Nancee Ariagno #21 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Nancee Ariagno

After retiring from a long career as an (award winning) interior designer, I started a stitchery business "The Cooperage" named for the little barrel factory built in 1860 I call home.  I design and produce punchneedle patterns for pins, pillows, and framed pieces; plus rug hooking patterns, and wool applique.  My studio in the Farmhouse Gallery on the grounds of the Wisconsin Quilt and Fiber Art Museum.  I have a blog www.flew-the-coop.blogspot.com plus an online etsy store www.etsy.com/shop/thecooperscottage. Let me know if this is enough.

Barabara Jean McHugh #2 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Barbara Jean McHugh studied fine art at Layton School of Art in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

Barbara is a fine art photographer, fiber artist and a published author. She works out of a barn studio and her 150 year old farmhouse in the countryside outside of Newburg. Her subject matter is her own back yard, a three acre prairie, the woods and farmland that surround the farm.  One of the techniques used in her photography is scanography, in which she places leaves, prairie flowers, and bedding plants on a scanner to create images that have deep detail, and a surrealistic feel.  She won first place with “Prairie Flowers” in the CAG Annual Juried Exhibit 2013.  Her work has been exhibited at New Visions Gallery in Marshfield, Northern National Art Competition, Inner Visions Gallery, Milwaukee, The West Bend Art Museum, Cedarburg Cultural Center and galleries in California.

Barbara has taught photography workshops at the West Bend Art Museum.

Her fiber arts are created from re-purposed wool such as sweaters and vintage wool coats. The  wool hats, neck scarves and brooch’s are unique and her own design.

Barbara has published a book with Hardscrabble Press called “Hickory Road Ramblings”. She incorporated her photography and writing in this book.

She posts her thoughts and an image of “One Beautiful Thing a Day” on the Hardscrabble Press facebook page. The task is to take a photograph every day and write about why she finds it beautiful.

Gina Studelska #8 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Gina Studelska works in mixed media and a mixture of medias.  Gina combines traditional techniques with elements of the digital world.

She has a BA in Art with certification to teach Art from UW-Whitewater and over thirty graduate credits from Mount Mary College and Cardinal Stritch University.  Thirty four years of teaching Art has colored and shaped how she works.

Gina’s roots are a tiny unincorporated town in rural Wisconsin. We played together, outside all day, almost every day. I love fog and clouds as much as fresh air and sunshine.  Family, faith, and nature often entwine as themes throughout her art.

Sue Cibulka #8 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Sue Cibulka  paints because she loves the creative process.  Each new piece is a learning experience about craft, about technique and about my personal expectations and goals.

Working primarily in oils, her emphasis is on color and on the paint itself. Using vibrant color and nature’s inspiration, her paintings come alive with the movement of wave and wind and the excitement of sunset skies and mountain landscape.  While Sue maintains a representational focus, her artistic passion lies in color and texture.

Major influences on Sue’s work are Gustav Klimt and VanGogh as well as the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters. She tries to convey their sense of artistic freedom and use of color in her paintings.

Sue is a member of The Arts Mill co-op in Grafton, WI and the Cedarburg Artists Guild.

Bette Langford #5 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Bette Langford was born in Miami, Fl.  She has always been a creative thinker and had her hands in some type of art or craft from the time she was 8 yrs old. Bette moved to Port Washington in 1993. She always enjoyed beach walking and collecting things along the water.   
     Bette’s pieces are made using driftwood in its natural form, it is not carved.  She paints, stains or leave the wood its natural color. The wood is sealed using a variety of finishes. She often combines matte and gloss to give a more textural look. The pieces are assembled using a variety of glue types, nails and screws. Bette’s Upcycled & Mixed Media pieces are made from found objects and things gathered from second hand stores.

Jay Batista #25 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

JAY BATISTA, Mixed Media artist

 ARTIST STATEMENT

Deeply drawn that exact moment when a recognizable image deteriorates into its components, bits of paper, foreign calligraphies and splashes of color, my work explores that mysterious moment of recognition and surprise. Each painting consists of 10 to 25 or more layers of paint and collage, and hours of effort working and reworking the piece where collage and water media are expressive tools for my continuing exploration of design—texture, rhythm and color. While a superficial impetus to making art is purely entertainment, to portray a unique image and touch a viewer, evoke a sense of emotion and provide a bridge between lasting images and the postmodern, the collaged landscapes and abstractions are created to engender both that initial image recognition as well as, upon investigation trigger that surprising moment when the ‘picture’ falls into its componential elements, and thereby provide a lasting sense of mystery, creating a painting that a viewer will return to contemplate over and over again. Humor and Poetry are a part of the mystery, and I encourage viewers to expect more from my visual entertainment: Art as soulful communication, art as new vision, art as a living emotion.

A resident of Grafton, WI, Jay is active in the local arts community:

·         Board Member of League of Milwaukee Artists, the only regional artist organization requiring jury admittance

·         Elected Member, Grafton Public Arts Board, three year term starting in 2011

·         Member, Cedarburg Artists Guild

Jay is currently represented by the 510 Fine Art Gallery in Dayton, Ohio and the Sadler Gallery in Milwaukee’s Third Ward. He participates in regional and national art shows on an annual basis and his art resides in private collections in the US and Europe.

Jack Pachuta #25 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

ARTIST’S STATEMENT: JACK PACHUTA

The world is a magnificently complex mixture of ​color, light, textures and shapes!

Look closely at what's around you and you'll see a universe of inspiration. Every day you'll find something you haven’t see before to stimulate your imagination. That's what I do via my monoprints - I make people see things they might not otherwise see.

When completing my prints, I take a non-traditional approach to my subject matter. The people, flora and fauna that provide my artistic inspiration are placed in unique environments enabling my audiences to see them in new, thought-provoking lights. The combination of traditional printmaking techniques with the craftsmanship of pencil and ink renderings creates vibrant, dramatic colors coalescing around specific textures. Each work, then, tells a story intrinsic to the subject.

When viewing my work, you'll discover an enhanced reality - tones, hues and shadows that prompt you to go beyond your existing perspective of what you're truly seeing.

At its core, artist’s challenge is to portray the usual in unusual ways and to make people see what they might not otherwise see. This is precisely what I attempt to do. Enjoy your voyage through my artwork and focus on seeing the world differently!

Susan Hale #14 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Susan Hale has always loved to draw and paint.  Living, vacationing, and traveling in the Wisconsin countryside is a constant inspiration to her. It seems everywhere Susan looks she sees a painting – sunrises on Lake Michigan, golden hay bales scattered in a farm field, popcorn clouds dancing in a cerulean blue sky.  Color and pattern are important to her.  Susan interprets onto the canvas the energy and connection to nature she feels as she paints.  As van Gogh said, “…real artists paint things not as they are, in a dry analytical way, but as they feel them.”    Working in oil, Susan apply the paint thick and luscious, like frosting on a cake.  “Let the paint talk”, I often say.

   

The German Expressionists, French Impressionists, and the Magical Realism of Mexico have influenced her as traveling the world has as well.  She keeps “Sketchbook Diaries” of places she’s been.  Susan loves to travel but there is truly “no place like home” as she live in rural Cedarburg, Wisconsin surrounded by farm fields (and mooing cows).

Color is magic to Susan. Her paintings are known for the vibrant use of color and sense of optimism.  Susan loves to paint outdoors, “plein-air”.  It is so invigorating to her to experience painting not only through my eyes but also through the feel of the breeze, the smell of the damp earth, and the chirping of the crickets.  Painting brings her joy, and hopes it does the same for you.

 

People ask me how I see all those colors in the landscape?   Just squint and use my imagination….isn’t that what being an artist is all about?

Mary Machare #23 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Mary Machare is a graphic designer by trade. She  is the left brain in a family of creative. In her work, Mary tries to find the little twist that sparks a connection, a wave of delight. When not otherwise occupied with developing brands, logos, packaging and trade show displays for our Machare & Associates design firm, she traveled in search of inspiration with her husband, Luis, who is an artist and illustrator. 

Wherever they go, the camera is in her hand, capturing the little things that inspire awe or make her smile. Because Mary loves to tinker, she often plays in Photoshop to bend reality and create unique digital artwork, available as prints at Fine Art America.

Tom Kubala #23 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Tom Kubala began painting soon after learning to walk. Unlike many, drawing and painting has been his constant companion since. Currently, Tom paints weekly with a group of friends known only to themselves as the Dumpster School. His subjects range from local architecture and landscapes to still life objects. Watercolor has been Tom’s media of choice primarily because of it’s simplicity and portability, painting outside is a particular pleasure.

Watercolor is a fascinating medium, it has a mind of its own.  Tom finds his major task in painting is getting out of the way, both spiritually and physically.  Spiritually, so that he can see the painting as it unfolds - without the filter of a concept or abstract notion.  Physically, so that he doesn’t interfere with the paint’s own mixing - directly on the paper.  Tom believes that a painting is a painting, that it must stand on it’s own as a collection of colored blotches on white paper, a collection that has the ability, if organized properly, to bring life to the world where none existed before.  Subject matter is only a starting point for my paintings, an organizing framework for color and value.

Mary Ulm Mayhew #3 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Mary Uhm Mayhew grew up in Milwaukee, surrounded by friends and neighbors and all the trappings of life in the city. After graduating from college and buying a home in rural Ozaukee County, she became fascinated by the oceans of corn and cows dominating the countryside. Mary knew these two periods of her life have inspired and influenced her artistic sensibilities.
 As an artist, Mary has traveled to many locations to capture the nuances of light, color and shape on her canvases. But it is at her restored barn/studio in rural Newburg,  Wisconsin where she continually finds inspiration. A white farmhouse cast in gold in the setting sun, the neighbor’s Holsteins gathering in the shade on a hot July day, clothes hanging on the line to  dry,  Mary finds that painting is an adventure for her. Each work is a single sentence in an ongoing story that will take a lifetime to tell. 

Alice Struck #35 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Alice Struck is a well known watercolor artist specializing in Wisconsin natural and urban landscapes.  Emphasis is upon dynamic draftsmanship, light and shadow contrasts, rich textures and transparent brushwork.  Large scale works are in many corporate and private collections.  Both plein aire and studio approaches will be demonstrated and available for in-progress viewing during the Studio Tour.

Carol Gengler #29 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Carol Gengler’s Interior Garden Art Studio is a place to nourish plants and tend your creativity.  There are individual art sessions, group classes and art therapy for both children and adults

Mark Stall #18 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Mark Stall is drawn to things and places that have seen their better days. They're in one form of deterioration and in entropy like everything in the universe. He knew that thousands if not tens-of-thousands of people were in this very space at one time in history and that he is capturing what he truly loved to see at that moment in time. Mark makes altered images that don't look altered. Unaltered images that look altered. This forces the viewer into wondering about their individual world and about our living realty. His images demonstrate a graphical theme of patterns, abstracts and light. Color plays an important part in Mark's images and his selection of composition is the predominant reason for making an image. Creating images allows Mark to explore the world. Mark enjoys the resulting image and response he receives from his community. That response is always different. It can be global, cultural, personal or a combination of all three. His hope is his work can cause a response in people's passion to relate to situations or objects in our world. As in the deterioration of society and countries, he is inspired to document the changing condition with hopes of inspiring people to preserve them or at least be more aware of them.

Deb Rolfs #19 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Deb Rolfs – Artist Statement

Painting is challenging, therapeutic and relaxing for me.  I am inspired by color, and incorporate bold colors in my paintings.  I try to convey warmth, optimism and fun in my paintings.  While I love the process of painting – creating and watching the painting unfold,  my greatest joy in painting is when someone else enjoys the piece.

I am primarily self-taught, but have gained valuable insight from my mother, and watching/learning from other experienced artists.

I am a Board Member of the Cedarburg Artists Guild and a member of Wisconsin Visual Artists.

My original oil and acrylic paintings can be seen at the the Pink Llama Gallery and the Main Street Gallery in Cedarburg,  as well as the Art and Soul Gallery and the Meritage Restaurant in Milwaukee. 

www.debrolfs.com

Susan Burden #19 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Susan Burden

Inspiration comes from the interconnectedness of life. Everything is alive and constantly changing. I strive to interpret that feeling in the form of pastels,colored pencil and mixed media.I hope your eyes and hearts feel drawn into my interpretations. ! My art journey started in the Midwest where I earned a fine arts degree. Moving to Boise Idaho, I experienced the High Desert mountains and

foothills. While in Boise, my artwork was featured and purchased at

several local galleries. The next chapter in my life found me discovering

the Upstate area of New York. I have had the opportunity to be in

collections in NYC and Saratoga Springs. “Nothing is as Constant as Change”...I am now happily creating in Grafton, WI. As a member of the Cedarburg Artists Guild I have been accepted in juried shows at the Cedarburg Cultural Center. I also haveworks at The Pink Llama Gallery, Cedarburg Art Museum and the Museum of Wisconsin Artists in West Bend. ! My journey continues. Sincere thanks to you for being a part of that.

Linda Litt #12 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

 Linda Litt has been totally entranced with watercolors ever since she received watercolor paints as a gift from my daughter. She loves the beautiful transparency of watercolor. Linda always amazed at the unlimited ways colors mix on their own, making unusual shapes and textures. Linda loves to play with watercolors. She is intrigued by the natural world. Linda’s subjects are varied including local landscapes, mountains in Alaska, close-ups in nature, still lives, people, and even abstracts. Linda loves to play with color and light and shadows when she paints.

Pamela Ruschman #32 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Pamela Ruschman is an oil painter who grew up on a dairy farm in Southwestern Wisconsin.  The rolling hills, vistas and barns from this area of the state provide continual inspiration.  After spending twelve years in the advertising industry, she decided to pursue the idea of painting full time.  Often, Pamela can be found plein air painting along a quiet country roadside or near a dairy farm capturing the livestock, landscape and beauty of Wisconsin on canvas. 

Renee Schreiner #6 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Renee Schrener has never colored in the lines even though her acrylic paintings are realistic.  To obtain tuition to pay for art school I joined the WAC in the early 70s.   While stationed in Europe she used all off duty time traveling and visiting art museums for inspiration.   Renee has an extensive catalog of photos that she uses to capture moments in time on canvass.  Running out of ideas is never an option. She also recently, has turned to designing beaded glass jewelry as another creative outlet.  Renee’s one of a kind necklaces and bracelets are inspired by her love of color and her need to accessorize.  Renee has also been able to combine her love of art with her love of working with children and disabled adults by teaching art workshops and reminded students, young and old, "There are no mistakes in art."  

Phyllis Stuart Jacobson #17 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Phyllis Stuart Jacobson started about eight years ago after she retired from teaching.  She began taking classes with Jean Crane. Since then, She realize that for her, painting is not just a hobby, it is an imaginative, enlighting, joyful passionate way of life. It seems that artists, including her, almost have a 6th sense when looking at the world. She hopes to continue this lifestyle in the future and have more possibilities to exhibit my work.

 

Lisa Ehrmantraut Brodst #28 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Lisa Ehrmantraut Brodst strives to design pieces that are simple but elegant, interesting but not overstated.  She believes that good design comes from a quieting of all the noise and letting the natural beauty of the wood shine through.  Lisa’s greatest influence was the late, great Stephen Lacey who taught her that quality of construction and thoughtful joinery are just as important as good design.

Lisa Ehrmantraut Brobst graduated from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (1998) with a BFA in Industrial Design and an independent study of furniture design and construction.  She now resides in Cedarburg, Wisconsin and is the owner of Square One Design.  She shows her fine furniture in the Historic Third Ward downtown Milwaukee

Bridget DeLoge #33 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Bridget DeLoge has been interested in stained glass since she was a child. After she graduated, Bridget went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and started her Stained Glass business a few years ago. She likes to create anything that comes to mind, while working with the many colors and types of glass.

Kandy Gibson #7 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Kandy Gibson is a utilitarian potter.  She creates pots that are visually pleasing and unique in character, but also useful in everyday life.  Each piece of stoneware pottery created reflects her enjoyment for throwing, carving, sketching, embellishing, creating and using.  She enjoys creating each piece with its own unique character and personality, whether Kandy changes a spout, handle, foot, rim, glaze color or decorative element   Most of her pieces are wheel thrown, but some are hand built.  She enjoys making pieces that are hand carved, or altered in some way.  The forms Kandy makes are usually organic in nature, which stems from her love of balance observed in nature, and her personal preference for a fluid line.  Kandy’s inspirations for surfaces come from patterns in fabric, paintings, nature and historic dish ware pottery.  

Mary Ellen Mueller #24 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Mary Ellen Mueller is drawn to intricate details, she has been professionally etching in the printmaking medium for the past twenty-five years. Her favorite topics include wildflowers, Celtic religious themes, national and international landmarks, and a variety of fish and animal species. All have appealed to a wide audience of art collectors throughout the United States and abroad.

Beginning in 2000, Mary expanded to include monoprints. She enjoys the spontaneity of the process and the surprise effects, especially the wonderful bold contrasts, achieved from this intricate medium. Knowing that many of the impressionists worked with monoprints, She is experimenting in new areas influenced particularly by travels throughout Europe.

Diane Boer-Henke #27 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

 “Boer Works Ceramic Studio”     Diane Boer-Henke has been working with clay on and off for 35 years.
After she moved into a 1908 Foursquare home in Cedarburg, Diane finally had the room to create a Boer Works Studio in the old pump room in the basement. She has always loved clay as a medium. Diane is inspired by life and the faces of people she has met. Diane feels that faces are like a map that can illustrate our experiences and emotion. She is wonderfully intrigued by the lines etched by time on each of us dwelling on this earth.  

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Catherine Laing #22 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Catherine Laing's imagination and creativity are the guiding forces behind her fabricated jewelry. Using gold and silver, she fashions the wire and sheet by bending, pounding, sawing, soldering and polishing. "My goal is to work with precious metals and gems, designing wearable pieces of art."
Now located in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, (since 1980) Catherine has seen her talent mature after graduating from Cornell College in 1975 with a degree in Art Metals. Strongly influenced by travel and study in Scandinavia and the American Southwest, she combines the two styles into her original designs. "I love stones and the challenge presented by designing around one or more of them."
Catherine's success and growing reputation are recognized through regional and national gallery representation. Over thirty years, Edgewood Orchard Gallery in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, has sold her jewelry, but mainly you'll find her in the Pagoda, working in the back. Unique stones, meticulous workmanship, and high artistic achievement characterize Catherine's one-of-a-kind creations. "I'm thrilled to see one of my pieces on someone, and happy to know it is being worn and appreciated."

Kelly Kelenic #4 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Kelly Kelenic is a classically trained artist and a graduate of The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Since that time she has worked as a graphic designer, an art teacher and most importantly a painter. Kelly developed her free expressionist style and experimented with many colors and subject matter to use in my work. Kelly’s style is bold, bright and fun and she has become used to painting flowers, gardens, walkways, landscapes, cats, dogs and figures. She loves lots of contrast and quick impressionistic brush work in my floral and landscape pieces because it captures the essence of light so beautifully.  Currently, Kelly is teaching oil painting classes at the ArtHouse in Saukville

Mitchell Azoff #4 on the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 10-12th

Mitchel Azoff’s artist craftsmen career started in 1974 at the school for American craftsmen in Rochester, New York. He graduated in the woodworking and furniture design department. Mitchel worked and exhibited as a woodworker for many years locally at such shows as the Lakefront Festival of the Arts, and nationally in shows such as Rhinebeck Crafts Fair in New York. In the 90's he began building residential homes in Ozaukee and Washington counties

     In 2010 Mitchel took an interest in copper and began working with it to form earrings, bracelets, necklaces and other related jewelry pieces. The coppershot line of jewelry is ever expanding and morphing into new and exciting forms. Material is up-cycled and lead free, and we hope you enjoy it.