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Artist Profiles - Spring Season 2003

Glenn Allenspach:  His pottery is a tactile & visual art that may be displayed. Its full merit, however, is truly realized when it is put to daily use. Unlike a museum, handling is encouraged.

Cynthia Avery:  Her sculpture is made from slabs and draped over various objects or folded gently to create shapes that emulate nature.

Joe Becker:  A hand blown glass artist, Joe has chosen this medium due to its fluidity and optical characteristics. Extensive grinding and polishing techniques remove the functionality from the hand blown vessel creating what he calls a “SCULPTURE/VESSEL”.

Richard Blue:  A studio jeweler who combines charm, intrigue and a positive sense of humor in his jewelry design. Richard incorporates both precious gems and found objects with 18K sterling and gold.

Laura Drabant:  Her hand built sculptures are inspired by the sensual qualities of gourds and figures from ancient Mexico. Surfaces are burnished to a shine with a stone. They are set ablaze in a trash can filled with burning material to finish the surfaces with random sooty effects.

Diana J. Eicher:  Both a painter and printmaker, she begins by drawing spontaneously with ink on the woodblock as images evolve from her subconscious. She enjoys the evolution of the print; from ink drawing, to carving the block, then to the printing process.

Ray Grumney:  For Ray, painting is an open route for the indescribable to become visual. Since he believes his art should in some way stir the soul, he pours his heart into images that come into a life of their own.

Darrell Hagan:  His work focuses on the human figure, influenced by music, surrealism, erotica, dreams, friends, and life experiences. Using rich colors and strong shadows, he hopes to capture the innate human spirit on canvas.

K. H. Komadina:  His work is carved or incised giving the work texture and depth. He initially learned to work with clay at the potter's wheel, but his desire to carve naturally led him to explore clay as a sculptural medium.

Cindy Skjei-Meyer:  Has a degree in early childhood special education and directs a children's center. Her watercolors reflect the special creativity it takes to be successful with children and it evokes emotion and humor.

Teresa Rowan:  The cultures and environment of Central and South America are clearly evoked in her paintings.

Joan Miller:  This photographer capitalizes on patterns, textures, S-curves and accidents of light that she encounters in her travels.

Michael Moen:  His scribbles get him started on the voyage toward creating, then he just lets go and gets out of the way of the flow, using a fresh, childlike approach.

Jim Pape:  Stones are his art form. Once they are polished and set, the natural beauty of the stones creates lovely lamps, candle holders, and wall hangings.

David Peroni:  A silkscreen printer by trade and a painter by inspiration, David surrounds himself with vivid colors every day. He finds his muse in the surf, sand, and sun of Cancun, making frequent retreat to Mexico.

Frank Stone:  The salvage yard remains Frank’s favorite playground! His distinctive furniture, sculptures, & fountains result from his reworking the brass & copper found there.

Sheryl Tuorila:  Her sculpture is handmade tiles and found objects creating a final piece with a personality or an attitude. For instance, an ornate candy dish lid becomes an elaborate bonnet, dressing a cement alligator in her “Sunday Best."

Richard Reynolds Ward:  American by birth, raised in Australia, he recently moved to Wisconsin after 30 years of pursuing his art in W. Australia. His works are in private and corporate collections in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan.