Artist’s Statement:

Nature Inside Out
Recent Watercolors by Helen Klebesadel

It is not half so important to know as to feel. -Rachel Carson

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I
want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they
have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not. -
Georgia O'Keeffe

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. -Frank Lloyd Wright

Some of my family members have commented that I seem to be deeply influenced by the large rose wallpaper that covered the walls in the rural Wisconsin farmhouse where I was raised. It is true that I am endlessly fascinated by the everyday wonders of nature as well as by the many ways humans have of bringing representations of nature into our lived environments.
This exhibition is a part of a longer journey that is a search for the core of our human connection to nature. It is a journey "from the inside out," that considers how our emotional connections to nature can be born through aesthetic sensibilities. I use my artist’’s eye to note and document the fleeting miracles of the everyday. Aesthetic encounters that connect viewers with the sensual essence of nature can be a potent means of promoting a sense of care for the natural world. While the deepest connections are developed through direct contact with nature, art can evoke the desire for more or recall past experiences of awe.
My visual concerns run the gamut from careful study to poetic, symbolic and sometimes political representations of nature. As a gardener I can be caught contemplating a single flower until time is lost, knowing the opportunity for study is fleeting. Wallflowers and related works in this exhibition echo the abundance of this year’’s summer garden and document my times of careful looking and meditation on the transient vulnerability of beauty, life, and
nature. These ‘‘wallpapers’’ create opportunities to consider the metaphor of fragile strength.

Increasingly, for many in our culture, nature has become an abstract concept. We have become divorced from direct contact with the natural environment unless it intruded upon us in the form of weather or its consequences. In the still live paintings included in the exhibition I work with well established artistic conventions, and try to twist them to my own ends. Still life has a long history of symbolic representation of nature to comment on the human condition. My still lives juxtapose decorative and living nature in domestic settings as I try to find a way to represent bringing ‘‘real’’ nature inside. Living nature will not acquiesce to abstraction. What does it mean that we cover our walls, our clothes, and our personal environments with representations of nature? How is it we are drawn to representations of nature but seem to be moving farther and farther from understanding ourselves as a part of nature; of knowing where our food, air, and water comes from; and of being responsible stewards for the earth?
Perhaps art can lead us back to nature.

Helen Klebesadel
September 2007

ARTIST BIO

There is no definitive starting point to my artistic career. I don’t paint because I “want” to, I paint because I have to; it is who I am.
Different experiences in my life -work, travel, friends along the way -have all influenced my path as a artist.
For a time in college I worked as the curator for the university gallery. I led a group of students in choosing the artists who would show, arranging show schedules, hanging artwork, organizing the opening receptions and more. The experience gained and connections that I made during this time were incredible.
After college I traveled Europe with friends, taking in as much art as we could. Again, an incredible experience and a wealth of new art knowledge.
These, and millions of other inspirations, have brought me to this point in my artistic career, and are the basis for my work.

My current body of work explores two of my artistic passions -typography and painting.
As a professional Graphic Designer I am immersed in the creative but regimented use of type on a daily basis. I incorporate these ideas into my encaustic paintings and create a unique contrast between the lose flow of paint against the rigid layout of text.
My work is a visual medley of memories; each piece a vivid recollection of a conversation or snippet of time. I incorporate the graphic punch of stenciled text as a represention of the words that we aren’t afraid to say to one another. The softer handwritten style embodies the things you wish you had the courage to say outloud. The brash use of splattering and texture create depth and intensity; each spot and drip another layer attesting to what has transpired.

Artist Statement

Denise Presnell-Weidner

My focus on landscape imagery began approximately 20 years ago when I moved to Wisconsin. What intrigues me about nature is vitality to transcend my analytical side and transport me to a purely visual state of being. When I am inspired by place, I can literally feel the shift in my brain take place. My desire to keep that sensation alive is what drives me to record that very moment and make it permanent either with pastels on paper or oil on canvas. I also began working with pastels approximately 20 years ago purely on a whim. My style of using pastels was driven by my desire to create a surface that echoes the movement of color and light when one is experiencing nature.
The moment is not static; therefore I choose to produce a surface that is difficult to rest your eyes on. It is difficult to rest your eyes on anyone place when you're walking through woods or along a riverbank - it seems to me my artwork should reflect that sensation. Having been seif-taught in the use of pastels,
I didn't really realize I was developing a unique style with the medium . I have since found out that most people blend their pastels on the surface of their paper and my style comes as a bit of a surprise to viewers.

The resulting effect of my technique is an image that blends and becomes more readable from a distance, yet diffuses and breaks apart as one nears the piece. One believes the image will come more into focus up dose, but instead, the opposite occurs. When I am working on a pastel or a painting, I am constantly moving back and forth from the easel- so I can see if the results of my labor make visual sense from afar. Although I do not deviate much from the color that inspires me in nature, another effect of using pastels to recreate the image is that there never seem to be an exact match between nature's color and the color of the medium. I find that satisfying because it causes me to find color that heightens the experience, rather than merely copy the experience. Even though I literally have hundreds of pastels -I am in a constant search for that one perfect, yet ever missing color .It's like a
poet searching for that perfect rhyme. But even this keeps the experience vital and hungering to continue in the act of producing art.

I have discovered I do not need to travel far for subjects that have this effect on me. I am within walking distance of some of my favorite locations - the bike trail that follows the highway between Sheboygan and Greenbush, the woods that surround the cemetery on the edge of Kohler and Sheboygan Falls.1 am only a bike ride away from the bridges on Highway Y, Rangeline Road and Playbird Road that provide an abundance of color, texture, reflection and light. The trails and woods in the Kettle Moraine State Forest west of my home are a bit further away, but I often take day trips in late fall to that area to photograph as much as I can. The variety in that landscape with its hills and trails creates an ever surprising adventure for me as I hike through areas that I have both been to and ones that are completely new to me. What is key is to return at different times of day, different weather conditions or earlier or later parts of the season. The changes that take place due to time and weather transform the area to an entirely different visual experience.

My personal taste in color is what drives me to produce imagery largely based in the fall with its deep reds, burnt oranges and golden trees. The space also opens up because of the lack of foliage.1n the spring and summer, there are larger, more solid forms that do not appeal to me. The color of early spring seem also to be limited especially around bright, light greens and not much variation beyond that. later summer can be nice, with the wildflowers and the beginning of changes in the color of the leaves. I do love variety in color.

Artist Resume

Denise Presnell-Weidner

Education
M.F.A. - Painting and Drawing Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1985
B.F.A. - Printmaking University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 1981

Gallery Representation
Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL
Nina Blease Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Two Fish Gallery, Elkhart Lake, WI

Teaching Experience
1989–– Present Associate Professor of Art; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
1988 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Art; Louisiana State University- Shreveport
1986 - 1988 Instructor of Art; Benedictine College; Atchison, KS
1985 - 1986 Artist-in-Residence; Keystone Junior College, LaPlume, PA
1983 - 1985 Graduate Teaching Assistantship; Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA

International Recognition & Opportunities
2003 ““Sheboygan River Reflections”” purchased and presented by the President of Lakeland College to the President of Shanghai Finance College, Shanghai, China.
1999 - 2003 Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State U.S. Ambassadorial Residence; Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. Ambassadorial Residence: Gaborone, Botswana
1997 - Present Exhibitions & Gallery Representation, Space N’s Gallery, Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan

Awards
2006 Award of Merit; “Agrarian Views”; Gallery 110 North; Plymouth Arts Foundation Plymouth, WI
2005 Award of Excellence; ““Mighty Midwest Biennial III””; New Visions Gallery; Marshfield, WI
Award of Merit; “Alive in the Arts - A Joan Kohn Juried
Exhibition”
Gallery 110 North; Plymouth Arts Foundation, Plymouth, WI
2004 Percent for Art Direct Purchase Program Award, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI
2003 Award of Merit; “Alive in the Arts - A Joan Kohn Juried Exhibition”
Gallery 110 North; Plymouth Arts Foundation, Plymouth, WI
1998 Percent for Art Direct Purchase Program Award, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI
Sabbatical; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
First Place; “Not Only Badgers, Packers and Cows”, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Arts Foundation; Plymouth, WI1992 Juror’’s Mention; Kansas 17th National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition; Fort Hays State University; Fort Hays, KS
1983 2nd Place; GALEX 17 Annual International Competitive Exhibition; Galesburg Civic Art Center; Galesburg, IL
1981 Thomas Coleman Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Area of Printmaking University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Juror’s Choice Award; Nebraska Wesleyan University’s “Fred Wells 6” Nebraska Wesleyan University; Lincoln, NE
Purchase Award; Nebraska Wesleyan University’’s “Fred Wells” Nebraska Wesleyan University; Lincoln, NE
Purchase Award; ANAC - 1st Annual Competitive “Nebraska Reflections 81” Hastings College Art Gallery; Hastings, NE

Selected Permanent Collections
Shanghai Finance College; Shanghai, China
The Concourse Hotel; Madison, WI
Dept. of Administration––WI Rapids State Office Building; Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Northern Trust Bank: Milwaukee, WI
Johnson Wax Corporation; Racine, WI
Private Bank; St. Charles, IL
Waukesha Memorial Hospital; Waukesha, WI
Medical Society of Wisconsin/SMS Foundation, Inc.; Madison, WI
Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company; Milwaukee, WI
WEA Insurance Group; Madison, WI
Bemis Manufacturing Corporation; Sheboygan Falls, WI
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Tarkio College; Tarkio, MO
Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
John Esch Library, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
Hastings State Bank; Hastings, NE
Dr. Stephen Gould, President’’s Residence, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, W
Numerous Corporate & Private Collections, United States, Africa & Japan

Solo Exhibitions
2007 Grace Chosy Gallery, ”Bridges”, Madison WI
Frehner Gallery, Monroe Arts Center, Monroe, WI
2004 Bradley Gallery of Art, “Self-Endeavors”, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Arts Association, Plymouth, WI
2001 Featured Artist Exhibit; Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2000 Center for the Visual Arts; Wausau, WI
1998 The Neville Public Museum of Brown County; Green Bay, WI
Center Gallery; St. Mary’’s University, Winona, MN
GEF-1 Office Building Main Gallery; Department of Workforce Development Madison, WI
1995 Humanities Fine Arts Center Gallery; University of Minnesota-Morris
Suzanne Kohn Gallery; International Design Center; Minneapolis, MN
1994 University of Wisconsin Center- Manitowoc County Campus; Fine Arts Gallery
DeRicci Gallery; Edgewood College, Madison, WI
1993 University of Wisconsin - Sheboygan Center; Sheboygan, WI
1990 Carleton College; Northfield, MN
1989 Turner Art Center; Centenary College; Shreveport, LA
Louisiana State University-Shreveport; Shreveport, LA
1987 The Studio Art Gallery; Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO
1985 Ford Hall Gallery; Mercersburg Academy; Mercersburg, PA
1984 Pattee Library Gallery; Pennsylvania State University; University Park
1982 The Unitarian Church Gallery; Lincoln, NE

Two-Person/Group And Invitational Exhibitions
2007 Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
2006 One and Only; Artspace; Kohler, WI
Drawn In; Miller Museum of Art; Sturgeon Bay, WI
Holiday Membership Exhibition; Gallery 110 North; Plymouth, WI
2005 One and Only; Artspace; Kohler, WI
Into the Woods; Edgewood Orchard Galleries; Fish Creek, WI
2004 Landscape; Mary Bell Galleries; Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition; Katie Gingrass Gallery; Milwaukee, WI
2003 WISCONSIN Landscape; Foster Gallery; University of Wisconsin –– Eau Claire
2002 Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
2001 Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
River Arts Center Gallery, Prairie du Sac, WI
2000 Three Person Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Two Person Exhibition; West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
Group Pastel Exhibition; Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
1998 Two Person Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Two Person Exhibition; Marian Gallery, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee,WI
1997 Faculty Exhibition; Bradley Gallery of Art, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
Group Exhibition - 4 Gallery Artists; Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago, IL
Two Person Exhibition; Space N’s Gallery; Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

“Essence of Place” - Two Person Exhibition; Hennepin County Oxboro Library Bloomington, MN
“Shaping the Vision: Six Current Views”; Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
1996 Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Gallery; Lakeland College; Sheboygan, WI
“Winter Show 1996”; Bridge Square Gallery; Northfield, MN
1995 Two Person Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery; Madison, WI
Summer Show; Bridge Square Gallery; Northfield. MN
“Winter Show”, Works from Local and Regional Artists; Bridge Square Gallery Northfield, MN
Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Art Gallery; Lakeland College; Sheboygan, WI
1993 The Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Collection Award Winners; The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE1992 Faculty Art Exhibition: Bradley Art Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan,WI
Annual Christmas Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery; Madison, WI
1991 ““Windows”” - A Group Invitational Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Art Gallery; Lakeland College; Sheboygan,WI
1990 Annual Christmas Exhibition; Grace Chosy Gallery Madison, WI
Gallery Artists; MC Gallery; Minneapolis, MN
1989 Faculty Art Exhibition; Bradley Art Gallery; Lakeland College; Sheboygan,WI
1988 Two-Person Exhibition; Hastings College Art Gallery; Hastings, NE
1987 The Riverbend Art Festival; Atchison, KS
1986 Two-Person Exhibition; Muchnic Art Gallery; Atchison, KS
The 2nd National Tarkio Invitational; The Studio Gallery; Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO
Two Person Exhibition; Linder Art Gallery; Keystone Junior College; LaPlume, PA
1985 A.I.R. Gallery Annual Holiday Invitational; A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY
The Artful Christmas; Doris Fordham Gallery; Clarks Summit, PA
The 1st National Tarkio Invitational; The Studio Gallery; Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO Recognizable
Objects; Doris Fordham Gallery; Clarks Summit, PA
Thesis Exhibition; Zoller Gallery; Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA M.F.A. Group
Exhibition; Zoller Gallery; Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
1984 A.I.R. Gallery Annual Holiday Invitational; A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY
““Group Dynamics - An Invitational Exhibition””; Zoller Gallery
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1983 M.F.A. Group Exhibition; Zoller Gallery; Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Competitive Exhibitions
2006 62nd Art Annual Exhibition; Neville Public Museum; Green Bay, WI
Agrarian Views……; Gallery 110 North; Plymouth, WI
2005 Mighty Midwest Biennial III; New Visions Gallery; Marshfield, WI
Alive in the Arts –– A Joan Kohn Memorial Exhibition, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI
Eight Counties; John Michael Kohler Art Center; Sheboygan, WI
2004 Alive in the Arts –– A Joan Kohn Memorial Exhibition, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI

2003 Northern National Art Competition; Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
Impressions; Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
Alive in the Arts - A Joan Kohn Memorial Exhibition, Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI
Beloit & Vicinity; Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2001 Eight Counties; John Michael Kohler Art Center; Sheboygan, WI
1999 57th Art Annual Exhibition; Neville Public Museum; Green Bay, WI
1998 Not Only Badgers, Packers & Cows; Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI
Six Counties Triennial Exhibition; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1997 55th Art Annual Exhibition; Neville Public Museum; Green Bay, WI
1996 54th Art Annual Exhibition; Neville Public Museum;Green Bay, WI
1995 Wisconsin Artists’’ Biennial; University of Wisconsin Fine Arts Galleries at Green Bay
Eau Claire and Stevens Point, WI
1995 Greater Midwest International Exhibition X; Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University; Warrensburg, MO

1994 Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Statewide Membership Exhibition; River Edge Galleries; Mishicot, WI
1993 Wisconsin Artists’’ Biennial; Fine Arts Gallery; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lawton Gallery of Art; Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
1992 Kansas 17th National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition
Moss-Thorn Gallery of Art, Fort Hays State University; Hays, KS
1991 Pastels ‘91:Sixth Annual National Exhibition; The Midwest Pastel Society Dellora NorrisCultural Arts Center; St. Charles, IL
1990 Six Counties Triennial Exhibition; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
1989 National Juried Art Exhibition; Arlington Art Association, Arlington Museum of Art Arlington, TX
16th International Dogwood Festival Art Show; Georgia Tech Student Center Gallery Atlanta, GA
Fifth Annual Arts Fest Juried Gallery Show; Gibson-Barham Gallery Imperial Calcasieu Museum; Lake Charles, LA
The Greater Midwest International Exhibition IV; Art Center Gallery Central Missouri State University;
Warrensburg, MO
1988 Art in the Woods ‘‘88; Overland Park Arts Commission; The Corporate Woods Overland Park, KS
The Greater Midwest International Exhibition III; Art Center Gallery Central Missouri State University;
Warrensburg, MO
1987 1987 Biennial; Sioux City Art Center; Sioux City, IA
1986 AAUW National Art Mart Exhibition; IntraWest Bank of Greeley, CO
1985 15th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition; Southwest Texas State University San Marco, TX
16th Annual River Road Art Competition; Louisiana Art & Artist’s Guild, Inc. Guild Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
28th Chautaugua National Exhibition of American Art 1985; Chautaugua Art Association Galleries;Chautaugua, NY
1984 Pensacola National Portrait Exhibition; Visual Arts Gallery; Pensacola Junior College Pensacola, FL
Women in the Arts Celebration; William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1983 16th Annual Arkansas Exhibition; S.E. Arkansas Arts & Science Center Pine Bluff, AR
The Figure; New Form/New Function; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gatlinburg, TN
1983 26t h Annual Chautaugua National Exhibition of American Art 1983
Chautaugua Art Association Galleries; Chautaugua, NY
GAL EX 17; 17th Annual International Competitive Exhibition; Galesburg Civic Art Center; Galesburg, IL
WINTER ART/Manhattan; Strecker Gallery; Manhattan, KS
1982 Fred Wells 7; Nebraska Wesleyan University Elder Gallery; Lincoln, NE
1982 Summerarts IX Regional Juried Art Exhibition; Warner M. Lee Center for Fine Arts;University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD
Kansas 7th National Small Painting, Drawing, & Print Exhibition; Fort Hays State University; Hays, KS
1981 Fred Wells 6; Nebraska Wesleyan University Elder Gallery; Lincoln, NE
ANA C - 1st Annual Competitive - Nebraska Reflections ‘81 Hastings College Art Gallery; Hastings, NE
1980 15 Regional Artists; Mark IV Gallery; Lincoln, NE
1979 Works on Paper - University of Nebraska Traveling Exhibition; University of Iowa Iowa City, IA; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Publications And Reviews
2006 Drawn In; Exhibition Catalog; Miller Museum of Art; Sturgeon Bay, WI
2004 Self-Endeavors; Videotape Collection; John Esch Library, Lakeland College Sheboygan, WI
2003 Impressions; Exhibition Catalog; Blanden Memorial Art Museum; Fort Dodge, IA
2002 Reflections; Update: The Lakeland College Magazine; Sheboygan, WI
“Lemon-Lime Periphera””; 2002 Edgewood Orchard Galleries Calendar
2001 “East View from Rangeline Road Bridge”; 2001 Edgewood Orchard Galleries Calendar
1998 A Heart for Art; The Sheboygan Press, by Molly DeCleene, Sheboygan, WI
1997 Pro gram Catalogue for Children & Adults; Minnetonka Center for the Arts
Reproduction of “Kettle Moraine #3”, Fall 1997 Catalogue, Wayzata, MN
1996 Wisconsin Academy Review; A Journal of Wisconsin Culture
Front and BackCover Art; Summer 1996 Edition; Published by the Wisconsin
Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Madison, WI
1991 An Exhibit With a View; Wisconsin State Journal
1989 Artist’s Works Bright, Warm, Colorful; The Times; Shreveport, LA

Commissions
Concourse Hotel Lobby, Madison, WI
Northern Trust Bank, Milwaukee, WI
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee, WI
Thomas Uecke, Milwaukee, WI
Numerous Private Commissions throughout the Midwest.

Professional Activities
2006 Committee Member, On Campus Curriculum Committee, Lakeland College Sheboygan, WI
2004 Convocation Lecture, ““Self-Endeavors””, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
2003-06 Fine Arts & Communications Committee member, Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
2003 Juror, Miller Art Museum’’s Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2002 Juror, Kohler Company Annual Photography Competition, Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
Guest Lecturer, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI
Set & Program Design, Set Coordinator, Blue Line Ice Center, “Grease on Ice”, Sheboygan, WI
Lobby Display, Sheboygan Youth Theater Company, Plymouth, WI
2002-03 Committee Member, On Campus Curriculum Committee, Lakeland College Sheboygan, WI
2001 Program Design, Blue Line Ice Center, Annual Ice Skating Exhibition “103 Dalmatians on Ice”;
Sheboygan, WI
2000 Program Design, Wisconsin Edge Figure Skating Club, Exhibition Program
Milwaukee, WI
Guest Lecturer; Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI
1998 Guest Lecturer; Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI
Editor: “On & Off the Wall”, Quarterly Newsletter; Plymouth Arts Foundation Plymouth, WI 1997
1997 Juror; Kohler Company Annual Photography Competition, Kohler Company Kohler, WI
Guest Panelist;““Massaging the Artist’’s Ego”, Plymouth Art Foundation Gallery 110 North, Plymouth, WI
1995 - 2001 Committee Member; Professional Standards Committee; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
1994 Guest Lecturer; University of Wisconsin Center - Manitowac
1989 - Present Coordinator; Art Department; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
Co-Director; Bradley Art Gallery; Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI
1991 Juror; “28th Waupaca Art Show”; Waupaca, WI Juror; Magnolia Sidewalk Arts Festival; Magnolia, AR
1989 Interview; “Artscene”; Shreveport Cablevision; Shreveport, LA
Juror; Natchitoches Art Guild Exhibit; Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA
1988 Juror; “Great Things to See in Kansas”; Sponsored by The Kansas Optometric Auxiliary; Muchnic Gallery; Atchison, KS
1986-88 Co-Director; South Administration Art Gallery; Benedictine College, Atchison, KS
1986 Gallery Lecture and Discussion; Linder Art Gallery; Keystone Junior College La Plume, PA
1985 Juror; Susquehanna Arts Festival; Susquehanna, PA
Guest Lecturer The Mercersburg Academy; Mercersburg, PA
1984 Pennsylvania State University Undergraduate Art Exhibition Zoller Gallery; University Park, PA

Artist Information

Emmanuel Tetteh Pecku is an award winning artist who has exhibited his artwork throughout Ghana as well as the United States, Europe and most recently, the Caribbean. His artwork is also in public and private collections of distinguished institutions and corporations throughout the
world.

Emmanuel’s creativity and passion for art is visible in all his vivid and colorful paintings focusing on the day to day activities of Ghanaian and African daily life in general. He continues to seek new experiences and inspirations within the nature, culture and community of the African people and expresses his visions on canvas with the kind of style, technique and panache which is uniquely that of Emmanuel Tetteh Pecku, the artist.