27 Jul Stuart Loughridge creates intimate etchings and paintings
“Anything can happen. I’m not trying to copy what I see. I’m going for something that is more of a feeling or impression.”...
07 Jun A collaboration with nature…Butch Holden, pottery & digital paintings
“Patience, knowledge and work fuels my optimism. My photographs of plants and pots are hybrids of what I feel are collaborations with nature.”...
12 Jan Looking back, looking ahead…
Here it is, a week into the new year, and most of my resolutions have already fallen by the wayside. Like many of us, I vowed to eat better and exercise more. I shoveled snow…I went snowshoeing…I was on track until I remembered that there...
15 Aug Nick DeVries: New Works in Clay
Finding a balance between architectural forms and the rural landscape has resulted in pots that function the same, but express themselves differently through the clay....
10 Jul Organizing the Chaos…paintings by Don Dickinson
Watercolors explore chaotic nature of urban landscape Like looking at a reflection in a broken mirror, Don Dickinson’s watercolors explore urban landscapes through a distorted perspective. Ripple River Gallery near Bay Lake will feature Dickinson’s paintings July 11 through August 12. Don Dickinson, who lives and works...
01 Jun A love affair with nature…in clay
A clever raven clutching a string of beads or a crow’s wing sheltering an egg; a terra cotta vase that explores patterns made by erosion; or a triptych textured with a blush of color that evokes dusk or dawn on a rock face. Clay sculptors...
07 May The Nature of Things
Printmaker Eric A. Johnson finds inspiration for his work in many places—music, positive and negative life experiences and memories and even sometimes news events. “The Nature of Things,” his exhibit reflects that wide range of imagery. “The Nature of Things,” opened Wednesday, May 2 and will...
05 Apr Reclaim, Repurpose, Reimagine
Over the years we’ve done a few invitational shows focused on a theme (“Vanishing Landscape,” “Black-and-White,” “It’s About the Bees” and “We All Live Downstream,” a box show, tile shows, wearable art, etc.). Looking at the schedule for the coming year, we decided it was...
28 Feb The process behind a finished piece
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do." ~Edgar Degas
It’s easy to see finished art and not fully realize the hours (and years!) of thought and skill involved in its making.
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26 Jan Seeing purple?
Got color? It’s a black and white world outside, but there’s color to be found if you take time to look. Scarlet dogwood twigs and crimson sumac clusters, magenta tag alder clumps and gold and orange willow fronds...
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