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Artist Directory 2009 
Olbrich Gems| Sherry's work in watercolor and acrylic is eclectic, from children's art to portraits and everything in between, especially flowers and animals. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Galleries: | Capri Gallery, Poynette | | | Diakonos Designs, Stoughton | | | Sweet Lips Art & Gift Gallery, Lake Mills |
O Springtime| Jae Leslie is a calligrapher, writer, poet, and book artist, which are all ways of saying the same thing. Spoken words fly away, but written letters remain. |
Out/In: Floating| Nature images provide the starting point for Ann's etchings and monotypes. |
| Alyska Bailey Peterson - PointyKitty Studios |
| PointyKitty Studios provides handmade artisan accessories and commercial photography jury slides and branding services for emerging artists. |
| Medium: | jewelry and commercial photography | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.pointykitty.net | | Galleries: | Absolutely Art, LLC, Madison | | | Savoir Faire Cards & Gifts, Madison |
Light Unfolding| Beverly Balakhovsky - Present Moment |
| Texture, color, light and flow create a feeling, stir the imagination and provoke thought. The process is a form of meditation, I am in the present moment. |
"Deeper Meanings"| I intend to derive all of my work from nature,whether real or imagined. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Gallery: | Manna Cafe, Madison |
Splendidly Imperfect| Charlotte seeks to connect to wholeness and healing in her silver jewelry and mixed media pieces. Her work ranges from playful to strikingly elegant and avant garde. All is affordable. |
| Medium: | silver (PMC) jewelry, mixed media/glass assemblages | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Absolutely Art, Madison | | | Kaleidoscope Marketplace, Mount Horeb |
Tower Series- woodfired| Clay...as primal and seductive as the fire that transforms the textures and shapes we build. Rough and smooth, a mix of abstract configurations and beating animal pulse and emotion. |
| Shena Blomgren - Red Canary LLC |
| Specializing in faux finishing and decorative painting, Shena combines her artistic talents, decorating skills and eye for color to create one-of-a-kind works of art on walls in homes and businesses. |
| I love to create, to take the materials I use and make something new, that did not exist before and hopefully evoke something in the viewer in some way. |
Big Blue| Gourds provide endless opportunities as an art medium. I take inspiration from the natural form and create pieces that maintain an organic energy. |
Fall Colours| Much of my inspiration comes from the beauty of our rural Wisconsin and my gardens. Peace. |
Contemporary Museum, Orpheum and Capital| I make oil and water color paintings that celebrate Madison in a impressionistic and spontaneous way. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.PaulBriskey.com | | Galleries: | Sauvre Faire, Madison | | | Milward Farrell Fine Art, Madison | | | Century House Gifts, Madison |
Pagoda| My work consists of colored pencil drawings, primarily of landscapes and florals. Drawings are limited in size to 17" x 25" unframed. |
Irish Blossoms| Bonnie does watercolors and mixed media. She likes to paint landscapes and nature and has fun using various textures, colors along with lights and darks in her art. |
Happy Hour 2| Nature, nature, nature. I love nature. Often I take trips to explore nature. And I paint pictures of nature. These paintings become my family treasure. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Web site: | www.ckchang.com | | Galleries: | Public Library-Main Branch, Madison | | | Health Services Learning Center, Madison |
1928 Steam Engine| Steve chappell - ROLLING TIRE PRODUCTIONS |
| I am a graphic artist, I produce graphics. |
| Whether it's a leaf floating in a stream or a unique view of a waterfall, I seek to bring focus to the intriguing beauty found outside. |
Labradorite with Citrine in 14kt gold wire| Jennifer Damrow - Exclusive Inspirations |
| Jennifer uses the most unique gemstones to create her jewelry. Her pieces have been a favorite around the Midwest, and she now designs internationally. See website for local shows. |
Bloom Oil on canvas| Ceallaigh paints with oil on canvas. Her subjects represent the contorted realist reflections on glass and metal, and also uses ancient Celtic patterns to express the timelessness of artisans. |
| Medium: | oil on canvas | | Email: | |
Disk 52| Jack Dennis - AGB Graphis Workshop |
| I do abstract monotypes, lithographs and etchings. |
Love Heals| Heather Denson - FUSION OF COLOR |
| Heather nurtures the soul through vibrant and energetic oil paintings. Inspired by nature, dreams and various emotions, her contemporary originals are born ranging in size from 5"x5" to 6'x4'. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.fusionofcolor.us | | Galleries: | Bartell Theatre, Madison | | | Kesslers Diamonds, Madison | | | Oasis Day Spa, Madison |
Dancing in the dark| I am inspired by nature to create whimiscal watercolors of animals and botanicals. The color and texture will be dependent on my mood and what I wish to create. |
White Angel| Drazen Dupor - St John the Baptist Gallery |
| Drazen practices Byzantine style iconography on mixed media to revoke ancient fresco painting in churches. |
All That Is Kept Within My Heart| Radiant handmade prints, symbolically explore the ways we can thrive in the gap between how life is and how it ought to be.
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| I am inspired by the human figure, mysterious environments and the potent beauty of the sacred feminine. |
| MJ enjoys painting landscapes of Ireland and the Provence, depicting antiquity in buildings and pottery etc. Her medium is acrylic and some collage. |
| Meredith Green - Gaia Potteryworks |
| I am guided, coaxed and sometimes tricked, by my artistic muse, into making functional items that hang out in kitchens and whimsical sculptures that hang out in gardens. |
Spiral Wave Decay| Christian Andrew Grooms - AGB Graphics Workshop |
| My current work in printmaking explores the language of audio and/or phonic portraiture. Inspired by sound waves, this work translates sound to visual language. |
| David Guilfoose - Green Wine Bottles Studio |
| Designed by David Guilfoose, the Green Wine Bottle series is a collection of sculptures made from reclaimed wine bottles.
100% re-purposed in Wisconsin. |
| Medium: | Glass | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.greenwinebottles.com | | Galleries: | State Street Gallery, Madison | | | Kaleidoscope Gallery, Mt. Horeb |
Rain| I enjoy creating images of everyday things in a way that make you look twice. There is beauty in the simplest things, you just have to look. |
My Favorite Lake | I work with oil paints mostly landscapes. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Gallery: | Art-On-Third gallery, Mount Horeb |
Orchid| I find details of our environment and ourselves intriguing and beautiful. Generally my photography and artwork capture and manifest forms and elements that tend to go unnoticed. |
| Beth explores the dark underside of nature and the human experience through drawing using the mediums of pencil and charcoal. |
| The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration...Claude Monet |
| Medium: | Fiber | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Cornerstone Gallery, Baraboo | | | SweetLips, Lake Mills |
| My high fire clay sculptures include wall reliefs, garden items, fish replications, stand alone items, garden guardians and totems, garden bells on wrought iron crooks |
| Medium: | Ceramics | | Email: | | | Galleries: | David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee | | | Sweet Lips Gallery, Lake Mills |
| PHolt Studio - PHolt Studio |
| PHoltStudio handcrafts pins, magnets and ornaments from low fired clay, paints them with acrylics in unexpected colors, then wires and beads them. |
| Medium: | ceramics | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Artisan Gallery, Paoli | | | Absolutely Art, Madison | | | Sweet Lips Gallery, Lake Mills |
| My art focuses on people and how they fill their day here on earth. Recently, I've been filling some of my days making collage/watercolor paintings of people. |
Symbolic Hope | Mary Ann Inman - School of Eclectic Art |
| Art for me has intrinsic value. Those artists who are courageous enough to create using their visual voice are my inspiration. I beleive in "art for the sake of art". |
Arbor Abstract| Working with mostly watercolor and sometimes including pen&ink is a joyful challenge that feeds my creativity. The results are sometimes representative, but often abstract and seemingly botanical. |
Spring Tulips #2| I work with various etching/intaglio techniques and am best known for my mezzotints and monotypes. My still life images play with light, reflections and distortions. |
| Medium: | Printmaking | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.jaynereidjackson.com | | Galleries: | Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison | | | High Street Gallery, Mineral Point | | | Peltz Galler, Milwaukee |
"Sunrise at the Cabin"| My watercolors vary in technique and subject matter. I enjoy the challenge of variety. Therefore, I paint skies, scenes, florals,even portraits depending on my mood for the day. |
| Medium: | Watercolor | | Galleries: | West James Gallery, Columbus | | | The Loft at the Mercantile, Portage |
Bleeding Hearts #2| I feel that the true essence of the self lies in Nature. Through plants and clay, I try to capture this for myself and others. |
| Medium: | Clay | | Email: | | | Galleries: | No Rules Gallery, Spring Green | | | HIgher Fire Clay Studio, Madison | | | Bradley Art Gallery, Stoughton |
Lime Ice| Designs in stained glass come from looking around my world, visualizing how to represent what I see then making it happen with colors, texture, and the glass. |
the lone leaf| I am an artist, museum educator and teacher who looks to creativity, beauty and learning in everything I do. My artistic experiences are intertwined with my work and life. |
Aviary| Painting, for me, is an exciting adventure into the world of color. Choosing the paints, mixing and applying them is endlessly fascinating. |
| Medium: | Acrylic Painting | | Galleries: | Public Library-Main Branch, Madison | | | Health Services Learning Center, Madison |
"Lapse Continuum" (Detail)| My work focuses on unguarded moments which provide insight into the struggle between the individual as a member of contemporary culture, and as one who is linked to historical traditions. |
Scrutiny| Inspired by mass-produced design aids, like paint swatches and scrapbook paper, I depict scenarios of human interaction. Using cut-out silhouettes, viewers may project their own memories onto the scenes. |
| The possibility of creating the inexpressible drives my excitement in watercolor painting. Creating abstract watercolor paintings, I explore interactions between nature, emotions, intuition, symbolism, movement, and rich interplay of colors. |
| Medium: | watercolor and acrylic | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Legacy House Tea and Gift Shop, Madison | | | Promotion Fitness, Fitchburg |
Pink Peony| Helen uses watercolor as her primary medium to explore the magic found in every day experiences and broad social issues represented through common objects. |
0range meadow| started painting after retirement,and loving it. |
| Medium: | oil on board | | Email: | |
| Painting is my prayer for the Goddesses of Small Forests, who with they secrets look like labyrinths under the waters... |
Untitled #108| Nature is art is nature. My art comes directly from my love of nature. I build my sculptures from the natural artifacts I find while walking in the wild. |
| Medium: | Sculpture | | Gallery: | Absolutely Art, Madison |
The Neighborhood| The process: I tear paper, glue it together and paint it.
The purpose: To tell the stories of everyday life. |
recent book works| Works in fiber and paper including quilts, altered books, collage and photography. Specializes in vivid and interesting color combinations. |
Elizabeth Picking Apples| Oil painting allows me to express the beauty of nature, both in landscapes and portraits. I especially enjoy capturing the uniqueness and spirit of an individual in a portrait. |
sterling forged necklace| I like to work in a lot of different media, but hand forged Jewelry is my passion. |
| Medium: | Jewelry | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Cornerstone, Baraboo | | | Off The Wheel Pottery, Egg Harbor | | | Water Street Arts, Mosinee |
They Never Let Rudolph Join In Any Reindeer Gangs| From the Daily Cardinal to the New York Times, from "Wild Life" to "Dork Tower" and "Apples to Apples," Madison is responsible for all of this. Thanks, Mad Town! |
| Bobbie is a silversmith, poet, writer and photographer who seeks the grace of ordinary places and people and the magic one click can capture in the blink of an eye. |
| Medium: | Digital photography | | Email: | |
"Midwest Aerial"| Both rural and urban scenes, especially in the Midwest, appeal to me. I try to pull forms and colors together so they are more than the sum of their parts. |
Water Lily| Bev works in both pastel and watercolor, focusing on her love of nature. |
Repose| I make wacky art. I'm not professionally trained but i try my best to make my imagination, opinions, and stories come to life. i also write. |
"Play in Blue"| Gary works in mixed media collage emphasizing textures, shapes and colors found in Nature and man-made objects. God has provided beauty in variety that can be highlighted in Art. |
River Bluffs| Sue works in soft pastels and acrylics to create her paintings encompassing a variety of landscapes, portraits and still life subjects. Her goal is to cause others to "see" anew. |
On the Water| My work stems from from studies of European stone circles and medieval architecture. The work speaks to the fragility of human relationships and the ways we achieve balance. |
The Godess Within - A Talking Stick| Efrat Livny - Open Circle Healing Arts |
| Inspired by native traditions and wisdom, my Talking Sticks bring together objects from many places and cultures. They are tools for exploration and discovery through deep listening and true expression. |
Magnificent Seven| Linda Massey - 16 Hands Studio |
| Equines, canines and their people.
These uniquely cropped, and often life-sized, oil paintings help the viewer see the familiar subjects in an exciting and inmate way.
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Button, Button| Syl Mauerman - SassySessories |
| Syl imaginates in wire, chainmaille and textiles to create one of a kind works of accessory art. When not creating she teaches and participates in area juried art fairs. |
Moondance| I paint playful colorful dimensional watercolors, and acrylics on canvas, metal and other surfaces.
I really enjoy what I do, and I'm told it shows! |
| Medium: | Painting | | Email: | | | Gallery: | Absolutely Art, Madison |
view www.artbymarilyn.net| I am a local Madison, Wisconsin artist and please view my work at www.artbymarilyn.net I believe it speaks for itself. I paint with 2 fingers |
Marlyn's Cone Flowers| I have exhibited in Madison and throughout Wisconsin with the "Five Painters". European and American museums are a must when I am vacationing. |
| Medium: | Acrylic | | Galleries: | Public Library-Main Branch, Madison | | | Health Sciences Learning Center, Madison |
Sunburst/Moonburst| I love working with glass. Its vibrancy and life is always interesting to me. I work within the context of Beauty, Wonder and Whimsy. |
urban flag| Beck challenges the urbane Madison by focusing on the forgotten, neglected and abandoned. Her close-up digital photography and re-purposed, brightly painted furniture reclaim the counter-culture that makes this community unique. |
| Medium: | Photography and Re-purposed Furniture | | Email: | |
Pasqueflower, "Spring At Last"| Believing that artwork is a communication, my intent is to express a smidgen of God's creativity primarily through nature art with hope that others will value it and Him more. |
| Medium: | Painting | | Web site: | www.rnass.com | | Galleries: | Cornerstone Gallery, Baraboo | | | Sievers, Washington Island | | | No Rules, Spring Green |
| Phil creates abstract metal and wood sculpture. Much of his work is for outdoor garden settings. |
Gray Brothers| Waxy experiments with color brilliance produce images and abstractions with opportunities for subtlety integrated in their vivid coloring. My goal and hope is to produce the brightest possible reflected color. |
Visiting Grasshopper| Janis Nussbaum Senungetuk |
| Janis's floral portraits celebrate color. The photographs glow with colors and textures digitally altered to enhance the dramatic impact of light. Capturing that light is the objective. |
farmer's market in Madison| My art is inspired by the beauty found in everyday life and nature. I work in all painting mediums - oil, watercolor, pencil color and acrylics. |
Red Transition| My Artistic Objective is to convey the essence of a subject by simplifying its elements into a design composition that transforms the work into something unique. |
Tuesday morning in early August| I attempt not to accumulate, but rarely throw feelings, traditions or resources away. I make prints of nostalgia with ink, pastel, colored pencil and occasionally add three-dimensional material as narrative. |
| Jennifer Pellman's series of monochromatic, ink-on-paper drawings
explore the branching networks of forces that support and entangle life. |
| Pfeifer creates mixed-media, abstracted figural sculptures using handmade and found materials. Her environmental installations, documented in photographs, play with design in the natural world. |
Bo Small Patchwork| Mark Porter - M. Porter Studio, LLC |
| Mark creates contemporary handmade lamps of rich textured papers and fine wood, inspired by a love of architecture, sculpture, color and nature. |
| Medium: | Mixed media | | Email: | | | Web site: | www.mporterstudio.com | | Galleries: | Milward Ferrell Fine Art, Madison | | | Kaleidoscope Marketplace, Mt. Horeb | | | Absolutely Art, Madisonn |
| Mary is an artist at AGB Graphics Studio, in printmaking such as etching, dry point, litho, monotype. Subject matter includes portraiture, landscape, seascape, surrealism. |
Giraffe Paintball| I'm a lover of color, texture, particularly granular pigments and experimentation involving water based media. |
| The general goal for my conempory abstract work is to keep the viewer interested with more tham one look and more than one thought. |
| Steven Ralser - Steven Ralser |
| Fine art landscape and nature photography from Wisconsin and around the world. A digital workflow is used for recording images and printing archival pigment-inkjet prints. |
Horses| I work with gourds using pyrography, painting, beading, leather dyes, etc. With the numerous types of gourds, the possibilities are endless. |
| Medium: | Mixed media | | Email: | | | Galleries: | The Overture Center, Madison | | | The Bradley Gallery, Madison |
Rotating Focus (detail)| My work uses textiles, threads, beads and found objects combined with a wide variety of techniques to stimulate your senses with rich colors, textures, movement and depth. |
Not a bad hair day| Realism, Impressionism and expressionism are the styles I like to work in. People in landscapes,
seascapes, gardens and coffee houses are some of my subjects. |
Bird's Eye Bounty, Mixed media assemblage| Karen Reppen creates distinctive mixed-media wall art and wearable pieces by combining photography, found objects, everyday items, and vintage jewelry with fabrics, pigments and other materials. |
Door to the Past| Being raised in rural Wisconsin has influenced my art as it tends to portray peace and serenity. Disappearing Midwest scenes are favorite subjects in mediums--printmaking and pastel. |
| I build Native American flutes. |
| Medium: | Native American Flutes |
| I explore the relationship between the physical and the spiritual through luminescent glazes of color and texture. |
| Medium: | Mixed media | | Email: | | | Web site: | bobbetterose.com | | Gallery: | Grace Chosey Gallery, Madison |
Pink Ladyslipper I| I work with glass beause it gives me great pleasure. I have fun using a variety of techniques and subjects from detailed wild flowers to geometric design. |
Coiled bowl| Barb Rothwell - Bradley Gallery |
| Art - a visual form of communication, that brings forth the artists passions, emotions and dreams. The interpretation of which, is varied, especially in the organic media of gourds. |
| Medium: | Gourds | | Email: | | | Web site: | ConcordValleyGourds.com | | Galleries: | Bradley Gallery | | | Monroe Art Center Gift Shop, Monroe | | | Fitchburg Senior Center, Fitchburg |
| I love color in all it's variance. I love to express the play of light as it changes in time. |
| Music Wrapped in Art, colorful hand percussion, ocean drums and rainsticks. Each piece created with hand-dyed silks, integrating sight, sound and touch. Display or play. |
| Medium: | Mixed media | | Email: | | | Gallery: | Sundance 608 Gallery, Madison |
"The Secret Lives of Chives"| I make photographs of common, simple beauty. Light is full of surprise when we stop looking and begin to see. |
| My photos are a collection of life's adventures. People & places I fell in love with, animals who are waiting for love, & the beauty of my surroundings. |
| Stephanie Joy Smith - Arboretum Arts |
| I use discarded, recycled, antique and new objects to create mosaic masks, lamps, furniture and garden ornaments.My pieces explore personal and cultural history, and social and political issues. |
garden series| Jaroslava Sobiskova - Jarka's Art Studio |
| Jaroslava's art combines traditional craft techniques painting felting and forming clay. In her garden series, you can see abstracted flower paintings. In Field series a large hand feted tapestries. |
| Medium: | felting | | Email: | | | Web site: | jarka.ws | | Galleries: | Monroe St Bistro, Madison | | | no rule gallery, Spring Green |
| Don Spencer suburban north of Middleton - Don Spencer Art Glass |
| I pioneered mosaic stained glass work in WI, and do mostly landscapes. My largest piece was a cow for Madison Cow Parade. |
| Medium: | mosaic stained glass | | Email: | | | Web site: | donspencerartglass.com | | Galleries: | High Street Gallery, Mineral Point | | | The Bradley Gallery, Stoughton | | | Trees Restaurant, DeForest |
| Cherie St. Cyr - Cheriezee Pie Studios |
| I take white cloth and add color using a variety of vegetable and mechanical resists to make exquisite quilts and scarves. |
Orange Shadows| My task in life and art is to be open to the magic. I believe that when I am, magic finds its way to my photograph. |
Stars Scars| Matthew has been recently using stencils, acrylics & his concrete poems to create works of visual poetry. |
OH, Those Summer Nights| Brian Strassburg - Acme Illustration |
| After toiling for decades at isthmus as a cartoonist and producing billions of wacky drawings I have turned my attention to caricature, collage, handmade books, and cigar box art. |
"Difficulty at the Beginning", pencil drawing| Nothing is permanant in nature. For me, the changes and impermanance inspire appreciation and gratitude. That is what I primarily try to achieve in my work. |
| Medium: | Drawings and Prints | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Johnston Gallery, Mineral Point | | | Catfish River Arts and Antiques, Stoughton |
| I need to make art. I want to make art. I am thrilled and delighted when someone else likes it. |
| Daniel Torres works primarily in 2-d mediums focusing on surrealistic and realistic narratives in photography, as well as in a variety of drawing and painting media. |
Garden Serpent| David is a sculptor and architectural carver. He creates expressive wood and stone hand-carved sculpture. His architectural carvings on buildings, monuments, and fireplaces can be found throughout the United States. |
| Medium: | Sculpture | | Email: | | | Gallery: | Kaleidoscope Marketplace, Mt. Horeb |
The Babysitter| I make art from clay. It allows me to tell stories. Sculptural or functional the clay lends itself to my hearts desire. I am passionate about clay. |
| Medium: | Ceramics | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Absolutely Art, Madison | | | The Bradley Art Gallery | | | Higher Fire Gallery & Clay Stud, Madison |
Enameled Copper Earrings.| Enameled copper has a deep color, energy, and versatility that is visually appealing. Found objects, hot glue, stencils, and firescale, allow me to create unique designs. |
| Medium: | Jewelry | | Email: | | | Galleries: | Absolutely Art, Madison | | | The Bradley Gallery, Stoughton. | | | No Rules Gallery, Spring Green |
Ladybugs| Computers made me see in black & white. Management brought me whimsy. My jewelry making hobby puts both together with simple whimsical pieces. |
| Charlie is a young man with a passion for art who happens to have Cerebral Palsy. Charlie uses his talents to create original abstract paintings using acrylics, watercolors, and pastels. |
Overture Piece 2009| We see our art as symbolizing, in a very real and also a metaphorical sense, a fusion between the natural and man-made worlds. |
| Rachael Brooke Winkley - Rachael Brooke Designs |
| I describe my work as "high-style/low-tech" which refers to the basic metalsmith techniques I use to create distinctive, elegant art jewelry and sculptural objects. |
Among Silence| Currently I am interested in art that is hand hewn, art that shows the "gesture" of a landscape, and art that speaks to the dynamic energy shared between all life. |
Evening Orchids| Vina loves nature and enjoys travelling. Many travelling photos are the inspiration of her artworks. Her art focuses on Chinese brush painting in fusion style of east and west. |
Slowly Flowing| Marcia Yapp - Right Light Visual Art |
| Light and composition are the elements I focus on in the creation of a piece of visual art.
The rest is flexibility and a fascination with beauty.
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| Medium: | Photography & Mosaic Art | | Email: | |
| I create encaustic wax paintings that portray psychedelic as well as color field images. The textures and smells arouse memories of drawing with crayons throughout childhood. |
| Medium: | Wax/ Encaustic | | Email: | |
On Edge| Daina Zemliauskas - Lost Marbles Studio |
| BFA, Rhode Island School of Design. I've been intrigued with the subject of antique marbles: investigating the world within these glass spheres and bringing them to the second dimension. |
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