|
home
members
exhibits
programs
workshops
membership
committees
community
contact aawa
|
|
members
Search by Last Name:
A - C D - G
H
- L
M - R S - V
W - Z
Search by Medium:
3D
Acrylics Digital
Drawing
Media
Mixed
Media Oil
Pastel Photography
Printmaking Watercolor
Everything
Else
H
Michael Dean Hahn
Email:
mdhahnart@comcast.net
Maryellen Hains
Email: mhains@charter.net
Shan Renton Hale - watercolor
Email:
shanhale@gov.com
Katie Halton - photography; acrylic
Email:
katiehalton@gmail.com
Visit:
www.KatieHalton.com
Katie is a graduate of the University of
Michigan School of Art & Design, with a major in
Photography. In 2007 she opened Katie Halton
Photography, a business specializing in artistic
portrait and wedding/event photography. Besides
photography, she also enjoys painting. A common
thread in her work, whether photography or
painting, is composition; the interaction of shape
and color is significant. She exhibits her
photographs, as well as paintings, in the Ann Arbor
area.
Pictured: Lamp and Plant, Acrylic on
Wood,
24 x 18
Carol A. Hanna - air-brushed acrylic
Email:
c.a@hannastudio.net
Visit:
www.CarolHanna.com
The Songs of the Birds. Inspiration for these
paintings comes from listening to birds sing. Bird
species have distinct calls or songs and Carol’s desire
is to recreate their sound in color, rhythm, and time
through stripe compositions. Each bird’s color is
matched with an actual bird specimen and the painting
composed while listening to its recorded song. The
paintings are then airbrushed because of the shimmering
effect of color when sprayed compared to color when
applied by brush. Carol exhibits in various galleries in
the area and recently Eastern Michigan University
purchased her painting Song of the Blue Vireo for their
permanent collection, along with giving her their Award
for Excellence. She received her BFA in 2003.
Pictured: Song of the Birds: Olive Warbler, Male,
Air-Brushed Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 40
Julia A. Hardy, M.D. - watermedia; pastel
Email:
juliahardy@att.net
Julia Hardy produces her award winning paintings in
watermedia and pastel. Her art celebrates life's visual
pleasures through color, composition, and light.
She blends her experience of a place
or a moment with her painting mediums - so that her images
convey moods through meditative landscapes, sunflower
"portraits", and sunbaked buildings. The largest corporate
collection of her work is at the Riverside Hospital in
Toledo.
Pictured: Tossed by the Wind, Watercolor, 22 x 30
Nina Elizabeth Hauser - photography
Email:
nehauser@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,
Digital Photograph, 6.5 x 4.5
Elaine Headly-Mouradian - painting; drawing
Email:
headlye@comcast.net
Susan Robinson Heaslip
- figurative clay sculpture; collage; life drawing
Email:
srobheaslip@att.net
Michelle A. Hegyi - encaustic; digital; acrylic
 Email:
mhegyi@umich.edu
Michelle'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 Washington Street 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 on Rag Paper Mounted on Plywood, 23 x 23 x 2.75
Catherine Hetzner - collage and mixed
media
Email:
aahetz@yahoo.com
Jane Higgins - watercolor
Catherine Hightower - mixed media
(collage and assemblage)
Email:
artist@hightower.org
Elizabeth Hodge - watercolor; oil
Email:
lizzie@umich.edu
Theresa Hood
- oil
Email:
jonesedith@hotmail.com
Christine Hutchins
Email:
cgh1211@yahoo.com
I
Sue Iott - fabric; paper
Email:
sueiott@hotmail.com
Abbigail
Knowlton Isrealsen
- drawing; painting; video; sound; 3D; photography
Email:
abbiisrealsen@yahoo.com
J
Judith Jacobs - digital pigment ink prints
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 40 years in regional and national shows and in arts
publications. She
comes to digital printmaking as a former paper-and-paste
collagist. Instead of composing with disparate papers, she
now scans these
materials – photos of graffiti and popular culture images
and her own past collages - places them in layers in
Photoshop, then combines, manipulates and recombines the
layers on the screen, using the many different techniques
possible in the software. She will be a Visiting
Artist at Ann Arbor's Washington Street Gallery for
six months
beginning in November, 2008.
Pictured:
Eddie, Pigment Ink Print, 33 x 24
Donna Johnston - watercolor; oil
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
K
Lidia Kaku
- oil, mixed media
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 let us 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. The use of space and cropped
objects are reminiscent of Asian artwork, a favorite of the
artist.
Lidia also
does commissioned portraits.
Pictured: Favorite Objects,
Oil, 18 x 24
Adrienne Kaplan - acrylic; pastels;
watercolor; graphic design
Email:
agkap@umich.edu
Kathleen Kazmierski - watercolor; acrylic
Email:
Kathleenkaz@charter.net
Maureen Cassidy Keast - watercolor;
acrylic; bas relief ceramic tiles; sculpture; fused glass; home
portraiture
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: Soduko Blue,
Mixed Media, 22 x 30
Kathleen M. Kelley - colored pencil
Email:
kmk3065@aol.com
Kathleen is a retired accountant who almost forgot that she
once wanted to be an artist. She was in her 60th
year when a course in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way
inspired her to take out paper and pencils once again. Since then, drawing has been her passion and joy.
Kathleen’s primary medium is colored pencil, which she finds
easy to work with, clean and very portable. More
importantly, her pencils provide rich colors and yet allow
for meticulous detail in the finished piece. (Remember that
she was once an accountant!) In addition to the AAWA,
Kathleen is also a member of the Colored Pencil Society
of America and the Detroit chapter of the CPSA.
Pictured:
Plenta Boats,
Lake Bled, Colored Pencil, 9 x 12
Christy Kelly-Bentgen - mixed media
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/Mixed Media, 27 x 35.5
Barbara Kerekes-Blair - oil; acrylic; photography
Email:
borikerekes@yahoo.com
Esther Kirshenbaum
- prints; oil pastels; metalworking; mixed media
 Email:
estherkirschenbaum@gmail.com
Esther
is a self taught artist born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She
received a B.S. in biology from the University of
Michigan in 1972. She taught high school in Australia
and traveled extensively throughout the Far East drawing as
a way to chronicle her travels. Since then she has been a
fulltime artist. In the early 90’s Esther worked as an
artist in New York City. Returning to Ann Arbor she was the
director of the Michigan Guild Gallery for five
years. Since then she exhibits her own prints, oil pastels
and metalworking at art fairs, galleries and shops. Esther
owns Fun and Functional Art, a line of stainless
steel functional sculpture. She teaches printmaking, and is
the director of art installations for the annual Ann
Arbor Film Festival. Her most recent work is in
printmaking and oil pastels and is based upon travels to
Argentina and walks along the Huron River.
Pictured: Autumn Heat,
Monoprint, 15 x 18
Anne Kirvan
Email: akirvan@comcast.net
Victoria Klein - acrylic; mixed media;
collage
Email:
artsyone0614@comcast.net
Linda Kortesoja Klenczar - pastel;
watercolor; pencil; ink; acrylic
Email:
dlsklenczar@verizon.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 earned a BFA degree from the University of Michigan in 1973. From 1996 through 2004
he worked at Foto1 where he was a Photoshop expert,
prepping and printing digital photographs. It was during
that period,
although he had no time for painting, that he developed his
ideas of what qualities were necessary for a good image.
Bill has had numerous solo exhibits in the
Ann Arbor area, is a member of the Chelsea Painters
and is represented by the Chelsea Gallery.
Pictured: Big Sandbox II, Oil,
30 x 40
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 recently 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 '08, Pastel, 11.5
x 17
Kristen Kovak
- oil; acrylic; drawing; mixed media; 3D installation;
photography
Email:
klkovak@hotmail.com
Ashley N. Krieger - pen & ink; painting;
mixed media; fiber art; book art; printmaking
Email: ankriege@umich.edu
Helen Krysan - oil; oil and sand
Ruth Hogan Krzyzowski - oil; gouache;
pastel and ink
Email:
rkrzyz@ic.net
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 to remind us all of all the
beauty in
our natural world. In order to support the preservation of
natural
lands in northern Michigan, she sells note cards of her
paintings,
donating the proceeds to the Little Traverse Conservancy. Ruth enjoys
the puzzle of trying to capture the essence of a landscape
in a
painting, aiming for a blend of rich, Impressionist texture
in simple,
Zen-like compositions. She admires artists who walk the
line between
disciplined depth and playful looseness, and strives for
that balance
in her work.
Pictured: Shoreline, Oil, 26 x 36
Laila Kujala
Email: laila@pinklotusstudio.com
Visit:
www.PinkLotusStudio.com
Jane Kulpinski
- oil; pastel
L
Alma 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"
Jean Lau
- etching; pastel; pencil
 Email:
elauaa@aol.com
"Drawing has
always been my first love. The ability to put strokes on
paper and express my feelings is a continuous
thrill. Working quickly and intuitively, I allow them to
skim across the surface, using moving, searching lines to
define and sharpen. Whether in etchings or crayons, pencil
or pastels it is a way for me to capture and share what I
see with the viewer."
Pictured:
Superior View, Pastel, 24 x 18
Linda C. Lemke
- pastel
Email: lindalemke@sbcglobal.net
Cynthia Lempert - oil; acrylic
Email:
clempert@umich.edu
Pam Lindberg - photography
Email:
pjlindberg@comcast.net
Sandi Lopez
Email: sandiclopez@comcast.net
Visit:
www.SandiLopezArt.com
Lois Lovejoy - watercolor ;
collage
Email:
loislovejoy@yahoo.com
In her art, Lois explores the seasonal
changes of color and texture in landscape. She is drawn to
images that are repeated through yearly cycles, which take
on new meaning as they are transformed by the passage of
time. She works with water media, sometimes using photo
transfers and rice paper collage to integrate form and
texture. Her work has evolved from her experience as a
graphic designer and book illustrator, and her interest in
the natural sciences.
Lois has received awards from the Ann Arbor Women Artists
and Garden Writers of America and was a Delaware
Duck Stamp Winner. She is also a member of the
Chelsea Painters.
Pictured: Around the Bend, Watercolor, 12
x 21
Meg Lynch - watercolor; oil; sculpture
Email:
mgt15s@earthlink.net
Search by Last Name:
A - C D - G
H
- L
M - R S - V
W - Z
Search by Medium:
3D
Acrylics Digital
Drawing
Media
Mixed
Media Oil
Pastel Photography
Printmaking Watercolor
Everything
Else
|
