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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.jpg)
- 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.jpg)
- 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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