Warrington Colescott
Total Recall: A Selection
April 7 to 29
Opening Reception
Friday April 7, 5 to 8 p.m.

Warrington Colescott, presents a selection of works showcasing his ribald wit and political
commentary. Watercolors illustrating the folly and absurdity of war through the prism of satire and dark
humor will highlight the show. Warrington will also have on display recent color etchings, as well as a
selection of prints looking back, and pieces not shown before in Madison. There will be large paintings
and prints celebrating Louisiana culture, some good old partisan political rants, and indeed, some barbs
aimed at aspects of our local culture.
Colescott’s images are packed with activity, texture and color. The viewer easily becomes a part of
each painting - from the smoky sounds of the music club in “Suite Louisiana”, to the treachery
perpetrated at the White House in “Under the Oval Office”. Looking at each work is a sensory feast of
color, sound, and aroma.
An internationally shown artist, Warrington is professor emeritus at the UW-Madison, printmaker
emeritus for the Southern Graphics Council, academician in the National Academy of Design, a Fellow
in the Wisconsin Academy,
a Fulbright Fellow and a past recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship award.
Coinciding with the Colescott opening is the National/International Southern Graphics Council
Conference being held at the UW-Madison, April 5-8, 2006. For information on exhibitions,
demonstrations, lectures, slide shows– some free, some not– see the web-site
(http://www.art.wisc.edu/sgc2006). Shuttle buses will be running from the SGCC exhibit at
Memorial Union to various locations in Madison and the Grace Chosy Gallery during the opening
reception.

Art of Note
Artist Violins
May 2-31

The Gallery, once again hosts the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Fund-Raising exhibit of Artist Violins.
Raffle tickets will be on sale at the gallery.

Patrick Farrell
Still-lifes and Roses
May 5 to 27
Artist’s Reception
Friday May 5, 5 to 8 p.m.

Patrick Farrell, celebrated Milwaukee painter, presents his eighth solo exhibit with The Grace Chosy
Gallery during May.
Farrell’s superior craftsmanship and imaginative style create images that are richly expressive,
beautifully detailed, and possessing jewel-like clarity. His popular still-lifes of fruit, butterflies, and
roses, impart almost a mysterious quality, while still employing the delicacy and compulsive attention to
detail for which Farrell’s work is so richly noted. Farrell’s exploration of the demanding style of “super
realism” has earned him a noteworthy place among leading painters.
Images of work in the exhibit will be posted on our web-site (http://www.gracechosygallery.com)
closer to the exhibit opening date.
Recently Farrell was elected an Honorary Member of the Allied Artists of America, New York City,
New York and he is profiled in the new book, “Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects”. This spring
his 1991 oil painting of Marilyn Monroe will be featured, full page, in the large format, hardcover book
“Marilyn in Art” by Roger Taylor of England. This book will be sold worldwide and signed prints of his
Marilyn Monroe painting, featured in the book, will be available at the gallery during his May exhibit.
Farrell’s paintings have been displayed in over 30 solo exhibitions and have also been included in
countless exhibitions internationally.

Birds, Birds, Birds
A Group Exhibit
June 2-24
Reception, Friday June 2, 6-8 p.m.

Birds, Birds, Birds - soaring everywhere - images landing in paintings, prints, and sculpture! Fourteen
talented artists will present their individual interpretations on the theme of “Birds” - this should be an
“up-lifting” experience for all.

Gallery Notes
The gallery continues to show work at the Verex Building, 150 East Gilman Street, next to James Madison
Park. This exhibit will be visible on the www.gracechosygallery.com website, click on the Verex Exhibit link.
Pastel works by Chris Miles will be the Spring display mid-April thru June. Viewing hours are Monday - Friday
from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: Please remember that the parking lot next to the Public Library is only one block away and that
there is also parking on the side streets. We often have room for one car behind the gallery for dropping off or
picking up items.

Art Consulting
If you are looking for a piece of art or need assistance in any way for selecting art, we can help. We provide on-
site consulting services. All you need is an appointment. Call us today to schedule your consultation.

Framing
We have a framing service both for work purchased at the gallery and also for works you have purchased
elsewhere. Our moulding samples are stored in drawers. Please ask to see them.

Art Corner: Realism
A term used generally to refer to art in which subjects from real life are depicted. It has been associated with a movement in French painting which lasted from c.1830 to the 1860s and deliberately eschewed the obscure subjects normally found in academic art in order to concentrate on portraying contemporary themes.

Exhibition Schedule

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

July 7-29
Summer Blossoms
Group Exhibit - Various Media
Reception, Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m.

August 4-25
Ken Schneider
Watercolors
Reception, Friday August 4, 6-8 p.m.
.
September 8-29
Anita Nelson & Greg Schulte
Paintings
Reception, Friday , September 8, 6-8 p.m.

Contributors:
EllenKoch
Karin Ketarkus
John D'Onofrio

ART CORNER: Each newsletter will have a brief section on frequently asked questions. If you have a topic you would like to have us cover, we will research the answer for you. Would you like to be a guest contributor? If so, send your copy to the editor at 1825 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711,
call (608)255-1211, fax (608)663-2032 or email: staff@gracechosygallery.com

Summer Blossoms—A Group Exhibit
July 7-29
Opening Reception
Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m.

Kathy Armstrong brings her love of florals to life with layers of transparent watercolor that give her
paintings rich glowing color. Kathy works both in graphic design and fine art, and prefers to paint close
up studies of people and objects in natural settings.
Flowers, fireflies and art sum up the feelings of summer for Lake Mills artist, Leslie DeMuth. Leslie’s
perfect day begins with the early morning sun rising over her garden and ends with the fireflies flickering
at dusk. Taking inspiration from her gardens and Madison’s farmers market on the square, Leslie’s oils
on panel reflect her attention to detail and capture the beauty of a fleeting summer.
Susan Hale’s fresh and spontaneous approach to her oils on canvas showcase her love of color and
pattern. Inspired the Wisconsin countryside, and her travels to Mexico and Italy, Susan’s paintings are
imbued with warmth of the sun and the coolness of a soft breeze.
Scott Hefti’s educational background draws him to both architecture and nature. Often working from
photographs, Scott interprets these images in pastel on paper and in oil on canvas. Hefti’s images feature
his interest in gardening and bonsai – garden florals, still-life, and sunlit paths lead the observer on a
quiet and contemplative stroll in this all too brief summer season.
The extraordinary richness of the everyday world is captured in the ethereal and spiritual photographs
of Janica Yoder. The color and texture of her photographs are luscious, almost poetic, as she uses her
camera to record her objective reality. Janica focuses her work on the images that shape her environment
and her life.

Ken Schneider
Woods and Water
August 4-26
Opening Reception
Friday, August 4, 6-8 p.m.

Popular local artist, Ken Schneider celebrates his 11th show with the Grace Chosy Gallery. Continuing to
explore the woods and waterways of this area, - especially the Baraboo Range - for subject matter,
Schneider reveals the complexity beneath the deceptively placid surface of the natural landscape. His
vivid paintings of southern Wisconsin woodlands transform the familiar shapes and objects found in
nature into compositions of beautiful, cut-glass clarity. There is both a sense of drama and intimacy to
these works. Schneider’s watercolor painting “Saturated Bluff” earned a Purchase Award at the 2005
Watercolor Wisconsin Exhibit and is now in the permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum. A life-
long resident of Wisconsin and a UW-Madison graduate, Ken’s work is displayed in numerous corporate
and public collections.

Anita Nelson & Greg Schulte
Paintings
September 8-29
Opening Reception
Friday, September 8, 6-8 p.m.

Local artists Anita Nelson and Greg Schulte bring their enthusiasm and creativity to the Grace Chosy
Gallery for the month of September.
Whimsical images and childhood memories form the basis for the art of Anita Nelson. The acrylic
paintings in the show employ both “old master” and “contemporary” approaches while reflecting her love
of nature. Using a process called the 3 To’s (To Learn, To Grow, To Foster), Anita invites viewers to
relate to her fantastic imagery through their own life experiences.
In his 6th show with the Grace Chosy Gallery, Greg Schulte contributes more than a dozen
paintings in oil on canvas, paper, panel and some in mixed media. The central theme of Greg’s work is
that objects can transcend their existence as commonplace artifacts and become metaphors for human
experience. While searching for significance and meaning in the familiar, his unusual combinations of
subjects set in peculiar stage-like spaces create whimsical metaphors and mysterious narratives. By
responding to life’s encounters in a poetic manner, Schulte strives to create mysterious, enigmatic
alternate realities open to multiple interpretations.

Gallery Notes
The gallery continues to show work at the Verex Building, 150 East Gilman Street, next to James Madison
Park. This exhibit will be visible on the www.gracechosygallery.com website, click on the Verex Exhibit link.
Paintings by Pat Hidson will be the Summer display early July thru September. Viewing hours are Monday - Friday
from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: Please remember that the parking lot next to the Public Library is only one block away and that
there is also parking on the side streets. We often have room for one car behind the gallery for dropping off or
picking up items.

Art Consulting
If you are looking for a piece of art or need assistance in any way for selecting art, we can help. We provide on-
site consulting services. All you need is an appointment. Call us today to schedule your consultation.

Framing
We have a framing service both for work purchased at the gallery and also for works you have purchased
elsewhere. Our moulding samples are stored in drawers. Please ask to see them.

Art Corner: Trompe l’oeil
A French term meaning “to fool the eye”. Paintings and drawings associated with this term usually depict a shallow
space with objects in sharp focus and delineated with meticulous care to create an artwork that fools the viewer into
believing the images are real.

Exhibition Schedule

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

October 6-28
James Conaway
Paintings
Reception, Friday, October 6, 5-9 p.m.
*This is the evening of the MMOCA Gallery Walk.

November 3-25
John Mominee and Brant Kingman
Paintings and Sculpture
Reception, Friday November 3, 6-8 p.m.
.
December 1-23
RED!
A Group Exhibit
Reception, Friday, December 1, 6-8 p.m.

Contributors:
Ellen Koch
Karin Ketarkus
John D'Onofrio
ART CORNER: Each newsletter will have a brief section on frequently asked questions. If you have a topic you would like to have us cover, we will research the answer for you. Would you like to be a guest contributor? If so, send your copy to the editor at 1825 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711,
call (608)255-1211, fax (608)663-2032 or email: staff@gracechosygallery.com

Jim Conaway
My Favorite Places
October 6-28, 2006
Opening Friday, October 6, 5-9 p.m.

James Conaway and his wife travel extensively, both as tour leaders and for personal pleasure. In
the last five years they have visited Turkey, India, Ireland, Eastern Europe, Egypt, Italy, Croatia, Tibet
and the “Silk Road” of western China. Recollections from these trips filter through his mind and, those
recurring, often become paintings.
Conaway’s paintings are “...studio inventions and do not exist anywhere but in (his) mind.” His
palette involves warm browns, and rich reds which echo the tones of old masterpieces seen on his
trips. He paints on canvas and on old wood allowing the grain and patina of old scratches and nicks
to imbue a shadow of age while he muses on the nature of art as well as the nature of the
landscape.
Painting both domestic and foreign favorite places distilled through the veil of sensory perceptions
and emotional stimuli absorbed on site, Jim strives to achieve an image of the essential character and
spirituality of the place. What he paints is not necessarily what is seen but what he feels and the
important things he remembers about a place.
Conaway says: “Not all my favorite places are foreign. I have my favorite walk through the woods
and I spend an afternoon reading in my favorite spot in the park or arboretum. I don’t like to paint
outside anymore because there is too much that distracts from the essence or the spirituality.”

Brant Kingman and John Mominee
Painting, Prints and Sculpture
November 3-25, 2006
Opening Friday, November 3, 6-8 p.m.

Once again we pair painter/printmaker John Mominee with sculptor Brant Kingman for our
November exhibit. John is exploring the possibilities inherent in a variety of materials - oil, acrylic,
wood, paper, and wax (encaustic) - in new works that will be sometimes organic, and sometimes
geometric. Exploring th e theme: “The Abstract Landscape: Fire and Water”, John interprets the
landscape using his “mind’s eye” and imagination hoping that the viewer will interact with it on a
personal level. Mominee’s work typically incorporates layers of opaque and transparent paint
scraped and scratched to create areas of visual interest often found in weathered surfaces
juxtaposed with areas of rich fresh sensuous color.
Kingman sculpts time, the beauty that age creates. He sculpts figures and then accelerate the
processes of time to create his Contemporary Relic Series. Seven new pieces have just gone to the
foundry for casting using the “lost wax” technique. These new works are broken (as befits a relic) but
smoother surfaced, lacking the “cultural fossils” he has incorporated in past works.

RED!!!
December 1-23, 2006
A Group Exhibit
Opening Friday, December 1, 6-8 p.m.

In honor of the holiday season, artists: Carmel Anderson, Marilyn Annin, Patrick Farrell, Steve Feren,
Christine Herman, Michael Hopkins, Yung Jo Ji, Francisco X. Mora, Tom Sargeant, Charlie Olson,
Carole Spelic, and Joel Elgin explore the color “red” as a main element of their work.
There will be two-dimensional and three-dimensional works ranging from realism to abstraction.
Patrick Farrell will grace us with two exquisitely detailed small still-life paintings of cherries and/or a red
apple. Francisco X. Mora’s whimsical animals perform once again for your enjoyment. Yung Jo Ji and
Tom Sargeant incorporate variations of red into the richly textured surfaces of their abstract acrylic
paintings. We will have tea bowls, and small and tall vessels by UW Whitewater ceramics professor
Charlie Olson, and stone-like papier-mache vessels by Carole Spelic, all featuring red. Carmel
Anderson portrays everyday objects of and in red while Marilyn Annin uses red fiber and other objects
to create one of her free-standing garments. Joel Elgin and Christine Hermann emphasize red in their
colorful prints. Michael Hopkins molds space with minimal use of ruled or calligraphic lines. Steve Feren
offers his luminous cast glass. Please come an enjoy the season with us.

Gallery Notes
The gallery continues to show work at the Verex Building, 150 East Gilman Street, next to James
Madison Park. This exhibit will be visible on the www.gracechosygallery.com website, click on the Verex
Exhibit link. Etchings exploring Irish Mythology by Joel Elgin will be the Fall display early October thru
December. Viewing hours are Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Parking: Please remember that the parking lot next to the Public Library is only one block away
and that there is also parking on the side streets. We often have room for one car behind the gallery for
dropping off or picking up items.

Art Consulting
If you are looking for a piece of art or need assistance in any way for selecting art, we can help. We
provide on-site consulting services. All you need is an appointment. Call us today to schedule your
consultation.

Framing
We have a framing service both for work purchased at the gallery and also for works you have
purchased elsewhere. Our moulding samples are stored in drawers. Please ask to see them.

Art Corner: Encaustic
A technique practiced by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans in which pigments are mixed with molten
wax and applied to the painting surface using war

Exhibition Schedule

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday,10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

October 6-28
James Conaway
Favorite Places
Reception, Friday, October 6, 5-9 p.m.
*This is the evening of the MMOCA Gallery Walk.


November 3-25
John Mominee and Brant Kingman
Paintings, Prints and Sculpture
Reception, Friday November 3, 6-8 p.m.
.

December 1-23
RED!!!
A Group Exhibit
Reception, Friday, December 1, 6-8 p.m.

Contributors:
Ellen Koch
Karin Ketarkus
John D'Onofrio
ART CORNER: Each newsletter will have a brief section on frequently asked questions. If you have a topic you would like to have us cover, we will research the answer for you. Would you like to be a guest contributor? If so, send your copy to the editor at 1825 Monroe Street, Madison, WI 53711,
call (608)255-1211, fax (608)663-2032 or email: staff@gracechosygallery.com