Artist's Statement 2006

When we discover the simple beauty around us, the whole world awakens.

In my art I try to venture beyond the conventional senses to explore the inner soul of otherwise seemingly ordinary objects, places and things. In closely examrning our environments. I start to hear the quiet voices of things that many are often too busy to catch. At that breakthrough moment, time slows - then stops, allowing the subtle and
exciting energy of my subject to resonate within me in a sacred expression of its divine power. I hope my paintings invite a new awareness and perception of unexpected beauty .

I push the boundaries of traditional watercolor technique, mixing in other media and playing with color, texture and transparency in a style that is loose and open to surprise, I work intuitively, embracing the spontaneity of the paint.

In conveying the joy, beauty and luminosity inherent in nature. I share echoes of my inner self.

CARMEL ANDERSON

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Exhibitions

Two Views, Monroe Art Center, Monroe Wisconsin 2004
Regional Juried Exhibition II, Freeport Arts Center, Freeport Illinois, November 2003
Art Alliance of Green County Art Exhibition, The Balcony Gallery, Monticello Wisconsin,November 2003
Visions Invitational Show Quilian Visual Arts Center, Gainesville Georgia, April 2003
Salon des Refuses, Decatur, Georgia, May 2001
Life; Its many Dimensions Invitational Show Quilian Visual Arts Center, Gainsville Georgia, May 2001
Atlanta Festival of Food, Wine, Art and Music, Atlanta Georgia, June 2000
Virginia-Highlands Summerfest, Atlanta Georgia, June 2000
Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Georgia, May 2000 Made in the Shade, Atlanta Georgia, May 2000
Dogwood Festival, Atlanta Georgia, April 2000
The Big Angel Blowout, Atlanta Georgia, November 1999
The Art of Food Solo show, Margieis Pantry, Decatur Georgia, October 1999

Awards

Honorable Mention, Juried Show, Bascom-Louise Gallery, Highlands North Carolina, October 2002
Honorable Mention, Georgia Watercolor Society Members Show, Roswell Georgia, August 2002
G W S Award, Georgia Watercolor Society Member Show, Blue Ridge Georgia, August 2001
Northern Light Books Award, Georgia Watercolor Society National Traveling Exhibition, March, 2001
3rd Place Award, Quilian Visual Arts Center Members Show, Gainesville Georgia, September 2000
Earnie award for boys active wear, B. U .M. Equipment, New York New York, 1993
The Womenis Board of the Art Institute of Chicago Scholarship, Chicago Illinois, 1985
Perry Ellis Scholarship from Marshall Field & co., Chicago Illinois, 1985

Galleries

The Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin 2004-
The Quilian Visual Arts Center Gallery, Gainesville Georgia, 2003
Brewery Pottery Studio, Mineral Point Wisconsin, 2003
Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, 2001-2002
The Funky Chicken Art Project, Dahlonega Georgia, 2001-2002

Education

B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois, 1985

Born San Antonio, Texas

Susan Hale

Artist's Statement

I have always loved to draw and paint. Living, vacationing, and traveling in the Wisconsin countryside is a constant inspiration to me. It seems everywhere I look I see a painting - sunrises on Lake Michigan, golden hay bales scattered in a field, popcorn clouds dancing in a pink sky. Color and pattern are important to me. I interpret onto
the canvas the energy and connection to nature I feel as I paint. As Van Gogh said, “...real artists paint things not as they are, in a dry analytical way, but as they feel them.” I work in oils and like to use a lot of paint. “Let the paint talk”, I often say. When I put the paint on thick and luscious, I liken it to frosting a cake. It is so much fun!.....and
so many colors to use!.....and it’s not fattening!

Color is magic to me. My paintings are known for my vibrant use of color and sense of optimism. I want to impart to the viewer the beauty and energy I feel and see as I witness nature and the landscape. I love to paint outdoors, “plein-air”. It is so invigorating to me 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.

My art is also inspired by the places I have traveled, Mexico and Italy especially. When I travel, I am always sketching the people and places. My first trip to Italy was an epiphany for me as I experienced medieval art and the Old Masters in the flesh for the first time. Impressionism and the magical realism of Mexican art have also influenced me. I do love to travel but there is truly “no place like home” as I live in rural Cedarburg, Wisconsin surrounded by farm fields ( and mooing cows ), and have a summer cabin in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan. I love Wisconsin.

SUSAN HALE

Education:

BFA University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
1974 Various painting workshops at MCAD (Minneapolis), MIAD (Milwaukee) and
Peninsula Art School (Fish Creek, WI)

Professional Organizations:

Oil Painters of America
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors
Cedarburg Artists Guild
Door County Art League
League of Milwaukee Artists

Recent Awards:

1st Place " Alive in the Arts" Gallery 110, Plymouth, WI , Spring 2005
"The Milwaukee River" (Juried Group Show) ARTPOST Gallery, Grafton, WI, June 2004, Award of Merit
Door County Art League Annual Juried Show, The Hardy Gallery, Ephriam, WI 2000, Honorable Mention
Cedarburg Artists Guild Annual Juried Show, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI
1991,1999,2003, Awards of Merit

Recent Exhibits:

"Red", Invitational group show, Artpost Gallery, Grafton, WI, spring 2005
"The Muse", 2 person show, Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI Spring 2005
"40x40", Juried Show, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI June 2005
MIAD Gallery, OUTREACH Exhibit, Milwaukee, WI, Dec. 2004 -Jan.-2005
Cedarburg Artists Guild Annual Fall Juried Show, 1990 through 2004
"Beginnings", Invitational Group Show, Atrium Gallery, Shorewood, WI 2004
"Transformation", Invitational Group Show, Mount Mary College Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2004
Hilton Head Art League National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC, 2004
League of Milwaukee Artists Annual Juried Show, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI, 2003, 2004
The Mighty Midwest Biennial, New Visions Gallery, Wausau, WI, Fall 2003
"Identity", Guenzel Gallery , Fish Creek, WI, August 2003
"Blackbird", Juried Group Show, ARTPOST Gallery, Grafton, WI, 2003
"Journeys... Then and Now", 3 Person Show, ARTPOST Gallery, Grafton, WI, Summer 2004
The Hardy Gallery Annual Summer Juried Show, Ephriam, WI, 2002, 2003, 2004
The Main Street Gallery, 2 Person Show, Cedarburg, WI, May-June, 2003
" Alive in the Arts", (Juried), Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI, 2002, 2003
One-person show at The Annex Gallery, The Plymouth Foundation, Plymouth, WI 2002
Anderson Art Center Annual Winter Juried Show, Kenosha, WI, 2002
8 County Show, Juried, Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, WI, 1995, 1998, 2001,2005
"The Garden", Invitational Group Show, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI 2003
"The Box", "Invitational Group Show, Heart and Soul Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2002
"Angels & Saints", One Person Show, La Boulangerie Café, Wauwatosa, WI 2002
"Them/Selves", Invitational, Group Show, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, WI 2001
West Bend Art Museum Annual Members Show, West Bend, WI, 2001,2002, 2003
League of Milwaukee Artist Annual Juried Show, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 1999,2000, 2001, 2002
One Person Show at Fiddleheads Café, Thiensville, WI, 2000, 2002 .
"Circle of Friends", Invitational Group Show, Firefly Gallery, Wauwatosa, WI 2000
"Three Women", St. Somewhere Café, West Bend, WI 1999

Galleries:

Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI
Mio Bella Gallery, Brookfield, WI
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI

Nancy Marks

Artist Statement

The still life subject is the main focus of my work. I enjoy the elements of a transparent object such as a glass or vase, along with the play of pattern from fabric and motion from the stems of flowers. The compositions I develop usually concentrate on the positioning of many objects, surfaces and patterns together so that each time the
viewer looks at the image, something different or new is found. Most recently I've become interested in textiles created by native Aboriginal and African artists and have incorporated these patterns into some of my new compositions. Themes of trees, birds, and organic shapes represent the connection between man and nature in a spiritual sense. Also, I typically incorporate a postcard of another painting, or have a majority of the space consist of another painting/ motif. This creates another dimension within the compositions.

My subjects are colorful and bold. I enjoy depicting objects that you would fmd almost anywhere and energizing them with pattern and color. By capturing color and movement in my work, I try to enhance the beauty in the everyday.

Nancy Marks
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Education:
1985: Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, University ofWI-Oshkosh.
1984: European Art Study Tour.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2006: Collector's Gallery, Oshkosh, WI.
2000: "New Work". Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI.
1998: "New Work: Still Life Images in Watercolor and Acrylic". Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI.
1996: "Watercolor Paintings & Mixed Media". Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wl.
1994: "Still Life Images in Watercolor". Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI.
1992: "Recent Works on Paper". Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI.
1991: "Images in Still Life and Landscape". Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Madison, WI.
1985: "Landscape and Still Life". Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI.
1984: "Drawings/Watercolors". University of WI-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI.
"Still Life Images". Blue Moon Cafe Gallery, Oshkosh, WI.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008: 4 Artful Women, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI. June.
2003: Watercolor Exhibit, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI. March 7-31.
2002: "Oshkosh 100", Wagner Opera House, Oshkosh, WI.
2000: "Oshkosh Alumni Exhibition", Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI.
1999: "Contemporary Group Exhibition". Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
1998: "Wisconsin Painter's Exhibition". Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. 1996:
"Wisconsin Artist's Exhibition". Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
1993: "Watercolor and Sculpture". Avenue Art Gallery, Appleton, WI.
1990: "Iconography in Watercolor". Moyer Gallery, Green Bay, W[.
1985: "Double Visions". Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
1993: "Watercolor Wisconsin '93". Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
1992: "Watercolor Wisconsin: Celebrating 25 Years". Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
1991: "Watercolor and Glass". Art Elements, Mequon, WI.
1990: "Watercolor Wisconsin '90". Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
1989: "Finally Summer!". Moyer Gallery. Green Bay, Wl.
19881983: 1986:"Watercolor Wisconsin". Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI.
"Home Mutual Insurance Center's Arts Exhibition". Menasha, WI.
"Midwinter Arts Festival". Appleton Gallery of Arts, Appleton, WI.
"Wisconsin State Arts Exhibition". Congressional Offices, Washington DC.
1984: "Watercolor". Ripon College, Ripon, WI.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
* Mercy Oakwood Medical Center, Oshkosh, WI
* Johnson Hill Press, Ft. Atkinson, WI
* Bank One, Madison, WI
* Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee, WI
* Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
* Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI
* Miles Kimball Co., Oshkosh, WI
* J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., Neenah, WI
* several private collections

AWARDS:
1988: Best of Show, Oshkosh Public Museum Fine Arts Fair
1986: Grumbacher Painting Award, Oshkosh Public Museum
1985: Fourth Place, "Watercolor Wisconsin '85", Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Best of Show, Oshkosh Public Museum Fine Arts Fair
Outstanding 2-D Award, Appleton Gallery of Fine Arts Fair

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Grace Chosy Gallery , Madison, WI
Katie Gingrass Gallery , Milwaukee, WI

HONORS:
1995: Artwork selected by 20th Century Fox Television Studios, Hollywood, CA, for set design of television series, "Pickett Fences"
1994: Selected as featured artist by the Dane County Cultural Arts Office, Madison, WI, for use of a watercolor to appear on the annual poster promoting 1994 arts and crafts fairs in Dane County

Jan Serr

Artist Statement

Dance seemed an appropriate subject to celebrate the movement and dance of the brush. I’ve long been intrigued with the work of Zao Wou Ki, Henri Michaux and the dance-like movements of automatic drawing.

Jan Serr

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EDUCATION
M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
B.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 Verex, Madison, WI
2005 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2000 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Anderson Art Museum, Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI
1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1996 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Anderson Art Museum, Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI
1992 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 Layton Gallery, Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, WI
1989 Gallery 124, Kenosha WI
1988 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Mira Godard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Bradley Galleries, Miwaukee, WI
1985 Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI
Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2003 Art Palm Beach International, West Palm Beach, FL
2002 Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
2002 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
2001 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison WI
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison WI
1998 "Selections from the Collection: Come Slowly, Eden!,"
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
"Testing the Water," Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
1996 Milwaukee Art Museum, "New Acquisitions," Milwaukee, WI
1995 Anderson Art Museum, Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI
1994 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
1993 Anderson Art Museum, Kemper Center, Kenosha, WI
1992 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI
Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Charles A. Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
1991 C&D Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Gallery 124, Kenosha, WI
1990 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee, WI
1990 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI

SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, four oil paintings, 2000 & 2002
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Rahr-West Museum of Art, Manitowoc, WI
Charles A. Wustum Art Museum, Racine, WI
Haggarty Museum of Art, Marquette University , Milwaukee, WI
Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI
Wright Museum of Art, Beliot, WI
Neville Public Museum, Beliot, WI
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Ontario Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario
Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mount Allison College, Mount Allison, New Brunswick
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

SELECT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Johnson International, Racine, WI
Quarles & Brady, SC, Milwaukee, WI
Sprint, Kansas City, MO
Aetna Financial Services, New York
Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bank Of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dow Chemical, Midland, TX
Plasticolors Inc, Ashtabula, OH
Wingspread, The Johnson Foundation, Racine, WI
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
May Kay Cosmetics, Dallas, TX
Mobil Oil, Toronto, Ontario
Norwest Bank, Milwaukee, WI
Piper, Jaffrey, Minneapolis, MN
Ray-O-Vac Corporation, Madison, WI
Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Toronto Dominion Bank, Calgary, Alberta
Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Shell Oil Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Wells Fargo, Milwaukee WI
Quick Cable Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
Gulf Oil, Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

PUBLICATIONS
James Elkins, Success and Failure in Twentieth-Century Art
James Auer, “The Driftless Landscape”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mlllenarina & Tobia, Color in drawings in chapbook by Jan Serr, Caledonia Press, 2000
Jan Serr: Recent Paintings, Drawings and Monotypes, Critical essay by Janice T. Paine and exhibition catalog, Perimeter Gallery, 1999
Bal de la Ballerina, Color Ink Drawings by Jan Serr, Caledonia Press, 1996
Thinking Women: New Work by Jan Serr, Exhibition Catalog, Grace Chosy Gallery, 1996
Falstaff in Love: Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sumi Ink Drawings by Jan Serr,
Caledonia Press, 1996
On A Journey From Heisan to Hyogo Four Men Stopped At The Shrine of the White Owl, Sumi Ink Drawings by Jan Serr, Caledonia Press, 1991
The Wild Swans of Coole, Linoleum Print by Jan Serr, Caledonia Press, 1991
Jan Serr: Retrospective, Rahr West Museum, 1985
Sky Over Land: A monograph on Sixteen Monotypes, Charles A.
Wustum Museum of Fine Art, 1982

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL
Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY