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Esther Abate
  
Email: 
ebate@provide.net

Karen Alberti - pen & ink; pastel and pencil drawings; oil, acrylic and collage paintings
  
Email: 
roykar@sbcglobal.net

Barb Anderson - acrylic; oil; watercolor
  
Email: 
barband@sbcglobal.net

Art can describe joy, sorrow, pain, the state of the world - many things. Barb's paintings are a product of mood. Sometimes she starts a painting on a somber note and it ends up full of joy, or vice versa. They all come from life experiences, memories stored in her brain. Often they are skewed in her presentation as a dream is - a bit muddled in recall. She never likes to tell the whole story. It is for you, the viewer to fill in the blanks.

After retiring from teaching, Barb pursued her latent interest in art with vigor.  She now views the world through rose-colored glasses and plays with the hues that they create.  Barb has exhibited at various juried exhibitions and was the Palette & Brush Artist of the Year for Detroit in 1999.

Pictured: Voices from the Past, Oil, 16 x 12

Barbara S. Anderson
  
Email: 
bsa328@earthlink.net

Elaine Ang - colored pencil; oil; pastel
  
Email: 
elaineang@comcast.net

Annalee

Nancy Arndt
   Email: 
narndt@umich.edu

Virginia Artis
   Email: 
vartis500@yahoo.com


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Anne Bachman - mixed media

Mary Bachman
   Email: 
bachman@provide.net

Anne Bagley - acrylics
   Email:  artbagley@yahoo.com

Ruthanne Baker - watercolor; acrylic; collage
   Email: 
rbakermb@ameritech.net

Marjorie Barritt - watercolor; monotype; photography; mixed media
   Email: 
margb@umich.edu

When Marjorie retired she began doing watercolor sketches on her own and also took a series of classes and workshops. With the acquisition of a digital camera she began experimenting with mixed media by combining black and white photographs printed on transparent paper with backgrounds of watercolor, monotype, pastel or Conté pencil. The subjects tend to be architectural or architectural forms in nature.

Pictured:  North Campus Fountain, Mixed Media, 5" x 6"

Cassandra Barrs
   Email: 
cb125bagend@yahoo.com

Eileen Behmer

Sandra Berman - watercolor
   Email: 
saberman@umich.edu

Barbara L. Bergman - photography and digital prints
  
Email: 
bergmanb@ewashtenaw.org

Suzanne A. Beutler - oil on large canvases
   Email: 
sbeutler@umich.edu

Suzanne enjoys painting with oils on large canvases. Usually, she paints with a purpose. She painted seven canvases telling her family history, wanting to leave them as a legacy for her children and grandchildren. After several trips to India, she needed to express some of her deep feelings about the poverty she observed. Suzanne shows hope in these paintings of school children in juxtaposition to the street scenes.

Suzanne has been actively participating in local artist organizations and has exhibited her work in several museum shows, gallery exhibitions, invitational group exhibitions, public art in Ann Arbor and Cincinnati, and juried art fair booths in Michigan and Indiana.

Pictured:  In My Garden, Oil on Canvas, 3' x 4'

Deborah Bilinski
   Email: 
deborah.e.bilinski@jci.com

Marlene Blum - acrylic
   Email: 
mblum5305@aol.com

Marlene is a storyteller. Her paintings go beyond a wish to provide an aesthetic experience even though beauty of color, symbols and textures are an essential aspect of her work. Her intention is to evoke in the viewer the sense that something “other” than the visual inhabits the work. This sense moves toward The Mystery and invokes a feeling, a phrase, a connection, allowing the viewer to see their images and stories within. Marlene works in acrylics and experiments with gels and glosses, stamps she has designed and stencils. Her work has been featured in one person exhibitions and juried shows. Marlene served as President of AAWA from 2004-2006.

Pictured:  The Gift, Acrylic and Collage, 40 x 32

Ina E. Bodnar
   Email: 
inabdr@aol.com

Delores Boos
   Email: 
dboos@cablespeed.com

Janice Stevens Botsford - mixed media
   Email: 
jsbotsford@hotmail.com

Sandra L. Bozer - oil
   Email: 
theartistsandra@cs.com

   Visit:  www.SandraBozerFineArt.com

Sandra is primarily an oil painter who paints portraits, landscapes and still lifes. She favors the painterly approach to her artwork, while capturing the “feeling” of her subjects, as taught to her by the artists Everett Raymond Kinstler and Michael Shane Neal in their workshops. Currently she’s exploring the limited palette, a palette of red, yellow, blue and white for her paint colors, as taught to her by the artist Dawn Whitelaw in her workshops. Sandra’s portrait Leyla was chosen as a finalist in the Richeson 75 International Figure and Portrait Competition 2007.

Pictured:  Leyla, Oil, 24 x 20

Rose Bradley - watercolor; pastel; graphite
   Email: 
rbradley@med.umich.edu

   Visit:  http://homepage.mac.com/rose.a.Bradley/

Rose began exploring watercolor 12 years ago and soon rediscovered a love of art and skill in drawing and painting. She has pursued this passion through instruction, reading and painting constantly. Some years ago Rose quit half her job to paint more and perfect her portrait technique. The mystery of watercolor makes it the most exciting medium for Rose. It is her choice for sharing the beauty of every created thing including Michigan’s varied landscapes and its seasons. In her portraits, the luminous quality of the paint allows for delicateness in skin tone and the light she strives for in rendering a likeness. She has completed numerous commissioned portraits as well as earned entry in many juried shows. Rose teaches portrait painting in watercolor for the Chelsea Center for the Arts.

Pictured:  Portrait of the Artist, Watercolor, 11 x 14

Jenna Brand
 
  Email: 
jennaral@mail.com

Dorothy D. Bray
   Email: 
ddbray801@earthlink.net

Anne Breiholz - pastel; acrylic

Ruth Brooks
   Email: 
rutiav@hotmail.com

Barbara Brown - book artist
   Email: 
barbarab@omnimediagrp.com

Barbara is a book artist. Her career began with a strong interest in fabric, which gradually led to papermaking and then bookbinding. Her studios are in her home. From 1995-2001 Barbara studied French fine binding at the American Academy of Bookbinding in Telluride Co. with Tini Miura, a world renowned design binder. In addition to fine binding, she also makes artist books using many different alternative bindings, and does her own printing. Barbara often works collaboratively with writers and photographers. Since the early 1990's she has taught and exhibited widely and curated book shows. Barbara is a member of Washington Street Gallery, and is on the faculty of the Hollander's School of Paper and Book Arts.

Pictured:  Travel Atlas, Coptic Binding with Wooden Covers, 3" X 4"

Ilona M. Brustad - mosaic; acrylic
   Email: 
imbrustad@aol.com

   Visit:  www.IlonaBrustad.com

Paint has always been Ilona’s medium. Since receiving a BFA degree, she has chosen acrylic paint as most useful for her technique. Several years ago she became fascinated with mosaics and began to incorporate pieces of colored glass, bits of mirror, and pottery pieces into her paintings. Ilona’s goal is to create a physical as well as visual depth and to weave the paint and glass together without a noticeable break in the flow of the image. She enjoys the brilliance of the glass and the tactile elements of the ceramic tesserae.

Ilona is represented by the Chelsea Gallery in Chelsea, Michigan, and the River Street Gallery in Manistee, Michigan. In addition to AAWA she is a member of Chelsea Painters, the Society of American Mosaic Artists and MosaicArtists.org.

Pictured:  Cathedral in Starlight, Mosaic, 24 x 32

Miriam Brysk - digital
   Email: 
mmbrysk@comcast.net

Science and art have been Miriam’s life’s passions. Most of her professional life has been spent as a scientist in academia. She is a self taught artist. Since retiring, the computer has become vital to her art. She creates original images on the computer: either painted directly on the computer, or derived through the manipulation of algorithmic equations, or derived from digital photography. Her art has been strongly influenced by her childhood experiences in the Nazi Holocaust. Most of Miriam’s recent work has sought to portray the suffering and death of those who perished in the Holocaust. Her art has been exhibited in numerous solo shows at Holocaust museums and art centers.

Pictured:  Ala, Archival Pigment Print on Rag Paper, 24 x 31.

Tammy L. Burke - watercolor
   Email: 
tammylynnburke@hotmail.com

Mary L. Byers
   Email: 
marybyers@starband.net


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Deborah Campbell
   Email: 
deborahkaycampbell@gmail.com

Robert G. Carrigan, Jr. - watercolor; watermedia
  
Email: 
francar26@aol.com

Barbara Carson - clay and mixed media sculpture
  
Email: 
bacarson@gmail.com

   Visit:  www.BeyondBarbie.net

Barbara's passion for creating began in childhood growing up in Southwest Detroit. With limited art resources, in her early work she improvised using objects found in her neighborhood. Working with intuitive and outsider artists during her career in mental health provided a creative surge. Yet, something was always missing. Traveling to Italy, France, Costa Rica, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia helped her to understand themes of her youth. Today, her sculptural clay and mixed media works grow from personal insights linked to broader issues. Juried exhibitions include: Ann Arbor Art Center, Scarab Club, Lansing Art Center, U-M Duderstadt Gallery, Michigan Guild, and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. She is an active member of AAWA and Women's Caucus for Art. She was formerly the Executive Director of Art Oasis Gallery and Studio.

Pictured:  The Patriot, Mixed Media - Artist Sculpted Clay Head and Torso with Found Objects, 17 x 9 x 5

Patti Casteel
  
Email: 
patticasteel@gmail.com

Martha Ceccio
  
Email: 
mceccio@comcast.net

Wendy Chaiken - photography; mixed media
  
Email: 
schaiken@umich.edu

James C. Clark - watercolor; wheel-thrown porcelain miniatures
  
Email: 
artclarks@aol.com

Jim Clark arrived in Michigan in the mid-sixties to study zoology at the University of Michigan. A decade later, he had become a potter and a member of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild. Half a decade after that, following a personal challenge, he had evolved into a miniature potter – a maker of wheel-thrown porcelain miniatures. These have been sold at miniature shows both locally and in many states. Today, he still makes porcelain miniatures. He has been at it so long that his earlier pieces have appeared on eBay as “vintage”, and he occasionally receives reports, through secondary parties, of his recent death.

At the end of the last millennium he became interested in watercolor. Essentially self taught in this medium, he took one beginning class and then started to teach watercolor classes the same year - a great way to learn. He has been a member of the Chelsea Painters since 2000, and is also a member of the Ann Arbor Women Artists. He has exhibited with both groups for the last seven years, and has won awards for both his painting and pottery in AAWA juried shows. Several of his watercolor scenes of the Ann Arbor area have appeared as covers for the Ann Arbor Observer.

Pictured:  White Dogwood, Watercolor, 11 x 14

Barbara Clifford
  
Email: 
jdcmd@umich.edu

Susan Clinthorne - watercolor; pastel
  
Email: 
sclint55@email.com

Jane L. Coates - oil; glass
  
Email: 
jacoart@sbcglobal.net

Elizabeth Coe
  
Email: 
LizzyandDon@comcast.net

Beth Colaner-Kenney - pastel; charcoal
  
Email: 
bcolaner@comcast.net

Lynda Cole - encaustic; 3D geometry; digital
  
Email: 
lynda@lcole.com

   Visit:  www.LCole.com

The work Linda does always begins with an exploration of materials. She uses encaustic wax alone on plexiglas and wood and in combination with digital prints and sumi ink prints. She also uses wax in some of her 3-Dimensional geometry that hangs in space. In addition to wax Linda uses metal leaf on plexiglas and mylar. The air helps Linda paint these.

Pictured:  Secret Lives of Waves, Encaustic Wax on Plexiglas with Stainless Steel Hangers, 72 x 30

Cheryl Conrad
  
Email: 
tomncherry@sbcglobal.net

Susan Craig

Susan Crawley
   Email:  susienaugle@msn.com

Connie Cronenwett - oil; collage; mixed media
  
Email: 
conniecro@comcast.net

Connie spent her career years teaching high school art. This was a wonderful fit, not only because she enjoyed inspiring and challenging students in creating and appreciating art, but because it gave her the opportunity to teach multiple media in the fine arts- from drawing, printmaking, and painting to jewelry, ceramics, and sculpture.

The subject matter for her work has been landscape – more specifically, landscape that reflects the moods and energy we experience in the natural world. Her diverse background is reflected by her work in a range of media – pastel, oil, collage, and, most recently, poured acrylic. In addition to showing with AAWA, she has had two partnered and two solo exhibits.

Pictured:  Long Lake, Twilight, Oil, 38 x 48

Velinka Cucuz

 

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