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Sharyn Intihar Schlarman - Acrylic,
Oil, Pastel, Mixed Media Paintings
Email: sschlarman@cs.com
Visit:
www.sharyninthihar.com
”When the world becomes too much for me... I
paint.” This has been evident as long as Sharyn can
remember; it has taken her through each stage of her life
and has been a spring-board for both formal and informal
study of her passion--behind the scenes during her life in
corporate; in her second career as a high school art teacher
and as a working artist. The major portion of Sharyn’s adult
life had been spent developing a livelihood in private
industry. As a marketing administrator and executive
director of healthcare companies, her days were hectic. But,
evenings were spent doing what she loved to do. She drew...
often taking classes with art groups. Then, about ten years
ago with the economic downturn, she decided to focus on art.
She left that business world, updated her credentials,
refreshed her art basics and moved into education.
Currently, she teaches art at the high school level and
paints. Sharyn’s paintings have garnered her acceptance and
awards in a number of juried art shows, with various pieces
held in private and corporate collections. She also holds
memberships with Grosse Pointe Art Association and Detroit
Society of Women Artists and Sculptors.
Pictured: Hibiscus #1, Oil, 24” X 24”
Victoria D. Schon - Oil
Email:
vs.daisylake@gmail.com
Visit: www.VictoriaSchon.com
Victoria discovered her true love, oil painting, later in life. As a University of Michigan graduate in Art History, her broad training and understanding of classical art and architecture, as well as her travels throughout Europe and Japan, have been the basis of her particular sense of aesthetic, which translates into a quiet and refined beauty. She has painted primarily still life in the time-honored tradition of the old masters’ style of Chiaroscuro, but more recently has changed her focus to include landscape painting. She currently is exploring a more painterly quality in her work that is more playful and loose, impressionistic, and more reflective of her own personality. Plein air landscape painting and observing nature provides her with fresh experiences that provide the springboard from which she can further develop as an artist. Victoria is represented by Daisy Lake Art Gallery in Dexter. Pictured: Brown Carafe With Orchid, Oil on linen, 24” X 18”
Mary Schuman
Email:
owatonna@aol.com
Elizabeth R. Schwartz - Acrylic, Mixed Media Paintings
Email: ers1@comcast.net
Visit:
www.SchwartzFineArt.com
Following a successful career as an attorney and judge, Elizabeth
turned to painting in 1990 and soon received local, national, and international awards for her art. She is drawn to the visual complexities and textures of the natural world, both the serene and the tumultuous. Her paintings are abstract - inspired by nature, but not of nature - consisting of impressions, interpretations and memories. Her process is spontaneous and unplanned, and this approach keeps her engrossed and excited about painting. She uses a paint brush in bold, sweeping strokes or a palette knife to create complex textural layers which conceal and reveal the work underneath the surface. This interplay of the image, the surface, and the history of the work as it evolved allows the viewer to experience the paintings on many levels. Elizabeth’s work is exhibited in galleries and
private collections. Pictured: Arboreal, Acrylic on 3 canvases, 36” X 84”
Joan Secrest
Email:
jlsecrest@comcast.com
Matruka Sherman - Photography
Email:
matrkasher@aol.com
Joan Shields - Acrylic, Drawing
Email:
joanps1401@aol.com
Dawn M. Sgriccia - oil
Email:
dsgric@sbcglobal.net
 Visit:
www.DawnSgricciaArt.com
Dawn's paintings are created from both
actual settings and imaginative space. She uses bold colors,
lavish brush strokes and strong contrasts to express an
emotional experience. Her newest body of work (the
Concert Series), takes an in-depth look at concert goers
and their distinctive and expressive spirits. This award
winning
artist earned a BFA from the University of Michigan
and studied in Florence, Italy, and her artwork can be seen
at the Majestic Cafe in Detroit, MI in September 2008
and at the Sweetwater Cafe in Ann Arbor, MI in
January 2009. Dawn is currently a Board Member of Ann
Arbor Women Artists (Historian).
Pictured: Mohawk Flame,
Oil on Hardboard, 24 x 20
Sally Silvennoinen
Email:
tapusilvenn@yahoo.com
Alida Silverman - Acrylic, Mixed Media Paintings
Email:
alidas@comcast.net
Liz Soll - Jewelry
Email:
beadingnutritionist@comcast.net
Visit: http://beadingnutritionist.etsy.com
 Dr. Liz Soll (AKA The Beading Nutritionist) began making jewelry at the age of 10. In high school she took jewelry design, sold her handmade earrings at a local shop on consignment and participated in summer art fairs for young people. She also went from track practice to her job at a bead shop. Since then, Liz became interested in the medical sciences and received a PhD in Nutrition. Liz works for the University of Michigan Health System. She also body builds and enjoys other sports. Her guinea pigs are her babies. Liz officially started her jewelry design business in 2004 and named it to reflect two of her ‘hats’. In 2005 Liz began selling her jewelry at The Sunday Artisan Market in Kerrytown. She is quite fortunate to have lots wonderful customers, some of which she has gotten to know quite well. Liz has been approached to sell her work in galleries and shops. Her experiences in such endeavors have been wonderful. Much of Liz’s work involves wire-wrapping and dangles. She sees her trademark as creative mixing of types and colors of beads, including crystals, stones, fancy Czech glass, and other beads arranged in interesting patterns together with exciting techniques.
Pictured: Branching Out Necklace and Earrings,
jewelry, 20” top strand, 24.5"
Carol Spahlinger - Pastel
Email:
seaspah@aol.com
Judith Spike - Watercolor
Email:
jll3kw@provide.net
Arly Spink - Watercolor
Email:
arlyspink@aol.com
Sharon St. Mary - Mixed Media Paintings, Ceramics/Pottery
Email:
travercreek@provide.net
Clay is one of the arts that can produce a different look by types of clay used, degree of heat and how that heat is applied to the clay. It may be one of the earliest materials mankind has ever worked with. There are still ideas that I may explore even after 47 years.
For 44 years Sharon exhibited clay works at our Ann Arbor Art Fair and all around the U. S. She retired from shows this year and is playing with paint, pastels and paper, and her kids are happy to have her staying home and not tramping around the country with a van full of pots. Clay will always excite her, but she wants also to explore new and other ways to see beauty.
She’ll update you on where life takes her next year.
Sandy Steed - Pastel, Watercolor
Email:
taosmtn@mac.com
Toni Stevenson - Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor
Email:
tonistevenson4@att.net
Visit: www.tonistevenson.com
Toni started making art as a child. She has focused on becoming an accomplished artist throughout her life, spending several years studying figure drawing and painting at Macomb Community College and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association in Michigan.
Working in a realistic manner, Toni strives to portray the emotions her subjects express. Her aim is to represent her personal response to subjects with her own unique artistic expression. A variety of media to suit the theme, pastel for outdoor painting, and oil and acrylic for figure and still life, give the results she is seeking. She finds change in media and subject matter adds energy and excitement to her paintings. Pictured: Pink and Lavender Ballerinas, gouache, 13” X 13”
Cynthia J. Stewart - Pastel
Email:
dhaefner@umich.edu
Pamela Stoddard
Email:
stoddard.pamela@gmail.com
Rosie Sunday - Acrylic, Pastel
Email:
rosiesunday@usa.net
Visit: rosiesunday.blogspot.com
Rosie Sunday has a life long commitment to art. While still attending art
school, she worked in the graphic design department of a Pulitzer owned
newspaper. Sunday is a graduate of Columbia College (88) and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (90). She has taught in both private and public
school settings. She has shown her work at art fairs, invitationals, as well
as, gallery and museum shows since 1978 and has received multiple awards.
Sunday’s work is in private and corporate collections. In 2002, she moved to
Michigan to pursue landscape painting and explore experimental media. Pictured: Hyacinth, mixed media, 8” X 10”
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Nancy Tasker - Watercolor, Ink, Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
nankelee@gmail.com
Dorothy (Dottie) Thorne - Watercolor
Email:
thornedorothy@yahoo.com
Terry Titus - Pastel
Email:
cjat@umich.edu
When Terry was a child, her father urged her to draw, draw, draw. With that as her basis, she later went on to study sculpting with renowned sculptor, Ivan Mestrovic. One of her early stone carvings was selected for a national sculpture exhibit at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over the years, she’s worked primarily in clay, but also in stone, wood, welded steel and bronze. More recently, while living in Mexico, she devoted her time to drawing with pastels, being influenced by the art of Henri Matisse, Ben Nicholson, Milton Avery and Richard Diebenkorn.
”Each piece is an adventure in color and form, and I find it exciting to work with the figure - to feel its tension, and to become one with it. My aim is not to be shocking or simply different, but to present work that is completely comfortable and has a timeless quality.” Pictured: Streetcar to Dubrovnik, Pastel, 18” X 24”
Judy Tomer - Acrylic, Fiber, Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
4gilbert@gmail.com
Marilyn Troutman - Acrylic, Pastel,
Oil
Email:
artists2@charter.net
Marilyn’s mediums are oil, acrylic and pastel. She is a member of Michigan Plein Air Painters, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Brighton Art Guild, Livingston Fine Art Association and Ann Arbor Women Artist. She has
exhibited in many juried shows and received numerous awards. When taking her easel outside to plein air she is able to do what she loves- paint while being surrounded by nature. Pictured: Sly, pastel, 9” X 12”
Pat Truzzi - Mixed Media Paintings, Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
ptruzzi@comcast.net
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Libby Uher
Email:
luher@umich.edu
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Caron Valentine-Marsh - Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor, Encaustic, Digital, Photography, Printmaking
Email:
caronvm@gmail.com
Madeleine Vallier - Watercolor
Email:
mbvallier@aol.com
Madeleine’s lifelong interest in art eventually led her to watermedia with all its free-flowing quality. In her work, she attempts to form a strong interplay of space, color and shape to create abstract pattern throughout a realistic statement. Madeleine studied with various University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University professors, taking numerous workshops with well known artists and masters. Her work has been in many juried shows including the Michigan Watercolor Society and has received numerous awards. She led the Chelsea Painters for thirteen years, and is a past president of the Ann Arbor Women Painters. Her work is featured by Rockport Publishers in
Flowers (1992) and Floral Inspiration (1997), and she is represented by the Chelsea Gallery in Chelsea, Michigan. Pictured: Sicilian Ballade (detail), Watercolor, 28 x 34
Tanja Van Der Voo - Acrylic, Pastel
Email:
tvandervoo@comcast.net
Ave’ Madiol Veneklasen (c/o Studio Deeply Art) - Painting, Drawing, Jewelry
Email:
deeplyart@aol.com
Corinne Vivian - Mixed Media/Collage
Email:
cvivian@comcast.net
Visit: www.corinnevivian.blogspot.com
Corinne Vivian is an artist who paints evocative layered pieces. Her work celebrates the dignity of the individual and the strength of spirit. She shows her presence through her connection to the past. Her art explores the continuum of time.
Her artwork can be found at the annual Chelsea Painters art fair, the first weekend in June.
"We live in such a fast-paced world. My art is my way of slowing down. It is a way to bring my presence to the world, without words, in silence. It’s funny, people need to stop and just be, to look at art. I think art is all about connection, being part of a whole, imagining new possibilities and creating new realities. Hopefully, my art will cause people to pause, to feel and to connect." Pictured: Mother And Child, mixed media, 10” X 8”
Josie Vogt - Watercolor
Email:
josievogt@comcast.net
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