Covered Bridge Park #11 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

A great place to stop for lunch during your studio tour and relax in the nice park - Covered Bridge Park.

Thank You 2016 Studio Tour Sponsors

THANK YOU 

to our Sponsors for

2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour.

Funjet Vacations

Partnership Bank - Cedarburg

Pink Llama Gallery

Pamela Ruschman #34 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Pamela Ruschman’s passion is centered on the livestock and landscape of Wisconsin.  Pamela is an oil painter who grew up on a dairy farm in Southwestern Wisconsin.  As a child, the rolling hills, vistas, barns and animals filled her creative imagination.  Today, Pamela can often be found plein air painting along a quiet country roadside capture the livestock, landscape and beauty of Wisconsin on canvas. 

pamelaruschman.com

Michelle Savas Thompson #33 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Michelle is a seasoned Plein Air Painter who enjoys sharing the beauty of life, nature and inspiration through her brush strokes.

www.msavas.com

facebook.com/SavasFineArt 

Lynn Rix #32 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Rix loves the challenge of looking at a familiar scene and simplifying it into shapes, colors and her own vision.  She paints in oil, alla prima and primarily en plein air , with quick brush work and a limited palette.  The Wisconsin landscape, towns and seasons are her inspiration.  Rix has been juried in to many shows and her paintings can be found in numerous private and public collections. 

lynnrix.com

Leila Hentzen Smith #31 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Leila has exhibited in numerous juried and invitational art fairs and shows since 1957. She has worked in many drawing and painting mediums but is presently concentrating her efforts on watercolor. Subject matter includes landscapes, water scenes, flowers and still life. She is a plein air painter. Member Wisconsin Watercolor Society and Cedarburg Artist Guild.  Graduated from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio with a BFA.

Susan Steinhafel #30 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Susan views art as an individual window of one’s life.  Capture it, share it, have joy.  She considers expression as one of life’s greatest gifts, sharing is one of its responsibilities.  Photography is her avenue of expression, as an appreciation for all of the arts felt, explored and admired; Joy of the journey, captured on film.  

Jewell Riano-Bradley #30 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Jewell enjoys both acrylic painting and printmaking. She works from her home studio after making collagraphs on large presses at the Ozaukee Art Center in Cedarburg.  Her dynamic prints are inspired by the art media and process itself – each print is enhanced by added color with stencils, defining composition and design, and the final details are rendered with vibrant colored pencils

Ellen Anderson #29 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Come see the woods and river, and the studio where Ellen Anderson finds inspiration for her many oil on canvas paintings!  Exploring the large and small drama played out in light and land, where owls, fox and other native fauna connect with a glance.

Ellen’s work has been in the Wisconsin Wildlife Exhibition at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, the Hidden River Arts Festival in Brookfield, the Plymouth Art Center, Art & Soul Gallery, Milwaukee, and will be featured next year at the Boerner Gardens.  She has illustrated for National Wildlife Federation and is nationally published illustrator in watercolor.  This weekend she also offers small whimsical framed Holiday illustrations and children’s books from her watercolor life.

ellenandersonarts.com

Susan Burdan #20 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Susan enjoys representing her take on the world, either real or imagined. Using Colored Pencil, Pastels, and various media, she relishes color and the realization that all things are indeed connected.

Sharing her paintings is the other half of creating that makes it whole.  

Bridget DeLoge #28 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

  Bridget DeLoge has been interested in stained glass since she was a high school student. After graduation, she went on to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a concentration in watercolor. Although painting was a main focus in college, she never gave up on the idea of a future in Stained Glass. After a few opportunities opened up in recent years, she began her Stained Glass business. She likes to create anything that comes to mind, while working with the many colors and types of glass. One of her favorite things to create are portraits of family pets. With a provided image, she finds it challenging to pick out just the right details, to represent the pet’s personal character.

Alice Struck #27 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Alice Struck paints impressionistic scenes of Wisconsin, especially iconic 

Ozaukee landscapes, cityscapes and plain air watercolors.  She also captures 

close up nature subjects,  wildlife, and portraits.  Alice accepts commissions, 

and teaches watercolor classes at the Cedarburg Cultural Center to Continuing 

and Beginning students.  During the Studio Tour, she will demonstrate techniques 

at 2:00 both Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

William Davis #26 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

A retired architect, Bill now paints and sketches in watercolor and pencil in an impressionistic manner that borders on the realistic.  His paintings are often landscapes, cityscapes, waterfront images, and indigenous structures in their natural surroundings.

Carol Gengler #25 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Creativity is so vital for both childrenʼs and adultʼs happiness and well being. In our
daily lives we are programed to do and succeed. To balance and in fact enhance that,
coming to a place like Interior Garden Art Studio is so important. It is a place to plant
nourish and rend creativity.

interiorgardenartstudio.com

William Bujanovic #24 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

"A self taught artist of many years having formally been introduced to art 

as a participant of an Alverno Summer Arts Program in the 1970's, William has 

explored various media to include photography, oil and acrylic painting.   

He especially enjoys expressing himself through the creation of multimedia 

folk art. In addition to a collection of bold landscape oils, prepare yourself 

for William's Folk Art Presentation of "Cedarfish."  An avid historic 

preservationist, William has always been fascinated with the designs of 

Frank LLoyd Wright and for this reason enjoys architectural photogrphy.   

Having studied Black and While photography while attending Caroll College, 

in this inaugural tour William will also feature his series titled, 

"Bridges of Milwaukee."

Susan Hale #23 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Susan Hale is a contemporary colorist landscape painter. Her work is known for its sense of joy and optimism. “Color is magic to me”, she says. She loves to paint plein air and in her studio, a converted 1860’s fieldstone summer kitchen in rural Cedarburg.

 susanhaleart.com

Paul Yank #22 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

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Mary Ellen Mueller #21 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

During a summer study of art history and drawing in Italy in college Mary Ellen fell in love with etchings and architecture. Her career has centered on the creation of beautiful etchings monoprints and oil paintings with a wide variety of themes; many influenced by her travels in Ireland, Europe and our wonderful United States.

Mary Ellen and her son Daniel Dean Mueller self published an alphabet book titled “A is for Amaryllis”incorporating the alphabet using the illuminated letter fashioned after a 1500’s children’s alphabet woodcut and teamed with flowers that begin with that letter and their meaning. 

 

 

maryellenmueller.net

FUNJET Vacation Oppportunity

Would you like to win a trip to

PUNTA CANA?

As the winner, you will be awarded 2 round-trip Charter Value Flight air seats

to Punta Cana and 5 nights’ hotel accommodations at the

all-inclusive Rui Palace Macao Courtesy of Funjet Vacations.

Silent Auction is open to all

CAG Members, Family and Friends.

Bidding starts at $750

Please email cbstudiotour@gmail.com

State your highest bid, name, address, email and phone number.

No later than 10/9/16 4pm

I will also have a Bid Sheet available at the

Johnathan Clark House during Studio Tour Hours

for anyone who would like to sign up in person.

For the most part, this will be a blind Auction. However, I will send an Email out to those who have placed bids to let them know how they are faring in case they would like to increase their bid amount. Please Note, that I will not accept Bids Emailed after the 4pm deadline on 10/9/16.

Please feel free to email all your Friends and Family. They are welcome to join in on the fun. Highest Bid will win the Trip and the Winning Bidder is required to pay by check.

Winning Bidder will be mailed details once check clears.

and Winning Bidder will be announced in

CAG Newsletter, CAG Facebook and CBST Blog once check clears.

Proceeds from the Auction go towards the funds needed to support the Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour.  Please Note, if you email me, I will reply to let you know I received your bid. If there is a tie, I will email both parties to let them know so they can change their bid amounts if they chose.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding

Travel must be completed by 31 October 2017. Unfortunately no extensions or exceptions will be allowed. No refunds will be made.

 Reservations will be made in accordance with your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices of travel dates listed. All travelers must travel together on the same itinerary.

 All travel is SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. Funjet reserves the right to change the air or hotel portion of your trip at any time. Holiday, convention periods and special events are blacked-out for travel. Holiday blackout dates are 5 days prior and 5 days after each major holiday. Major holidays are: New Years, March 1-31 for Spring Break, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Additional RIU Resorts Blackout Dates: 2/11/16-2/25/16; 6/25/16-6/28/16; 11/28/16-12/1/16; 12/24/16-1/1/17; 2/14/17-2/28/17; 3/12/17-3/31/17; 4/12/17-4/17/17; 5/27/17-5/31/17; 6/27/17-7/8/17. Additional blackout and closeout dates may be provided by the hotel.

Applicable taxes and surcharges up to $175.00 per person are not included and must be paid by you.

Terry Lockwood #20 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Terri is a mixed media painter and photographer with more recent emphasis on incorporating the encaustic method and tools to her work. As a Wisconsin beekeeper and passionate nature lover, a harmonious process has developed with continual prospects for technical diversity: waxing, scraping, carving, stamping, incising, embedding, fusing and layering. At last, a long lost inaudible voice has been resurrected.

terrilockwood.com

Megan Woodard Johnson #20 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Megan Woodard Johnson is a mixed media artist from West Bend, WI. By combining vintage paper ephemera with paint, drawing media and found objects she tells evocative stories about place. Her detailed, layered works speak to universal experiences as well as personal memories. 

meganwoodardjohnson.com

Laura Weber #20 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Laura Weber is a fiber artist focusing in the area of functional and sculptural basketry. 

Laura first learned basket making like many before her, in the homes of others who taught  the craft, whether out of the necessity of creating useful vessels, or a desire to pass on an ancient craft to future generations.

She further developed her techniques from accomplished basket artists who teach at workshops and conferences across the country. Laura currently works out of her studio in the Woolen Mill Building in Cedarburg, WI.

With a desire to further promote an appreciation of this traditional craft, and to pass on the knowledge and skills to preserve it, Laura teaches basket weaving classes at The Pink Llama Gallery in Cedarburg, WI. A schedule of classes can be found on her website www.WeberArts.com

weberarts.com

Nancee Ariagno #19 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Nancee Ariagno award winning punchneedle designer invites you to her studio.   

It's filled with "primscicle" punchnnedle design, finished pins, pillows, and 

framed pieces.  Plus all the supplies for this ancient art.

Mary Mendla #19 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Mary Mendla is an abstract painter, fiber artist, apparel designer, and teacher.  She paints abstracted images from nature in oil, cold wax, and mixed media.  Her fiber art and hand dyed clothing are created using the technique of Japanese Shibori Dyeing. 

marymendlafineart.com

Joseph Mendla #19 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Joe Mendla makes centering sculptures with arcs of steel rod.  The sculptures are designed to catch and hold the attention of the viewer and to promote a feeling of peacefulness and calm.

joemendla.fineartstudioonline.com

Jim MacDonald #18 on the 2016 Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour stop Oct 7-9th

Originally trained as a graphic designer/ commercial illustrator, Jim Mac Donald has returned to fine art with a “twist”. He paints and designs commissioned work for resident and business clients based on what they need and/or their interior designers request. As a now retired Higher Education Administrator, Jim enjoys the creative challenges of creating great art for a purpose—to satisfy his many clients.