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Michael Dean Hahn - Acrylic
Email:
mdhahnart@comcast.net
Katie Halton - Painting, Photography
Email:
katiehalton@gmail.com
Visit: www.katiehalton.com
Katie Halton grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was raised with an appreciation of the arts, rigorously studying dance, music, and visual arts from a young age. After completing her degree at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design, Katie traveled the world, living in London and touring Thailand. Upon her return, she fell in love with painting and has since completed multiple series of work. She has been part of many exhibitions in the Ann Arbor area, including solo shows, and aspires to spread her work worldwide. She is also the owner of Katie Halton Photography, a business offering artistic wedding photography. Pictured: Deer with Cityscape, Acrylic on Artist Board, 18” x 24”
Carol A. Hanna - Acrylic
Email:
carol@mectron.net
Visit: www.carolhanna.com
The “Songs of the Birds” series was inspired while listening to a bird sing in a wooded area along the shore of Lake Michigan. Since that defining moment, Carol has endeavored to transform the sound of bird song to the two-dimensional surface. Her desire is to interpret the song in color, rhythm, and illusion of time. Each bird’s color is matched with an actual bird specimen and the painting composed while listening to its recorded song and viewing its sonogram. The paintings are then airbrushed for the shimmering effect of color when sprayed (compared to color when applied by brush). Mr. James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, recently juried Carol into a benefit show in Chicago, and Ms. Catherine Evans, Chief Curator of the Columbus Museum of Art juried her into the Majestic Galleries Annual show in Nelsonville, Ohio. She shows in local and AAWA events and has a studio in her home. Pictured: Song of the Lazuli Bunting, Airbrushed acrylic on canvas, 32” x 56”
Nina Elizabeth Hauser - Photography
Email:
ninaehauser@aol.com
Visit: www.NinaEHauser.com
Until five years ago, Nina captured images of landscapes and people in black and white photographs, processed in her darkroom. Then a digital camera appeared in her life and color was integrated into her work. An abiding interest in natural light infuses her portrait work and also fuels investigations into the environment and all it contains. She strives to project the pleasure that the observation of a flower, an animal or a particular sense of place gives to her. A shared moment between the viewer and the photographer that can give pause and transmit delight is what motivates her. Pictured: Farmhouse by the Wayside, 6.5” x 4.5”, Digital Photography
Elaine Headly-Mouradian - Painting, Drawing
Email:
headlye@comcast.net
Susan Robinson Heaslip - Drawing, Sculpture
Email:
srobheaslip@att.net
Michelle A. Hegyi - Painting, Acrylic,
Oil, Encaustic, Digital, Photography
Email: mhegyi@umich.edu
Michelle A. Hegyi’s abstractions of color
and light have been described by one reviewer as ”landscapes
of the soul”. An award-winning artist who has exhibited in
numerous juried shows, she is a co-owner of the artist-owned
WSG Gallery in Ann Arbor, and is a member of AAWA, Ann
Arbor’s Art and Design Junto, and a founding member of the
digital artists’ collective The Art Alchemists of southeast
Michigan. She has also served on the jury of the Ann Arbor
Street Art Fair. One of her solo shows ”Spaces of Encounter”
was selected by dialogue, a midwestern visual arts magazine,
as ”Best of the Midwest”. A painter and colorist, she uses
the computer extensively in her studio, alone and in
combination with a variety of other media, currently
enjoying the luminous qualities of encaustic.
Pictured: The Shape of the Sky, No. 9,
Variation 1, Encaustic and Pigment Ink, 23” x 23” x
2.75"
Catherine Hetzner - Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
aahetz@yahoo.com
Jane Higgins - Watercolor
Catherine Hightower - Assemblage, Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
artist@hightower.org
Pamela Hoffer - Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Email:
phoffer@umich.edu
Tobi Hollander
Email:
tobi@generaloilco.com
Theresa Hood - Oil
Email:
jonesedith@hotmail.com
Helen Huebl
Email:
hhuebls@aol.com
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Molly Ann Indura - Acrylic
Email:
mollyannindura@hotmail.com
Visit: www.bethelight.org/Site/Indura_Art.html
Molly is a self-taught, intuitive artist who flows with the energy of each painting, tuning in and listening or feeling what it is calling for, rarely knowing what it is before she starts. She stays in the moment and allows the work to be created as she goes. She feels like art is part of her destiny, what she’s here to do. Molly received a calling to start painting soon after her grandmother, a watercolor artist, died in 2006. Before that, she had primarily been doing pastel and pencil work. What she enjoys most about painting with acrylics is the versatility as a very flexible medium, with a range that allows her to lay down heavy textures or light watercolor-type strokes.
Molly finds that art is a reflection and metaphor for life, teaching her about trusting the perfection and guidance in each moment. Each piece seems to go through an awkward phase during which she wonders if she’s ruined it, and then she remembers to let go and trust the process. It always comes out as it should, with the parts she thought were mistakes being an integral part of the texture or movement of the piece. Each piece tends to use different painting techniques, things she’s not tried before and has trouble recreating when she does try. She feels the energy of each piece - they are all individual energies being expressed and embedded in the work – and when she paints them, the energy comes in, and when people view them, they receive that energy. Pictured: Faerie Night, Acrylic, 30” x 40”
Sue Iott - Fiber
Email:
sueiott@hotmail.com
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Judith Jacobs - Printmaking
Email:
jejacobs@comcast.net 
Visit: www.judithjacobs.com
Judith earned a B.S. in Design from the University of Michigan School of Architecture and Design in 1964, majoring in painting and printmaking (primarily lithography). She has exhibited her work for over 40 years in regional and national shows and in arts publications. A former paper-and-paste collagist, she now scans photos of graffiti, popular culture images, and her own previous work, then layers them in Photoshop to manipulate and recombine. In addition to pigment ink prints on archival paper, she has recently been creating chine colle by adhering various papers to a larger sheet, then printing one or more created Photoshop layers over this collage. Please see ”Recent Work” on her website for a further explanation and examples of these and other digital artwork. Pictured: Flyover, Pigment ink chine colle, 24” x 31.5”
Donna Johnston - Oil, Watercolor
Email:
dj848@aol.com
 Donna has lived most of her life in Saline, Michigan, which gave her a love for small towns and rural landscapes. She studied drawing, painting and art history at Washtenaw Community College and Eastern Michigan University. Additionally, she has studied watercolor and painting with Taylor Jacobsen for several years. Several paintings have been put into limited edition prints whose editions sold out. Donna has sold her work at Audree Levy Invitational Art Fairs, the Ann Arbor Art Center Corporate Art Program, Elaine’s Gallery and Saline Picture Frame Company. She is a member of the Michigan Watercolor Society. Pictured: Evening At Solowczuk’s, Watercolor, 11” x 30”
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Lidia Kaku - Oil, Mixed Media Paintings
Email:
lidiardK@yahoo.com
The affinity people find in objects, art, and music of cultures other than their own has always fascinated Lidia. ”We are always in search of that which completes us or that which allows us to express our selves.” Her works are representational compositions of objects and patterns on a combination of flat and deep surfaces where the blending of cultural motifs, our heritage images and new impressions, all come together to create a kaleidoscopic view of our own (Lidia also does commissioned portraits). The use of space and cropped objects are reminiscent of Asian artwork, a favorite of the artist. Pictured: Favorite Objects, Oil, 18” x 24”
Lois Kane
Email:
logokane@comcast.net
Adrienne Kaplan - Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor
Email:
agkap@umich.edu
Adrienne Kaplan is a partner at WSG gallery. She paints with water color and acrylics, draws with charcoal pencil chalks and pastels, and sculpts in clay. The work is colorful, remotely representational, energetic and enthusiastic. She has a great passion to make art and does whenever she can. Pictured: Santa Fe Courtyard, Acrylic, 21” X 21”
Maureen Cassidy Keast - Acrylic, Watercolor, Ceramics/Pottery, Glass, Sculpture
Email:
mkeast1@aol.com
Maureen began enjoying painting within the last 5 years while attending Leslie Masters’ classes at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (she’s now fortunate to attend Leslie’s Ann Arbor classes, as well as sculpture and ceramics classes at Wayne County Community College). The creative process is fascinating to Maureen as she watches her paintings evolve into an expression of her story.
Overwhelming feelings of urgency to depict what is happening in our fast paced world - to stop and record an event or feeling from life - is a new experience for Maureen, and her newest direction is exploring visual effects through acrylic mediums. Maureen is interested in the various moods that these acrylic mediums produce, and recent works show the importance of telling a story from her life through painting.
In addition to active membership with the Ann Arbor Women Artists, she is a board member of the Downriver Arts & Crafts Guild and an active member of Acanthus Art Society (originators of the Wyandotte Street Fair in Michigan). Pictured: Spring Attraction, Mixed media, 22” x 30”
Kathleen M. Kelley - Colored Pencil
Email:
kmk3065@aol.com
Kathy Kelley has always loved both to travel and to take photographs on her journeys. She has always been inspired by the beauty of the world around her, both natural and man-made, and by the variety of landscapes and people that comprise that world. Eight years ago, after taking The Artist’s Way course, Kathy knew exactly what else she wanted to do. She wished to draw those scenes that had so impressed her on her travels. Her choice of the colored pencil as her primary medium was an easy one. It is both portable and dynamic, yielding sharp edges and rich colors. She finds that pencils are easy to take on her journeys, but her complex and detailed finished works always result from long and intensive hours over the drawing board using her photographs for reference. Her journeys include places close to home as well as those far away. In addition to her membership in the AAWA, Kathy is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and of the Detroit Chapter of the CPSA. Pictured: Hidden Garden, Savannah, Colored pencil, 12” x 9”
Christy Kelly-Bentgen - Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
christykel@hotmail.com
Christy Kelly-Bentgen received a BFA in Painting from St. Mary’s Notre Dame followed by graduate work at the University of Notre Dame and a BA in Art Education from University of Detroit. Having traveled and studied in Mexico, Italy and Egypt, she brings a unique cross-cultural perspective to her work. Over the years she has worked as an artist and educator in schools and museums in New England and the Midwest. She has also worked as an art director, production potter and gallery manager.
Always open to experimenting with new materials, Christy now describes herself as a “re-emerging” mixed media artist. In 2001, she received a grant to produce a body of work documenting the experience of Living with Breast Cancer which has been touring venues throughout the Midwest. Other interests include acting, writing, cooking, and enjoying the outdoors. Pictured: Outwitting Aphrodite, Acrylic and Mixed Media, 27” x 35.5”
Victoria Klein - Acrylic, Mixed Media Paintings, Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
artsyone0614@comcast.net
Bill Knudstrup - Oil
Email:
bknudstrup@aol.com
Bill is an oil painter who uses bright colors, abstract forms and dynamic compositions to elicit a strong reaction to his representational subject matter. Each of his paintings is created to work on emotional, intellectual and instinctual levels, challenging and rewarding the viewer. Bill has had numerous solo exhibits received glowing reviews in the greater Ann Arbor and Lansing area. He is a member of the Chelsea Painters and is represented by the Chelsea Gallery in Chelsea, Michigan. Pictured: Pink Sandals, Oil, 40” x 30”
Janet Kohler - Pastel, Charcoal
Email:
Jskohler@sbcglobal.net
Janet received her BFA from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI and her MFA from Eastern Michigan University. She teaches figure and portrait drawing, color mixing with pastels, and landscape painting en Plein-Air at the Ann Arbor Art Center. Janet’s pastels and oils have been exhibited nationally and internationally and hang throughout many corporate and private collections. She has received many honors and awards and received 1st place in the pastel category in the Kennedy Promotions “BEST OF” book series,
Best Of Michigan Artists & Artisans 2006. You can see more of Janet’s work at
www.michiganpleinair.com or by appointment with her representative at ArtSearch in Ann Arbor, MI. Pictured: Spring 2008, Pastel, 11.5” x 17”
Kristen Letts Kovak - Acrylic, Oil, Drawing
Email:
klkovak@hotmail.com
Helen Krysan - Oil
Ruth Hogan Krzyzowski - Oil, Pastel
Email:
rkrzyz@ic.net
Visit: web.me.com/rkrzyz
Formerly known as “Mrs. K,” Ruth Hogan Krzyzowski was an elementary teacher in the Ann Arbor Public Schools for 22 years, teaching ESL at Carpenter School, then 1st and 2nd Grades at Abbot Elementary. Prior to that, she taught Adult ESL in Ann Arbor, and spent her vacations traveling to the beautiful places she now loves to paint. Ruth grew up in Detroit, one of a large extended family (the O’Connells and Hogans). She studied Sociology at Wayne State University (BA) and Education at the University of Michigan (MA), taking many art classes along the way.
Ruth paints in oil, gouache, and pastel and ink and enjoys the puzzle of trying to capture the essence of a landscape in a painting. She aims for a blend of rich, Impressionistic texture in a simple, Zen-like composition. She admires artists who walk the line between disciplined depth and playful looseness, and strives for that balance in her work.
Ruth’s paintings are inspired by a love of the beautiful landscapes she’s been fortunate to spend time in - mountains and canyons, oceans, lakes, and rivers. She paints as a way to remind us of all the beauty in our natural world. In order to support the preservation of natural lands in northern Michigan, she has sold note cards of her paintings, donating the proceeds to the Little Traverse Conservancy. Pictured: Dusk, Rio Grande, Oil, 25” x 36”
Laila Kujala - Acrylic
Email:
laila@pinklotusstudio.com
Visit: www.lailakujala.com
Laila’s paintings mostly reflect her spiritual seeking, with her ideas arriving through dreams and meditation that she refers to as “the art of love and light.” Her wish is to inspire, uplift and comfort the viewers of her art, to offer them a reminder that there is more to life than what is visible to the physical eye. Molly also designs and creates silver, bronze and copper jewelry. As a contrast to her paintings, her jewelry is very earthy, with many pieces being direct castings or imprints of parts of the Mother Earth herself. In addition, Molly has fun creating “Kiss Kiss Stufflings,” a line of artsy stuffed animals and puppets available on her website. Pictured: Path of Love, Acrylic, 24” x 24”
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Julieane LaBeau
Email:
labeau2003@hotmail.com
Alma S. Lach - Photography
Email:
alma@almalach.com
Visit: www.AlmaLach.com
Alma Lach, one of the great chefs, cookbook writers and television personalities of the 20th century, is also an inveterate photographer. In addition to her traditional photography methods, she has created an exhibit of scanned flowers - as opposed to scanned images of photographs of flowers - in which the scanner captures the image using a line of light (instead of a point of light as does a camera), allowing us to see a flower more as the binocular vision of our eyes see it.
During this 6-hour process (per image), she arranges the flowers on the scanner, mindful of thinking upside down and remembering that left is right and right is left on the monitor. The scanned image is then saved in Adobe PhotoShop, where it’s magnified at ”500” and inspected for dirt, dust and tiny holes (where insects may have dined on the flowers), and finally, all imperfections caused by the environment are corrected in the same-size pixels (dots) and color as the existing flower (a 1/16-inch hole might take 40 pixels to correct). Pictured: Bee Rosey, Photography, 6” x 6”
Lily LaFollette - Oil
Email:
pleinair@surfbest.net
Visit: www.lilylafollette.blogspot.com
Lily LaFollette has studied with many nationally and internationally known artists and began developing her art seriously in 1998 from her rural studio in Fowlerville. Lily entertains the viewer with a variety of styles and moods: realistic, impressionistic and whimsical. Light and a strong sense of design guide her in her quest. Her landscape inspirations come from painting en plein air during her travels. She is an award winning artist affiliated with the Great Lakes Plein Air Painters, Ann Arbor Women Artists, Michigan Plein Air Painters and the Mid Michigan Art Guild among others. More of her artwork is at:
http://www.glpapa.com/LilyLaFollette.htm or you can follow her on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/lilylafollette. Pictured: Twilight Gathering, Oil, 8” x 10”
Linda C. Lemke - Pastel
Email:
lindalemke@sbcglobal.net
Mary Light - Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor
Email:
bilandmarlight@yahoo.com
Pam Lindberg - Photography
Email:
pjlindberg@comcast.net
Lois Lovejoy - Watercolor
Email:
loislovejoy@yahoo.com
 Lois Lovejoy is a landscape painter who portrays the seasonal changes of color, light and texture, and the moods they evoke, focusing on the interconnected shapes of earth, sky and water. A Pennsylvania native, her work has evolved from her experience as a graphic designer and book illustrator. She has had a lifelong interest in gardens, both tending them and painting them, but became involved with landscape painting while living in France in 2001-02. Lois has received awards from the Ann Arbor Women Artists and was a Delaware Duck Stamp winner. She is also a member of the Chelsea Painters. Pictured: Burgundy Fields, Watercolor, 9” x 25”
Meg Lynch - Oil, Watercolor, Sculpture
Email:
mgt15s@earthlink.net
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