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

Anne Bachman - mixed media

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

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

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

Marlene Blum - acrylic
   Email:  mblum5305@aol.com

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

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

Anne Breiholz - pastel; acrylic

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"

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.

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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

   Visit:  www.LCole.com

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