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Beth Adams-Ouillette - photography
   Email:  elkrad@hotmail.com

Karen Alberti - pen & ink; pastel; colored pencil; oil; acrylic; collage
  
  
Email: 
roykar@sbcglobal.net

Karen Alberti has a BA from the University of Michigan and has taken graduate art classes at Eastern Michigan University. She does drawing with pencil, pen/ink, and pastel; and painting with oils, and acrylics. Her art is expressive and colorful. The study of art history, including Expressionism, the Fauves,
and Der Blaue Reiter group, continues to impact her work.

Pictured: Posing, Pencil and Ink Pen, 20 x 16
 


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

   Visit:  www.BarbAndersonArt.com

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 - watercolor
  
Email: 
bsa328@earthlink.net

As a child, Barbara dreamed of being an artist. Her parents, however, encouraged her to focus on something more practical. With a college degree in journalism from the
University of Michigan, she went on to a thirty-year career in public school teaching.

Only after retiring from teaching in 1997 was she finally able to return to her childhood dream. She took art classes and became fascinated with watercolor and the possibilities it offered for structure and transparency in natural settings. Her work has been accepted in several juried shows and she regularly exhibits at Daisy Lake Gallery in Dexter. She is also a member of the Westside Artists’ Studio.

Pictured:  Agave, Watercolor,
20 3/4 x 25 3/4
 

 


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

Annalee - watercolor
  
Email:  annalee521@hotmail.com

Nancy Arndt
- oil; acrylic; black and white photography
   Email: 
narndt@umich.edu


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Anne Bachman - mixed media

Mary Bachman - oils; pastel; photography; colored pencil; watercolor
   Email:  bachman1@comcast.net

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

Marjorie Barritt - watercolor; 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:  Ghosts of War, Watercolor and Collage, 21 x 14
 

Marlene Piasecki Beck - watercolor; mixed media
  
Email: 
marpia2@aol.com

Marlene Piasecki Beck became actively involved in watercolor painting in January of 2000 when she retired after 28 years of teaching.  She currently studies under various artists in and around Michigan.  Her paintings have sold locally in Chelsea, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where she and her husband spend their summers.  Marlene was honored to have one of her paintings selected by the Ronald McDonald House selection committee as a Christmas card choice for purchase in 2008.  She is an active member of Ann Arbor Women Artists, Chelsea Center for the Arts and the Hiawatha Club Painters.

Pictured:  Michigan Barn, Watercolor,
              14 x 20



Michelle L. Beck
- acrylic; pastel; watercolor

Eileen Behmer - watercolor; pastel

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

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

     Visit:  www.SuzanneBeutler.com

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, and 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 that she's designed, and stencils. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions and in juried shows. Marlene served as President of Ann Arbor Women Artists from 2004-2006.

Pictured:  Jubilation, Acrylic, 40 x 32

Ina E. Bodnar - pastel; collage; watercolor; acrylic
   Email: 
inabdr@aol.com

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

Born and raised in England, Janice came to Michigan to complete a Masters degree in Social Work at the University of Michigan. She works part-time as a Psychotherapist while pursuing life as an artist. Over the years, she has studied with prominent artists such as Gerald Brommer, Don Andrews and Polly Hammett.

"When I paint or work on a collage time stands still as I get totally lost in the adventure of creating. I have discovered that Art is an essential part of my own self-expression. Although I still love watercolor, mixed media collage is exciting to me with its potential for the use of so many complex shapes, colors and textures. I enjoy experimenting with different media as I grow, develop and change as an artist, working to find my own, unique "voice". I love the natural world around me and so find landscapes and organic forms appealing. I also enjoy figurative work. I tend to be an optimist and life and what it presents cannot be more inspiring. It is intriguing to discover that there is always something challenging and new around the corner."

Janice has won awards from the Michigan Watercolor Society and the Ann Arbor Women Artists. In 1994 she was commissioned by the United Nations Association to do a collage commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the UN. She has worked on several Chelsea community arts projects including the mosaic sculpture Pathway to Renewal, completed in 2003. Her work has been accepted into juried shows locally and state wide, and can be found in private and international collections.

Janice has taught a number of art workshops and is professionally associated with the Chelsea Painters and the Ann Arbor Women Artists. Her work can be found at the Chelsea Gallery, and the Manistee River Street Gallery.

Pictured: Symphony, Mixed Media, 25 x 27

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

Dorothy D. Bray - mixed media
   Email: 
ddbray801@earthlink.net

Anne Breiholz - pastel; acrylic

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

     Visit:  www.wsg-art.com

Barbara's constructions provide a vehicle for image and text. She begins with text then adds pictures culled from photographs, monoprints and/or drawings which she often digitally alters, reprints and collages. "I do not know where the images will take me when I start, but the colors and shapes interact with the text and show me how the work should unfold." It can be an extremely time consuming process which melds the mystery, spirit, and humor found in the images with the meticulous craftsmanship asked for in printing and constructing books. She feels that these books are like mysterious little worlds.

Pictured:  Poseidon, Mixed Media Artist Book, 8 X 26 extended

Ilona M. Brustad - mosaic; mixed media; 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:  The Great Gate of Kiev, Mixed Media Mosaic, 32 x 24

Yuling Bruya - mixed media; 3D; acrylic; watercolor; fiber
  
Email:  ycbruya@gmail.com

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.

Lea Bult - mixed media
  
Email:  pawepana@hotmail.com

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

Mary L. Byers - ceramics
   Email: 
marybyers@starband.net


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Barbara Melnik 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:  Summer Self, Mixed Media Clay Sculpture, 7 x 10 x 8

Patti Casteel - oil
  
Email: 
patticasteel@gmail.com

Martha Ceccio - oils; encaustics
  
Email: 
mceccio@comcast.net

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

Emily Chiesa - acrylic; collage; drawing
  
Email:  emily.chiesa@hotmail.com

Paula Christie - acrylic, oil, pencil, ink, charcoal
  
Email:  paula_christie@hotmail.com

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, and 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.

Toward the end of the last millennium, he became interested in
watercolor and now pursues two careers.  Still a member of the Potters
Guild
, he joined the Chelsea Painters in 2000, later becoming one of
the "few good men" of the Ann Arbor Women Artists. Jim has exhibited
within all three groups and has won awards for both his painting and
pottery in Ann Arbor Women Artists' juried shows. His watercolor
scenes of the Ann Arbor area occasionally appear as covers for the Ann
Arbor Observer
.

Pictured:  Yellow Hibiscus, Watercolor, 10 x 14

Barbara Clifford - pastel; watercolor; oil
  
Email: 
jdcmd@umich.edu

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

Since receiving a BFA from EMU, Susan has enjoyed painting in her studio and at "plein air" outings. She works in watercolor, gouache, and pastels - switching from one to the other or combining. Her subject matter includes flowers, landscape, figures and still life subjects. She is compelled to try too capture the beauty she sees and preserve the essence.

"I always feel I am one of the luckiest people in the world because I look at things from an artist's point of view. I may see colors in the trees that no one else sees or I may see a huge drama played out in the simple form of a flower."

Pictured:  Pike St. Flowers, Pastel, 11 x 17

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

Elizabeth Coe
  
Email: 
LizzyandDon@comcast.net

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

Beth enjoys working in charcoal and pastels. Art was her major in high school and in college where she studied under John Lockhardt and was introduced to the personal and intimate art of Life Drawing. She especially likes the quick, interpretive gesture drawings. She co-founded a weekly Life Drawing Session which meets at Eastern Michigan University.

She has served on the Board of AAWA in the capacity of Newsletter Editor and Historian, which she held during the 50th anniversary celebration of the group. She was a Graphic Artist at the U-M Law School before retiring and used her expertise to design the current AAWA logo.

In addition to showing with AAWA, she has had her work displayed at the Cedar Key Art Center in Florida. Traveling has curtailed her involvement in AAWA, but hopefully that will change in the near future.

Pictured:  Raven, Charcoal, 20 x 16

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

   Visit:  www.LCole.com

Cheryl Conrad - drawing; oil
  
Email: 
tomncherry@sbcglobal.net

Chrisa Craig - oil
  
Email:  chrisacraig@sbcglobal.net

Susan Craig
   Email:  chrisacraig@sbcglobal.net

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

 

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