mary
McHugh, Jessica Gilbaugh, Janice Benson and Alice Ackerman.
Artists Reception
Thursday, October 5, 2006, 5-8pm at Superior Artists Gallery
Washburn Art Crawl
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Thursday, October 5, 2006, 5pm
Superior Artists Gallery, Washburn Cultural
Center, Good Thyme Bistro
Some images from the show
September 2006
Artistic License
featuring 4 member artists: Bonnie
Bergman, Dora Kling, Lois Osterberg and Laurie Otis.
Artists Reception
Thursday, September 7, 2006, 5-8pm at Superior Artists Gallery
Washburn Art Crawl
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Thursday, September 7, 2006, 5pm
Superior Artists Gallery, Washburn Cultural
Center, Good Thyme Bistro
August 2006
the Extraordinary
Artists of August
featuring 4 member artists:
Alex
Ackerman / Intuitive water color
Artist Statement:
These new watercolors are an exploration of “underwater spheres”. The
intense colors are reflective of the emotions I felt during pregnancy and
the first year of my son’s life. The experience of childbirth and motherhood
has helped me be more calm, patient, and free in my painting.
Birgit
Wolff / 2&3 dimensional wool art
Artist Statement: I have spent the greater portion of my life working to help the environment
by teaching and lecturing nationally and internationally. My goal now is to
convey environmental themes through my art. This series of wool felt
sculptures entitled “Nurturing the Earth” carries out that theme.
Janice K.
Benson / Stained Glass
Artist Statement:
The beauty of the light reflecting through the colored glass excites and
inspires me. I design each piece first with drawings and then use the
computer to aid in sizing and spacing the pieces of glass that make each
window.
Royanne
Goossen / Nature inspired Water colors
Artist Statement:
I have chosen Lake Superior for my inspiration for most of these paintings.
These scenes were painted from sketches and photos I took of each area
during the past decade. Painting the North Coast with watercolor is an
exciting challenge that fills me with both pleasure and humility.
Artists Reception
Thursday, August 3, 2006, 5-8pm at Superior Artists Gallery
Washburn Art Crawl
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Thursday, August 3, 2006, 5pm
Superior Artists Gallery
-- the Extraordinary Artists of August
Washburn Cultural Center
-- Robin Murphy / Ceramic Sculpture
Good Thyme Bistro
-- Student Artists of Doug Thomas & Music
Birgit, Jan, Alex, Royanne
Some images from the
show
July 2006
"4 by 4" --
Superior Artists Gallery Member Show
-- July 1-31, 2006
Artists Reception -- Thursday, July 13, 2006 from 5-7 PM
Superior Artists' Gallery presents the
exhibit "4 by 4", with four member artists: Bonnie Bergman, Jessica
Gilbaugh, Jody Johnson and Wendy Deerly Reese, 16 creative works and one
exquisite corpse! Opening reception on Thursday, July 13, 5-7pm.m.
Some images from the show
Exquisite corpse
June 2006
The Artists of June --
Superior Artists Gallery Member Show
Room For Art -- June 1-30, 2006
Artists Reception -- Thursday, June 8, 2006 from 5-8 PM
Artists
Mary Methven, Royanne Goossen, Dora Kling, Laurie Otis, Lois Osterberg
Artist Statements
"I feel blessed and inspired living in
an area of such great natural beauty. My paintings reflect the forest,
lakes, creatures and wild flowers of our Lake Superior country."
Royanne Goossen
"I do hope you
enjoy and appreciate seeing my active experience in the art of painting
these pictures. I love art whether seeing it, painting it or just mixing
the palette of colors."
Dora Kling
"I enjoy learning and experimenting in
various mediums, from photography to watercolor to oil to pastel. My
passion grows the more I learn and play." Mary Methven
"My passion for drawing and watercolor
painting has been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember.
My newest source of enjoyment and fulfillment has come from the opportunity
to share my knowledge of watercolor with my students at the Cornucopia
Lifelong Living Center." Lois Osterberg
“Alas, I am
not married to the muse; but we are good friends--hopefully with benefits.
I hope you enjoy viewing as much as I enjoy painting."
Laurie Otis
Watercolors by Royanne
Goossen
Pastels by Dora Kling
Pastels and watercolor by Mary Methven
Watercolors by Lois
Osterberg
Oils by Laurie Otis
May 2006
Go Figure, Drawings of Nude Figures
On Paper -- May 1-29, 2006
Artists Reception -- Friday, May 5, 2006 from 5-7 PM
Artists
Jason Terry (SAG member)
Krystal Meuleners
Jody Johnson (SAG member)
Emily Chesley
Jessica Gilbaugh (SAG member)
Jan MacFarlane
Pat Musil
Drawings
by Jason Terry and Jessica Gilbaugh
Drawings
by Jody Johnson
Drawings
by several other artists
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