2019 Door County Plein Air Festival Artist and Events Guide

Jill Basham

DOOR COUNTY PLEIN AIR

Artist & Event Guide

EVENTS: JULY 21-27 | EXHIBIT THRU AUG 11

...it's a shore thing!

Presented by: Peninsula School of Art, Door County, WI

2

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

K AT HIEODOM.COM

Phone: 920.868.3455

TABLE OF CONTENTS 7

Welcome

8

About Us

14

Tickets

16

Door to Creativity Campaign

20

Guide to Watching Artists

24

Schedule of Events

32

Becoming a Featured Artist

35

2019 Festival Judge

38

2019 Featured Artists

3

4

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

STAFF

Catherine Hoke, Executive Director Crystal Chesnik, Director of Public Programs Tori Daubner, Registrar & Programs Administrator Elysia Michaelsen, Director of Education Programs Ginny Sowinski, Development & Events Coordinator

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Nancy Sargent, Chair Karen Hertz-Sumnicht, Vice Chair Steve Sauter, Treasurer Mynn Lanphier, Secretary Ginnie Cappaert Julia Chomeau Tom Claggett Karen Cook Sue Enroth Barb Hambleton Christy Kelly-Bentgen Susan Livengood Virginia Maher Mary Beth Maudsley Diane Miller Mary Nelson Stephanie Trenchard Jim VanderHeiden Terry Wickman Sylvia Youell Sue Zingsheim

MISSION

Peninsula School of Art provides enriching, educational experiences to participants of all ages and abilities that broaden individual perspectives, and fosters a community dedicated to the transformative power of the visual arts.

Peninsula School of Art is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization.

Artwork by Carl Bretzke

Phone: 920.868.3455

CHULA BEAUREGARD Steamboat Springs, CO chulabeauregard.com "Greener Pastures" 12"x16" oil

5

6

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

Artwork by Shelby Keefe

2019 Door County Plein Air

Phone: 920.868.3455

7

WELCOME Peninsula School of Art is delighted to present the work of 38 plein air masters during our 13th annual Door County Plein Air Festival. Over the last thirteen years, the Festival has contributed in so many ways to making Door County the Midwest’s premier art destination.

During the Festival, we’re sure you’ll see, not only our Featured Artists, but many who have been inspired to join in the spirit of the event. We couldn’t be happier to see so much live action art-making in one place!

When looking for the Featured Artists, here are clues that guarantee you’re engaging with a Door County Plein Air Festival Featured Artist: • A lanyard with the artist’s Festival badge

• The authorized Festival stamp on the back of the painting • The official Festival artist t-shirt • The sale of paintings limited to our Guenzel Gallery and the live auction at noon on Saturday If you plan to purchase a plein air painting during the Festival, we ask that you please consider doing so through the Guenzel Gallery at Peninsula School of Art. Not only will you support PenArt’s educational community programs through one of Door County’s oldest area nonprofits for the visual arts…54 years and counting…but you will support the Door County Plein Air Festival’s Featured Artists too!

Thank you and have a wonderful time.

The Board & Staff of PenArt

8

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

What started as a handful of artists offering classes from a small gray building in a meadow in Fish Creek, has now grown to become the premier Midwest destination for visual arts education.

ABOUT US

Phone: 920.868.3455

9

Artwork by Jeffery Mothes

10

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE ARTS

For over 100 years, Door County has been known as a haven for artists, creatives and art appreciators; and Peninsula School of Art (PenArt) is at the center of this vibrant arts community. Founded in 1965, Peninsula School of Art is dedicated to the belief that everyone deserves access to the arts—and each of us has the potential for artistic expression.

Our exceptional education programs, exhibits, and events open doors for curious minds of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to learn, discover and explore through the visual arts.

For the first thirty years, PenArt was a summer-only school. In 1998, five new studios and the landmark Guenzel Gallery were completed, allowing us to offer year-round arts programming.

Since then, our programs have grown

exponentially. Our adult workshop program - which typically runs from June through October - includes offerings in nearly 20 different fine art media, from oil painting to stone carving and digital photography.

Students and faculty travel from all 50 states to attend and lead our programs. 0ur children and teen workshop program participation has increased 40% and serves children ages three and half to seventeen.

The Guenzel Gallery has become a centerpiece of the visual arts in Door County. It features a year-round calendar of educationally-themed exhibitions of master artists’ works.

These exhibits are free and open to the public and typically include an interactive or hands-on component for gallery visitors of all ages.

Phone: 920.868.3455

KURT BRIAN ANDERSON

kur tbriananderson.com kanderson8345@gmail.com 231.838.1766

THE ART OF CONVERSATION Join my email list

michelebyr ne.com michele@michelebyrne.com

610-698-3372

11

12

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

Our Community and Public Programs, which began in 2003, now serve over 3000 participants annually through free and accessible art education opportunities. They offer memorable, immersive learning experiences, nurture creativity and provide opportunities for intergenerational sharing and problem solving.

And it doesn’t stop there. In June of 2018, we announced the Door to Creativity Campaign to reinvent and revitalize the PenArt campus. The upgraded PenArt campus will serve

as a platform for artists of all ages, inspiring creative growth and fostering the next generation's imagination. It will dramatically enhance our canvas for artistic and educational programming, and provide a welcoming, inclusive setting for the celebration of creative expression within the Door County community. For more information and ways to get involved, visit: www.PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org/DTC

Phone: 920.868.3455

13

AIS, PAACM, LPAPA, APA

“Autumn Light”

12x16 oil on linen panel

DebraJoyGroesser.com

402.592.6552 ∙ debra@debrajoygroesser.com ∙ Instagram: debrajoygroesser Facebook: Debra Groesser Fine Art ∙ Twitter: @DebraJGroesser

14

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

4 WAYS TO BUY

GLOBE

PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org

PHONE 920.868.3455

ENVELOPE

P.O. Box 304 Fish Creek, WI 54212

user

3900 County Rd F Fish Creek

Kathie Odom by Dennis Connolly

Phone: 920.868.3455

The Palette Pass is your all-access ticket to the Door County Plein Festival. As a Palette Pass holder, you will join the Featured Artists at private social and art events throughout the week and have the first chance to purchase paintings at the Collector’s Preview.

PURCHASE TICKETS

ID-BADGE

Palette

Individual Events

All Access Palette Pass

Welcome Dinner

N/A

Tea & Talk with the Artists

N/A

Art & All That Jazz

$25 Per Person

Lecture with the Judge

$10 Per Person

Collector's Preview

N/A

Gala Auction

$80 Per Person

Auction Concessions

$5 Per Person $220 Per Person

15

16

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

A NEW CANVAS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ARTISTIC PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.

Phone: 920.868.3455

17

The Door County Plein Air Festival is a celebration of creativity - and it is just one of the ways PenArt makes art happen. We bring nationally-recognized artist-educators to the Door Peninsula.

We’ve expanded our reach through Family Art Days and school programs.

And artists from around the country share their works and process with the community in our Guenzel Gallery.

But we have reached a tipping point.

There simply isn’t enough space to hold the growing number of creative learners, art appreciators and young artists that visit Peninsula School of Art on a daily basis, or to offer the types of programs our community – near and far - has come to depend on us for.

PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org/DTC

In June 2018, we launched the Door to Creativity Campaign to reinvent and revitalize the PenArt campus.

The upgraded campus will serve as a platform for artists of all ages, inspiring creative growth and fostering the next generation's imagination. It will dramatically enhance our canvas for artistic and educational programming, and provide a welcoming, inclusive

18

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

setting for the celebration of creative expression within the vibrant Door County community.

Please join us in opening the Door to Creativity! Your support is an investment in life-long learning, accessible art education for all ages, and the cultural heritage of Door County.

WAYS TO GIVE

Gifts of all sizes are appreciated.

Peninsula School of Art accepts gifts via check, credit card, cash, stock or other

tangible asset to the Door to Creativity Campaign. Gifts can include multiyear pledges, and are eligible for tax deduction. To make a contribution:

GLOBE ENVELOPE PHONE

PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org/DTC dtc@PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org 920.868.3455

Donors who give $10,000 or more have the opportunity to be listed on a recognition wall on the PenArt campus. Donors can also choose to honor or remember a loved one. Named giving opportunities are available for lead gifts of $25,000 or more.

Phone: 920.868.3455

19

AMERICAN ARTIST

kathleenbhudson.com

|

kathleen.hudson@post.harvard.edu

|

859.229.5806

Recent Awards: Grand Prize, PleinAir Salon (2017); Grand Prize, Plein Air Texas (2018); Artists’ Choice, Forgotten Coast en Plein Air (2018), Best Seascape, OPA Eastern Regional Exhibition (2018); Award of Merit, AIS National Exhibition (2018); Best Marine, Cape Ann Plein Air (2018) Instruction: Keynote speaker, OPAS Convention, OH; Faculty, PleinAir Convention (San Francisco, CA) and Plein Air South (FL); workshops offered at the Crooked Tree Arts Center (MI), Scottsdale Artists School (AZ), Coppini Academy of Fine Arts (TX), and at the artist’s studio in Lexington, KY.

20

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

GUIDE TO ARTIST WATCHING

eye

Where can I see the artists?

• From Monday through Thursday, select artists will be painting at the locations listed on schedule (pages 16-21).

• Once the Festival begins, we will have handouts available at PenArt and our information stands detailing which artists will be painting at each location.

• If an artist is not scheduled to be at a site, it is likely they are painting “off the beaten path,” and we do not know their location.

Phone: 920.868.3455

person-booth

Where should I stand while watching?

• Stand behind and off to the side of the artist.

• Do not stand between the artist and what they are painting.

• Leave plenty of room behind the artist. They often need to back away from the canvas (up to 10 feet) to get a better view of their painting.

volume-up

May I talk to the artists?

• Absolutely! Most artists truly enjoy talking about their art, however, painting plein air can also be stressful - deadlines, racing the sun, and painting for a potential award - so be respectful.

• If you see an artist with headphones, it is likely they are trying to concentrate and probably can’t talk.

Comments Suggestions for Things to Say or Ask

• Do you mind if I watch you work?

• Do you mind talking while you paint?

• Do you paint plein air often?

• Why did you select this scene?

• Do you teach workshops? If you love what you are seeing, and have lots more questions, consider a workshop at a later date (maybe even at PenArt).

21

22

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

Phone: 920.868.3455

SAVE THE DATE Door County Plein Air 2020 July 19-25, 2020

23

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

24

Phone: 920.868.3455

SUN. JULY 21

PenArt and gallery closed to the public.

Welcome Dinner • 5-7:30pm *Palette Pass Exclusive*

Meet the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival artists at this fun and informal event, featuring a Midwestern style picnic, beverages and live music.

MON. JULY 22

PenArt and gallery open 8am-4pm

Artists Paint Door County • 11am-2pm Featured locations: Peninsula Players Theater, Fish Creek and The Red Barn Shops, North Ephraim.

Tea & Talk with the Artists • 2-4pm *Palette Pass Exclusive*

Join us for a light tea and an opportunity to meet the new artists of the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival. Hosted at Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim.

TUE. JULY 23

PenArt and gallery open 8am-4pm

Artists Paint Door County • 11am-2pm Featured locations: Woodwork Gallery, Egg Harbor and Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek.

25

26

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS cont.

WED. JULY 24

PenArt and gallery open 8am-4pm

Artists Paint Door County • 11am-2pm Featured locations: Settlement Shops Farmers’ Market, Fish Creek and The Corner of the Past, Sister Bay. Sunset & Nocturne Paint Out 6pm-Dark Featured Festival Artists paint throughout Fish Creek’s waterfront and downtown.

Art & All That Jazz • 7-9pm

Tickets $25, Free for Palette Pass holders

Meet the artists, swing to live jazz, sip champagne and sample a selection of New Orleans-inspired hors d’oeuvres and cheeses in Clark Park, Fish Creek.

Rain or shine. Sponsored by RBC Wealth Management, Sturgeon Bay.

Phone: 920.868.3455

27

28

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS cont.

THUR. JULY 25

PenArt and gallery open 8am-3pm

Artists Paint Door County • 11am-2pm Featured location: The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim and downtown Baileys Harbor.

Lecture with the Judge • 3-4pm

Admission $10, Free for Palette Pass holders

Join the 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival Judge, Tim Newton, for an informative talk on the art of plein air painting. Pre-registration suggested.

FRI. JULY 26

PenArt and gallery closed to the public

Collector’s Preview • 5-6:30pm *Palette Pass Exclusive*

You’ve waited all week! Your first chance to view and purchase Featured Artists’ work at special “buy it now prices,” passed hors d’oeuvres, and a champagne toast.

Gala Auction • 6:30-9pm

Tickets $80, Free for Palette Pass holders

Photo by Dennis Connolly

Hors d’oeuvres, wine, music, desserts, plus fresh paintings from each of our Featured Artists. Paintings, sold by silent auction, are ready to go home when you are. Doors open and silent auction begins at 6:30pm.

Phone: 920.868.3455

29

30

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS cont.

SAT. JULY 27

PenArt and gallery open 9am-3pm, and 6pm-8pm

Quick Paint & Live Auction • 9am-2pm

Kids’ Paint • 9-11am

Watch Featured Artists complete a painting from start to finish during the fast-paced Quick Paint. Live auction of the Featured Artists paintings begins at noon under the tent at Waterfront Park, Sister Bay. No pre-registration required to bid on paintings.

Kids can join in the excitement of the Quick Paint too. The fee includes their supplies and a little assistance in getting started for this drop-in family event. No pre-registration required.

Lunch included for Palette Pass holders

Dockside Quick Paint • 9-11am In partnership with the Hardy Gallery.

Artists of all levels and ages are invited to paint outdoors, alongside the Festival’s Featured Artists.

Ballots will be cast at the Open Door Celebration to select the winners of the Dockside Quick Paint. Over $2,500 in awards sponsored by The Artists Guild, Sturgeon Bay.

$5 per child

Open Door Celebration • 6-8pm Cash bar, free for Palette Pass holders

Free and open to the public. Hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages - beer and wine sold by the glass. View and purchase artworks from featured Festival Artists, as well as artists participating in the Dockside Quick Paint.

SUN. JULY 28 THROUGH SAT. AUGUST 10 Door County Plein Air Festival Exhibition Selected works in display and for purchase in the Guenzel Gallery.

PenArt and gallery open 9am-3pm, Sun. July 28, and Monday through Saturday, 8am-5pm, July 29-Aug 10

Phone: 920.868.3455

31

32

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

BECOMING A DOOR COUNTY PLEIN AIR FEATURED ARTIST

An Invitational Event

The Invitation Process

The Door County Plein Air Festival is an invitational event.

A committee comprised of both notable, professional artists and collectors invites the field of approximately 40 featured artists.

In October each year, the committee reviews a selection of artists from a database we maintain, which includes approximately 1000 plein air artists from around the country. Invitations are extended in November.

Phone: 920.868.3455

To be considered by the Door County Plein Air Festival Invitations Committee, an artist must meet the following criteria: • Be recognized regionally/nationally as a plein air artist • Be represented by a fine art gallery with sales and regional/national media exposure • Have been juried, or invited to participate, in other national plein air festivals within the last two years The committee also considers the following: • Artists must represent a variety of media and styles • Approximately 40% of participating artists reside in the Midwest • Approximately 40% are new to the Festival each year If you would like to be added to the database or would like to send updated images for our files, please submit the following no later than August 15, 2019 (for possible consideration in 2020): • An email inquiry explaining your interest in the Festival with an active link to your website • A current resume that verifies a match to the above criteria • Five digital examples of current plein air artwork (at least 5” x 7” @ 300 dpi) Inquiries accepted by email only. Send to exhibit@PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org.

Eric Jacobsen 1685 NW Madras Hwy Prineville, OR 97754 541-490-0447

JacobsenFineArt.com

33

34

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

B e t h B a t h e b e t h b a t h e . c o m

Phone: 920.868.3455

35

Born and raised in the Rocky Mountain West, Tim Newton is widely known in the art community and is respected by artists, collectors, and art professionals alike.

Among many other endeavors, Tim volunteers at the famed Salmagundi Club in New York City where he has just completed his fourth term as Chairman of the Board and CEO. During his tenure of leadership, Tim led Salmagundi through eight years of unprecedented growth.

Portrait of Tim Newton by Richard Schmid

TIM NEWTON 2019 Door County Plein Air Festival Judge

He is the Founder and Curator of American Masters, an annual exhibition and sale at the Salmagundi. Since its inception in 2008, the show has become one of the premier events for representational art. With American Masters, Tim proposed and began the fundraising for the 1.7 million dollar renovation of Salmagundi's main gallery, which was completed in 2014.

36

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

An art collector for almost 30 years, Tim (along with his wife Cathi) has amassed a collection of more than 350 artworks.

Theirs is a collection of great diversity which includes pieces by many of the top artists working today. Artists such as Richard Schmid, Sherrie McGraw, Christopher Blossom, T. Allen Lawson, Clyde Aspevig, Tim Shinabarger, Heide Presse, William Acheff, Frank Tenney Johnson, Lanford Monroe, John Stobart, Curt Walters, Joseph McGurl, Josh Elliott, Walter Matia, Kathryn Stats, Quang Ho, Dean Mitchell, John Coleman and many others are part of the collection. The collection has been featured in several magazine articles.

Widely acknowledged for his discerning eye, Tim is a frequent judge of national and international shows and competitions. He has judged, among others, the Oil Painters of America Virtuosos (Master and Signature Members Show), the Mystic International Maritime Exhibition at Mystic Seaport as well as Plein Air Easton (Easton, Maryland) in 2012 and again in 2016. In 2018 he was a jurist for the prestigious Art Renewal Center

Competition.

He is a sought-after commentator on the subject of art and collecting. In May of 2017 he was invited to China to speak at the prestigious China Central Academy of Art in Beijing and the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in Tianjin. He is often a featured speaker at museums and events.

Tim serves on the Board of Trustees of the Stobart Foundation, the Board of Advisors for the Clark Hulings Foundation and he is a newly elected board member of the Couse Foundation in Taos, New Mexico.

Most recently, Tim assumed the role of Publisher at Western Art and Architecture magazine, one of the premier art publications in America.

He and his wife Cathi live in Brooklyn Heights, New York and Santa Fe, New Mexico. They have two daughters.

Phone: 920.868.3455

37

bobuptonstudio.com

38

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

Tom Nachreiner by Dennis Connolly

2019 FEATURED ARTISTS

Phone: 920.868.3455

KURT BRIAN ANDERSON OLENA BABAK Michigan • Oil Kurt began painting in 1995 and has never looked back. An outdoor lover, he naturally gravitated toward Plein Air. His goal is to paint the light rather than the object on which it lands. He has participated in numerous competitions and has garnered many awards, most recently shared Artists Choice Award 2018 Paint Grand Traverse. He is a member of Oil Painters of America and American Impressionist Society.

KurtBrianAnderson.com

39

Maine • Oil Olena Babak is an award-winning, classically trained artist, whose landscapes and figurative works can be found in galleries, public and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. Some of her selected awards: Best Marine Cape Ann Plein Air, Artists Choice Plein Air Richmond, 1st Place Quick Draw and People’s Choice Award Finger Lakes Plein Air, Best Representation of Rockies National Park and others. Her work has been featured in Strokes of Genius series, the Poet’s and Artist’s: 100 Great Drawings, and the Classicist as well as Plein Air Magazine.

OlenaBabak.com

40

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

JILL BASHAM

Maryland • Oil Jill Basham is a Maryland artist that is drawn to atmosphere and mood. “I strive to get my paintings to a point in which I truly feel the place I have painted.

Each painting is an experiment that is unfolding, the truly moving pieces are the ones that I pushed a bit.”

Membership includes The Salmagundi Club, NYC, AIS and OPA. Jill was honored to receive “Best of Show” from judge C.W. Mundy in the 2018 Door County Plein Air and has won numerous awards nationwide. Jill’s work hangs in corporate, museum, embassy and private collections.

JillBasham.com

BETH BATHE

Pennsylvania • Oil Beth Bathe’s representational paintings have been described as “evoking nostalgia, like that of an old sepia toned photograph, often with just touches of color.” Curious viewers often ask about the medium Beth uses. Is it watercolor, or is it oil? Beth’s answer, “somewhat both.” She works with water-mixable oils in a limited palette, using brushes and unconventional tools.

Beth crisscrosses the country, painting en plein air and participating in over ten high-profile juried and invitational competitions each year. Beth was also featured in the 2018 February/March issue of PleinAir Magazine.

BethBathe.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

CHULA BEAUREGARD

Colorado • Oil Chula Beauregard is an award-winning artist, born and raised in the mountains of Colorado. After graduating cum laude as a Studio Art major from Whitman College, she served for two years in Gabon, Central Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Later, she earned her Master’s in Education to teach Fine Art. In 2008, she began her professional painting career. When she is not in the studio, she wanders the West with her family of two boys and adventure-loving husband. She is currently a guest artist at the Broadmoor Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO. ChulaBeauregard.com

ZUFAR BIKBOV

41

Connecticut • Oil Trained in art school in Russia in the Russian realism tradition, Zufar Bikbov chose the landscape as the way to express his feelings and share them with his audience - particularly through plein air painting. He says, “I paint nature, since it is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.” In 2004, he sought new inspiration and expanded his practice from Russia to the New World. Winner of multiple plein air awards at national competitions, Zufar continues to avidly explore the American landscape and teach art at the www.ConfidentArtist. com project.

Zufar.com

42

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

LYN BOYER

Colorado • Oil Carrying on the great traditions of representational oil painting and passing that torch to her students are Lyn’s two great passions. She is an award winning plein air and studio oil painter with works that hang in private collections across the U.S. After returning from studying art in Melbourne, Australia, Lyn began a 25 year career as an American illustrator and painter. She has garnered awards from the Oil Painters of America, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Southwest Art, the Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club, the Illustrators Workshops among others.

LynBoyer.com

CARL BRETZKE

Minnesota • Oil Carl Bretzke is a representational oil painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein air landscapes. Carl’s work has been described in the Washington Post as “simultaneously intimate and detached…The artist’s unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school.” Carl holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado, where he also received a minor in Fine Art. Carl has originally trained under Plein Air Painters of America signature artist Joseph Paquet.

CarlBretzke.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

43

J I L L BA SHA M 2018 Best of Show Winner, Door County Plein Air

www.jillbasham.com

44

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

BRIENNE BROWN

Pennsylvania • Watercolor From a young age, Brienne loved art but pursued a career in science. After graduating in Chemistry, she soon found that art was more than a hobby, it was a necessity. As a busy mom, she made time to build an art career. Brienne has earned signature status in several watercolor societies, including NWS, participates in national plein air events, and teaches workshops. She loves using the slightly controlled chaotic nature of watercolor in bringing the everyday to life. Her work has been published in, PleinAir Magazine, Southwest Art and Watercolor Artist Magazine.

BrienneMBrown.com

MICHELE BYRNE

Pennsylvania • Oil After working 20 years as a graphic designer, Michele began painting full time in 2001. Byrne most often explores the theme “the art of conversation,” painting cafés, street scenes, jazz clubs, or any social situation where people gather to converse. Recent awards include the 2018 Landscape Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NYC, and President’s Choice Award at the 2018 American Impressionist Society’s Annual Exhibit.

Byrne has two instructional videos showing her palette knife technique and she was a Faculty Demonstrator at the Annual PleinAir Convention in 2014 and 2019.

MicheleByrne.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

SHAR COULSON

Illinois • Acrylic Embracing the essence of Organic Abstraction, Shar Coulson’s work reflects her love of nature and the human figure. Working intuitively, Shar explores the idea of perception versus reality within the allusive figuration, gestural line work and organic forms found in her paintings. She was formally trained in classical figurative realism, yet finds her passion runs deepest in the world of abstraction. Her sensibility is also deeply informed by a successful career as a designer and executive creative director. Shar exhibits both nationally and internationally.

SharCoulson.com

ANDY EVANSEN

45

Minnesota • Watercolor Andy began painting watercolors in the mid 1990’s as a change of pace from his career as a medical illustrator. He gained recognition after winning an international watercolor competition through American Artist magazine, appearing on their cover in 2005. He’s a sought-after workshop instructor, and a signature member of the prestigious Plein Air Painters of America. His numerous awards include the Bronze and High Winds Medals from the American Watercolor Society, a Plein Air Convention presenter, and inclusion in the 2017 Qingdao International Masters Watercolor Plein Air Event.

EvansenArtStudio.com

46

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

BILL FLETCHER

Kentucky • Oil Kentucky artist Bill Fletcher spent the first half of his working life in the field of Toxicology. Pursing a lifelong interest in art, he began painting in oils in 1996.

Now a full time artist and instructor, Bill spends as much time as he can outdoors hiking and painting. Favorite subjects include scenes with water, undisturbed natural places, and architectural subjects in harmony with their surrounding land.

About working plein air, Bill says, “When painting outdoors, I feel a connection to my subject and to Nature I just can’t get indoors. My paintings are my sincere response to that connection.”

BillFletcherStudio.com

DEBRA JOY GROESSER

Nebraska • Oil Nebraska artist, Debra Joy Groesser, is best known for her impressionistic landscape paintings, particularly her plein air work. “Painting is such a spiritual experience for me. Nothing inspires me more than being out on location, capturing the subtle nuances of color, light and atmosphere that can only be achieved by painting from nature.” Debra is CEO/President of the American Impressionist Society, a Master Signature Member of Plein Air Artists Colorado, Signature Member of AIS, LPAPA and APA, and an elected member of Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters and the Salmagundi Club.

DebraJoyGroesser.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

47

48

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

STEPHANIE HARTSHORN

Colorado • Oil With both a father and grandfather who worked as civil engineers, Stephanie had an almost mandatory detour through an engineering major, then a healthy stint in architecture before following her long held curiosity into painting.

Recognized for her strong architectural portraits of rural America, she has been a featured artist in both Southwest Art and Western Art Collector. A fifthgeneration Coloradan, her subjects include the West she grew up around - an iconic landscape of barns, fields and crisscrossing power lines; and the West that grew up around Route 66.

StephanieHartshorn.com

KATHLEEN HUDSON

Kentucky • Oil Kathleen emphasizes dynamic light and atmospherics in her landscape paintings.

Her work has been featured in PleinAir Magazine, Southwest Art and Fine Art Conoisseur. Hudson’s awards include Grand Prize in the PleinAir Salon, Grand Prize at Plein Air Texas, and Artists’ Choice at Forgotten Coast en Plein Air. Hudson enjoyed a bohemian education traveling widely, visiting art museums and exploring the landscape. In 2005 she moved to Boston to pursue a degree at Harvard University. Now based in Kentucky, Hudson takes part in national festivals and teaches workshops nationwide.

KathleenBHudson.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

CHARLIE HUNTER

Vermont • Oil Charlie Hunter is a cheerful guy from Vermont who paints gloomy paintings of rotting American infrastructure. Hunter has achieved awards at most of the nationally prominent plein air events, has been a faculty member at the Plein Air Convention for the past four years and has two instructional videos available from Streamline Publishing. He seeks out good coffee, abandoned railroad tracks and attempts to mediate between two cats living in his house who do not like each other one bit.

Hunter-Studio.com

ERIC JACOBSEN

49

Oregon • Oil Eric Jacobsen was born and raised in New England and received his art training at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, CT. Eric’s true inspiration is the amazing beauty that he sees in nature. He takes his oils wherever he goes, setting up on site, working until his painting is finished. Eric is a member of Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters as well as a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society.

In 2016, he won the Artist’s Choice Award at Door County Plein Air and at Paint the Peninsula and in 2018 his won the Petite Artist’s Choice Award at Olmstead Plein Air, Atlanta.

JacobsenFineArt.com

50

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

SHELBY KEEFE

Wisconsin • Oil Milwaukee artist, Shelby Keefe paints in a bold, realistic style uniquely her own.

After retiring from a career in graphic design, she became a full-time painter traveling the country, participating in plein air competitions and teaching workshops. She is a consistent awardwinner and recently published an instructional video, as well as being featured in several art magazines.

She is passionate about drawing and depicting her subjects with honesty as well as expressiveness, creating a fresh perspective to the recognizable world.

Shelby is represented in Door County by Fine Line Designs, Ephraim.

StudioShelby.com

MAT BARBER KENNEDY

Illinois • Watercolor For almost thirty years, Mat has been drawing and painting aging machines, tools and buildings. He is particularly fascinated by junctions of materials and by the corrosive relationship between designed objects, patterns of use and the passage of time. His work explores the world that we have built, constructed in layers, adapted over generations, and decaying in pieces. Mat is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an elected member of Britain’s Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Illinois Watercolor Society. In 2008, he was awarded the Turner Medal in London for his work MatBarberKennedy.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

51

NATURE’S DAYDREAMS Emerging life-forms flowing freely between the real and the ideal.

shar coulson

sharcoulson.com | IG: shar_coulson

52

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

JOHN P. LASATER, IV

Arkansas • Oil John Lasater is a main figure on the plein air scene, winning Best of Show in Easels in Frederick (twice), Plein Air Southwest Salon (twice), Sedona Plein Air, and Plein Air Rockies. He also has top awards in Maui Plein Air, Door County Plein Air, Telluride Plein Air and Oil Painters of America. John loves to be in his Arkansas studio overlooking the Arcadian hills that surround his property, but he considers it a great privilege to be welcomed in unique places like Door County, Wisconsin.

LasaterArt.com

JIM MCVICKER

California • Oil Jim McVicker has been painting from life since 1975, finding the direct connection to the subject very important. ‘I try to paint in a direct, honest manner, always wanting to be in the moment, trusting the subject to guide me and the direction the painting will go.’ Jim is a Signature Member of the California Art club, a member of Plein Air Painters of America, Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society. In 2015 Jim won the Gold Medal for Painting at the California Art Club and Grand Prize in the Annual PleinAir Magazine’s Plein Air Salon.

JimMcVickerPaints.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

ALISON LEIGH MENKE

Maryland • Oil Alison Leigh Menke is a conceptual impressionist. She travels extensively for her work as new sites greatly inspire her. A fourth generation artist - Alison graduated from University of Maryland with degrees in Art and Art History. Her journey into landscape painting began in 2011 when a three week solitary trip to Colorado turned into a five month foray into plein air. Between the plein air seasons of 2016 - 2018 she attended forty-eight festivals around the country and was honored with thirty-nine awards. Her successes have garnered attention from magazines, and various publications.

AlisonMenke.com

TERRY MIURA

53

California • Oil Terry Miura graduated from Art Center College of Design in 1990. He paid his dues in New York City, working as a freelance illustrator for such clients as Time, Newsweek, Rolling, Stone and Sports Illustrated. He returned to California in 1996 and began a 10-year transition into becoming a full-time painter. His evocative and atmospheric landscapes, cityscapes and figurative works are widely collected, including pieces in permanent collections in the California Museum of Fine Art, the Crocker Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institute.

TerryMiura.com

54

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

DON MONDLOCH

Minnesota • Watercolor Dan is an award winning thirdgeneration painter. While driving with his dad in the 9th grade, he first mentioned he’d like to try painting. The next morning he woke to the kitchen table covered with everything he could ever possibly need to paint a picture.

He’s been featured in Plein Air Today, Fine Art Today, and Artists on Art Magazine. Recent honors include the Architecture Award at Laguna Plein Air 2018 and Best of show 2017 and Quick Paint 2018 at Grand Marais Plein Air. He lives in Cold Spring, MN with his wife Mallory, sons Jack and Drew, and plein air painting canine bud - Ruby.

DanMondloch.com

STEVEN MONSKE

Wisconsin • Oil Egg Harbor artist, Steven Monske was born and raised in Wisconsin. He was the owner of a graphic business for 22 years. Together with his wife Colleen, they presently own a gallery, the “E Street Galleria” in Egg Harbor, WI. Steve’s subject matter often includes water features, familiar buildings, and the Door County landscape that is home. He has won numerous awards regionally and nationally. He’s won the Door County Plein Air Dockside Artist Choice & 3rd place People’s Choice in 2018, People’s Choice Award, 1st place 2017, 2nd place 2016, 3rd place 2015.

StevenMonske.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

Jim McVicker

jimmcvickerpaints.com | mcvickerpaints@gmail.com

55

56

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

TOM NACHREINER

Wisconsin • Oil Graduating from Layton School of Art, he received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree with Honors and has been a self-employed artist since 1978. A Signature Member of Oil Painter’s of America & also American Impressionist Society. Tom received Best of Signature Division Honorable Mention in 2018 at the OPA National Show. In 2017 Tom won Third place in the Door County Plein Air Festival. In 2017 he had 4 large paintings unveiled into the Green Bay Packer Permanent Art Collection. Tom is represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, WI. TomNachreiner.com

KATHIE ODOM

Tennessee • Oil Kathie’s art-journey has been laced with great encouragement from family, friends, fellow artists and collectors. Her lifelong desire to create has also been fueled by her love of creation, childhood memories of family in the building trade, and a high school art teacher that uncovered Kathie’s love for beauty.

Kathie calls herself a “Nostalgic Impressionist” as a way of identifying the subjects and style of painting that interest her most. She travels extensively and spends much of her time oil painting and teaching in the great outdoors.

KathieOdom.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

D.K. (DEKE) PALECEK

Wisconsin • Oil Deke is an award-winning artist whose work has been juried into numerous national shows and can be found in museum and private collections.

After retiring from a finance career on Wall Street and in Seattle-based start-up companies, Deke is thrilled by the challenge and sheer magic of painting outdoors. “What intrigues me most is the symbolism woven in the human brain that allows one simple stroke to suggest an intricate object or a complicated scene. I will never tire of the thrill of that phenomenon.”

DKPalecek.com

LARRY SEILER

57

Wisconsin • Oil After spending near half his professional life indoors as an award winning wildlife artist, Larry Seiler had an epiphany.

“I was indoors, painting about why I loved being outdoors!” He describes his “outdoor working” or plein air, as painterly realism. A retired visual arts instructor, Larry has authored art books, DVDs and instructs painting workshops. He is a Signature Member of the American Impressionist Society (AIS) and International Plein Air Painters and Artist Choice winer of the 2018 AIS National Exhibition International Larry is represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek LarrySeiler-Artist.com

58

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

JOHN BRANDON SILLS

Maryland • Oil John Brandon Sills has won numerous awards including First Place in the Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association’s Paint Annapolis exhibition. John also won the Best Painting by a Maryland Artist award at Plein Air Easton in 2010 and 2012, and Artist’s Choice Award in 2011. In addition, John won first place at the Have de Grace Plein Air competition two years in both 2010 and 2011.

Most recently winning the Grand Prize in 2014’s Plein Air Easton competition, the Award of Excellence in 2014’s Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational, and Third place in 2015’s Plein Air Easton Competition.

JohnBrandonSillsFineArt.com

BRIAN SINDLER

Illinois • Acrylic A painter of tonalist landscapes, Brian received his art training at the American Academy of Art and the French-style atelier School of Representational Art. A former musician, Brian did not take up painting until his early 30’s. Since then, his emotive landscapes have claimed numerous awards, including the 2018 Gold Medal at the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, 2018 Best of Show at Paint Grand Traverse, 2015 Best New Artist to Easton, and 2011 Best of Show at the Door County Plein Air. Recent publications include Fine Art Connoisseur and the featured article and cover of PleinAir Magazine.

BrianSindler.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

STEPHEN WYSOCKI www.swysockiart.fasco.com swysockiart@gmail.com 715.889.1210

E STREET GALLERIA A working Gallery of Featured Artist Steven Monske Cty Hwy E, Egg Harbor, WI | Hours: 10-5 May - Oct. StevenMonske.com | 920- 639-4584

59

60

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

STEVE STAUFFER

Utah • Oil Steve paints primarily in the West and exhibits at both individual and invitational events around the country.

His first love is painting from life, but he often uses these paintings as studies to create larger studio versions. At plein air events around the country, his work has received several first place awards, as well as other accolades and honorable mentions. Most recently, at the Zion National Park Invitational, he opened the event with a demonstration and his cowboy songs. He is a member of Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, and Plein Air. Painters of Utah.

SteveStauffer.fineartstudioonline.com

BILL SUYS

Wisconsin • Oil A signature member of both the Oil Painters of America and the Portrait Society of America, Bill Suys creates works using a range of subject matter; capturing the emotion in intimate settings or the grandeur in broader architectural or natural compositions – outdoors – presents him with a muchloved challenge. Though Suys is busy creating work for galleries and traveling to events, juried exhibitions and other plein air invitationals, he loves being able to paint outdoors in his home state at the Door County Plein Air Festival and can’t wait to dive in each year.

WilliamASuys.com.

Phone: 920.868.3455

PAULA SWAIN

Utah • Oil Both parents were art teachers, so painting plein air was part of life since childhood. My work could be described as semi-representational expressionism, sometimes fauvism. I also love local colors, the creamy grays of an overcast day. I don’t want to limit myself with labels. Plein air provides breathtaking moments of changing light, friendly people, flocks of chattering birds, the smells of the earth, water and trees.

I paint plein air year-round, my goal is for the viewer to feel the joy of the landscape. When painting, as with music, I strive to make each note beautiful, each spot of color delicious.

PaulaSwainArt.com

BOB UPTON

61

Minnesota • Oil Bob Upton is a plein air painter from St. Paul, Minnesota. He has been juried in Plein Air Easton nine times and is the winner of numerous awards, including Best Nocturne 2018 Plein Air Salon, Best in Show, Bold Brush Painting Competition 2015, 1st Place, South Street Gallery Plein Air Invitational, 1st place Plein Air Grand Marais in 2014 and 2015, and 3rd place in Laguna Plein Air Painters Association Best of Plein Air 2018. Bob was the cover artist of PleinAir Magazine in November 2014 and he is a featured artist in the book The Art of Plein Air Painting.

BobUptonStudio.com

62

PeninsulaSchoolofAr t.org

TARA WILL

Maryland • Pastel Tara attended Mount Saint Mary’s University in Maryland double majoring in Art and Philosophy. She enjoys painting quickly, trying to capture the essence of the subject using bold colors and strong marks. Tara works in pastels achieving her Master Circle Status with the International Association of Pastel Societies in 2017. She is a Signature Member of Maryland Pastel Society and Associate Member of Pastel Society of America. Tara was featured in the Pastel Journal’s Magazine Pastel 100 and recently exhibited work at the Mall Galleries in London.

TaraWill.com

STEPHEN WYSOCKI

Wisconsin • Oil Stephen strives to show the beauty in the everyday. He gravitates to ordinary structures or roadside junk - rusty and for sale. He says "There is emotion in this old stuff, and I try to capture these feelings."

Stephen studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Nicolet College, and eventually earned his degree at UW-Green Bay. In addition to his career as an artist, Stephen works at his family business’s managing the Wysocki CTS Veneer Co. and the Armstrong Creek Bison Ranch.

SWysockiart.fineartstudioonline.com

Phone: 920.868.3455

63

EVENT SPONSORS

PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org Peninsula School of Art 3900 County F • P.O. Box 304 • Fish Creek, WI 54212 920.868.3455 • info@PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org