Wisconsin Visual Artists is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership-based organization of visual artists working in all media and styles. All visual artists living in Wisconsin may become WVA members. Full history, information, and benefits are listed online at www.wisconsinvisualartists.org
INSERT DESCRIPTION OF SHOW AND HISTORY HERE
Abigail Engstrand/Oconomowoc
Darlene Wesenberg Rzezotarski/Shorewood
Gwen Granzow/Oak Creek
Hollyn Peterson/Waukesha
Jodi Brzezinski/Milwaukee
Julie San Felipe/New Berlin
Karen Lindholm-Rynkiewicz/Wauwatosa
Nadia AL Khun/New Berlin
Nick Schroeder/Milwaukee
Peggy Thurston Farrell/Waukesha
Rebecca Bissi/Racine
Roxane Mayeur/Milwaukee
Seonjoo So/Shorewood
Stacey Chatham-Carlson/Cedar Grove
Stephanie Bartz/Wauwatosa
Steve James/Oak Creek
Steven Bauer/Wauwatosa
Abigail Engstrand
FIBEROPTICS
BIOGRAPHY
Abigail loves studying humannature, traveling to big cities, and returning to her garden studio in Oconomowoc,Wisconsin.She paints, draws, and felts as an expression of empathy and celebration of life on Earth. She engages people with her live portraits and personalized commissions.A lover of puns,pareidolia, points of view, and repurposing, she believes fibers lend symbolic depth and warmth beyond paint. Her felts have been featured in FAN magazine, and juried shows in Milwaukee and Chicago.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
I literally and figuratively try to make connectionswith my pictures. I want to share visions, feelings, life stories. ThoughI love water and translucent painting,I find fibers, needle felted together, add dimension and warmth. My materials-upcycled wool, alpaca,blankets, cashmere sweaters, fur hats, silk clothes-holdbackstories. Is my art commemorative? Decorative? Entertaining? Educational?I hope my end-product reveals the sensuality of the process as well as the story of the subject.
$450 SunnySideUp wool and alpaca on acrylic painted canvas 23 x19inches
$700
OutsideIn
dry felt wool, silk, linen, birch
36x25inches
NFS
OhDeer!
wool, silk, alpaca, corduroy, tulle, yarn, birch
45x17inches
$1.300
12x10inches
Woolf!
dry felted wool, fox fur, oak leaf
$420
Darlene Wesenberg Rzezotarski
MORETHANMORTAL: GREEKMYTHOSINSTORIEDCLAY
BIOGRAPHY
This Wisconsinceramicist creates hand-builtsculptures with multi-layered glazes and lusters. She often combines word and image. She has been working with clay since 1982 and her works have been in local and nationalshows. She has authored three books,two combiningart with original text. (Trick a Witch, Wed a Hedgehog, Save your Soul:An American Artist Encounters Poland; Memorable Milwaukee: Legendary Tales Depicted in Clay; TannenbaumArms). Everything has a story!
ARTISTSTATEMENT
Welcome to my world, where clay and words mingle. As a lifelong Wisconsinite, the natural beauty and rich history of our state inform my work. An intuitive artist, I follow my own agenda to create hand-built ceramic sculptures, finished with a variety of lusters and glazes. I draw inspiration from sources ranging from realms of mythology and folklore, to the natural world, to localhistory and geography. Visual storytelling is at the heart of my creation. Art inspires deep connections.
KingMidashasDonkey'sEars!
ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
6.5x5x5inches
$450
KingMidasandtheGoldenTouch ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
5x5x5inches
$450
Icarus,soaringwithabandon, untilthesunmeltshiswaxenwings ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
6.5x5x5inches
$700
TumblingIcarus,will befalling,falling ceramic sculpture with rotating metal wheel
7.5x8x8inches
$700
Daedalus:Amightygeniuswhoinvented withnothoughtofconsequences. ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters 11x6x6inches
$700
HandsomeNarcissusdrowned inapoolgazingathisownreflection ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters 8x8x9inches
$800
Persephone,wewelcometheGoddessofSpring! ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
8.5x7x7inches
$700
BabyZeus,nurturedonambrosia byhisfostermother,AmaltheatheGoat ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
8.5x7x7inches
$700
Pasiphae,MinoanQueen,MotheroftheMinotaur ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
13 x9x8inches
$800
Britomartis,SweetMaiden, OurLadyoftheFishNetswool, ceramic sculpture with glazes and lusters
9x 9x7inches
$800
Gwen Granzow
ACURIOUSCROWD
BIOGRAPHY
Gwen has spent decades refining her sense of color, texture, and composition,and has explored printmaking, collage,fused glass, textiles, metal sculpture and furniture making.
She is driven to attempt nearly anything creative, and loves to combine materials. She unites the influences from many experiments and 30 years as a graphic design professional to create unique and varied works, currently in acrylics, mixed media, and metals.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
After spendingyears lost in the world of pure abstract painting,I find myself drawn backto the humanform. This collection is all about exploring the figure in different abstract ways to kindof seeing how far I canpush it while still hinting at reality.
For ages, I've also been a collector of masks. So, I started playing aroundwith bringing those traditional vibes together with my own sense of fun. Each piece has become this little quirky thing, a curiosity of sorts.
WithThatHeRaisedABrow
acrylic
24x24inches
$1,250
56x20x20inches
$10,000
Shim steel,copper, paint
$1,600
Oscar'sPiercingGaze acrylic
48x24inches
Masquerade acrylic
24x24inches
$1,250
GSquared acrylic 24x18inches
$1,250
48x24inches
$1,600
Girl WalkingFrogs mixed media/acrylic
Hollyn Peterson ALLEVIATION
BIOGRAPHY
Hollyn Peterson is a three-time childhoodcancer survivor. She creates art to bring awareness to the lifelong effects of childhoodcancer treatments. Her work touches on memory, pain, disability, heartbreak, healing,and resilience. Hollyn graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with her BFA and teaching licensure. She is continuingher education by pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
I paint from a deep need to witness, preserve, and make visible the emotional truths of childhoodcancer my own and others - To remember kidslike Jake. I return to moments that are often fragmented, tender, and hard to hold.My paintings hold the tension between beauty and brutality, memory and forgetting, life and loss. I paint not to explain what happened,but to insist that it matters. My work asks viewers notjust to look,but to see with their hearts.
SuitYourself oil on canvas
48x24inches
NFS
IWillDoiIMyself oil on canvas
40x30inches
NFS
TheThingsWeCan'tCount
Oil on canvas
30x30inches NFS
Jodi Brzezinski
THEFOURSEASONS
BIOGRAPHY
Jodi Brzezinski is a Milwaukee, WI based artist. She received her BFA with Art Education Certification from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Jodi has a Master of Arts in Visual Studies from Cardinal Stritch University. She has been teaching and makingart for the past twenty-five years. Her work primarily focuses on nature and the graphic designs of mandalas,mixing media suchas watercolor, pen, and colored pencil.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
A meditative flow, a rhythmic peace. I find these qualities in nature and as I create my mandalas.For this show, I focused on elements of the four seasons and combinedthe symbolism of nature in each season with my mandalaforms. The juxtaposition of the graphic pen work in the mandalas and the colorful iconographyin each season creates a visual ebb and flow. Can the mandalabe one with nature? Can nature creep into the line work and balance the flow?
Fall1
watercolor, pen
20x20inches
$300
Fall2
watercolor, colored pencil, pen
20x20inches
$300
Spring1 watercolor, pen, silver leaf
20x20inches
$300
Spring2 colored pencil, pen
20x20inches
$300
Summer1
colored pencil, pen, gold leaf
20x20inches
$300
Summer2
colored pencil, pen
20x20inches
$300
Winter1
watercolor, pen
20x20inches
$300
Winter2
colored pencil, pen, gold leaf
20x20inches
$300
Julie San Felipe
SELFPORTRAITSAND SELFIMAGININGS
BIOGRAPHY
Julie San Felipe is a Wisconsinartist with an Irish heritage. Using her own original style of watercolor on cut paper, her figures and calligraphydrift over and under, flirting between two and three dimensions. Paint flows through her pen using a technique she developed. As a member of several groups, San Felipe's art is currently in several galleries and museums statewide and is a two-time award winner at Watercolor Wisconsin.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
Everything an artist creates is a self-portrait. Yes. Everything.
If I paint a tree, it is how I see that tree. I choose the colors, the light, proportions, and the drama. I paint my style and ideal beauty. My environment, my life experiences, realistic or wishful, are there. I take a risk, I tell my story.
You, the viewer, own the image of me that I have revealed to you. You see me.
$1,200
TheSoundsofDarkness watercolor on cut paper
27x21inches
30x19inches
$850
Mengel:TheMirror watercolor on cut paper
31x20inches
$1,100
TheGrandmotherTree watercolor on cut paper
27x15inches
$970
RatRace
watercolor on cut paper
Phillips:MusicintheLakePark watercolor on cut paper
Karen’s path as an artist has been a circuitous one of experimentation with many art forms while also teaching high school.Her curiosity and desire to observe and interact with the world has led to a life of continuallearning. Painting is a way to share her curiosity about light and the symbolic meanings that objects carry. Karen earned a MA from the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin,and a BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
I am interested in the transmission of light in relation to objects (opaque, transparent, reflected, refracted) which allow the mind's eye to describe space and time. Researching the interaction of light in a Still Life is a way for me to slow down and capture the moments of time, giving me the chance to lookmore closely at the world. Objects carry meaning through their use in life or as symbols. Painting is a way to open the world up and share life’s stories.
BabyShoes
acrylic and oil paint
24x36inches
$1,500
TeaService
acrylic and oil paint
16x20inches
$500
36x24inches
$1,400
Metronome oil painting
24x18inches
$600
LotusandLemon oil painting
Nadia AL Khun
UNSEENLAYERSOF CONNECTION
BIOGRAPHY
Nadia Al Khun is a Wisconsin-basedinterdisciplinary artist who earned a BFA in Painting and Drawing, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2022.Originally from Jordan, she holds a BSc in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering. Her abstract paintings, inspired by biology, explore imagined biospheres reflecting life's complexity. Al Khun has exhibited nationally and regionally, with her work featured in medical journals and media outlets. She founded NADIANA Art Gallery.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
I create abstract paintings inspired by the unseen world of biology to capture the hidden chaosin delicate details and communicate my vision of the real world through biology. My paintings take the form of imagined abstractions of new biospheres that reflect the complexity and connectivity of our lives. The artworks integrate dots, lines, shapes, and vibrant colors into a great, complex harmony.
TheUndefinedAttributionSculpture oil & acrylic on canvas
48x48inches
NFS
Nick Schroeder ANEXPLORATIONofJAPANESE AESTHETICS
"MA":ANINTERVALINSPACE ANDTIME
BIOGRAPHY
NickSchroeder was a graphic designer for more than 30 years. He retired in 2016 and in 2017 he began to pursue a long-standinginterest in ceramics as an art form. Since 2017 he has worked at Cream City Clay, a ceramics studio in West Allis, Wisconsin.He took a number of classes there before beginningto explore various themes and subjects in clay. Much of his work is conceptualand recently he has been producing tiles that are designed to be hung on the wall. His works are mainly abstract.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
I am a ceramic artist doinghand-built, mostly slab work. I have been exploring a concept in Japanese aesthetics: “Ma.” The term translates as “an interval in space and time.” It refers to the presence of empty spaces, abstraction, and asymmetrical balance frequently found in Japanese design. Since ceramics are an important part of Japanese culture my ceramic, wall-hung tiles are an appropriate medium for my exploration of this concept.
Ma#3:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(RedSquares/RedArc white stoneware,glazes 16x11inches
NFS
Ma#25:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(FallingDots) ceramic: white stoneware,glazes 16x11inches
NFS
Ma#39:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(RedSquares/YellowArc) ceramic: white stoneware,glazes 16x11inches
NFS
Ma#3:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(RedSquares/RedArc ceramic: white stoneware,glazes 16x11inches
NFS
Ma#25:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(FallingDots) ceramic: white stoneware,glazes 16x11inches
NFS
16x11inches
NFS
16x11inches
NFS
Ma#3:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(RedSquares/RedArc white stoneware,glazes
Ma#30:AnIntervalInSpaceandTime(RedonBlack) ceramic: white stoneware,glazes
Peggy Thurston Farrell ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE
BIOGRAPHY
Peggy Thurston Farrell is an Emerita Professor of Art at Carroll University where she taught printmaking, design and was gallery director and curator of the Wisconsin Collection of Art. Farrell received her M.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukeeand did her undergraduate work at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.Her work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and featured in many collections includingthe Milwaukee Art Museum.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
Currently I am working on an endangered species series. It is an offshoot of my Foxconnexhibition where I became aware of the effects of habitat destruction on our ecosystems. All the creatures featured are endangered due to lax regulations, overfishing and overutilization of commercial construction.
Most of my work features layers of collaged and painted rice paper printed with silkscreen images of endangered species such as monarchbutterflies, sea turtles, and hammerhead sharks.
MyTransformation mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper 21x29inches
$600
FloatingFin1
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
7x7inches
$125
FloatingFin3
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
7x7inches
$125
FloatingFin2 mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
7x7inches
$125
FloatingFin4
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
7x7inches
$125
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
14.5x10.5inches
$400
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
14.5x10.5inches
$400
MyHusband’sSoul
CaterpillarVortex
14.5x10.5inches
$400
FlightoftheRustyPatchedBumbleBee mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
14.5x10.5inches
$400
Free
mixed media silkscreen collage on rice paper
16x15inches
$400
Escape
Swimming
Rebecca Bissi
ORCHID
CELEBRATION
BIOGRAPHY
Rebecca Bissi has enjoyed a long and varied artistic career working in fashion, business and fine art. She holds a BS, University of Georgia, Athens and a BFA, The Schoolof the Art Institute of Chicago.
Rebecca uses oil-based medium for her large-format paintings. Her current series focuses on the intricate and sensual subject of orchids.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
My current oil paintings use scale to accentuate the intricate nature of orchids.My process involves photographingthe subject under varied weather and lighting to use as reference. The flowers invite the viewer into the painting, while the background of unpainted Belgian linen and painted wood panel provide a dynamic contrast.
$8,000
SpottedPinkOrchid oil on Belgium linen
72x72inches
48x60inches
$5,000
SlipperOrchid oil on panel
Roxane Mayeur
STILL
BIOGRAPHY
Roxane Mayeur grew up and resides in Milwaukee Wisconsin.She has worked professionally as an art educator and was a founder of a publiccharter schoolfocused on community engagement.
Currently she is retired and creating art in her studio in the Bay View area of her home town. Mayeur works in wax-based media and has exhibited in local,national and international shows.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
My work explores the connectionbetween the environment and the humanexperience. I incorporate symbolic imagery and abstract patterns found in natural and urban settings. I am attracted to objects and spaces in transition, suchas rust, peeling paint, and abandonedsites. My art making process mirrors the marks of time; I apply layers of wax, heating, scraping and embedding media alongthe way - resulting in a narrative that elevates the common,discarded and overlooked into sacred images.
Entangled
Encaustic and mixed media
30x10inches
$450
IDissent
Encaustic and collage
36x9inches
$500
RustandLace encausticand collage 18x18inches
$500 Virga encaustic,shellac, and mixed media 20x20inches
$8,000
RustNeverSleeps
encaustic,rust, cold wax. and oil
20x20inches
$350
SilentPrecipice
Cold wax, oil, plasterand ash
24x12inches
$450
TemporalArchive
encaustic,collage, gold leaf rust
36x20inches
$1,000
Undaunted encaustic,rust, cold wax. and oil
20x20inches
$350
Seonjoo So PAPERALLARTS
BIOGRAPHY
SeonJoo,a papercraft artist from South Korea, in 1996, started paper folding arts, Hanji crafts, Hanji painting, paper sculpture, and newspaper arts. After arriving in Milwaukee in 2006,she received a master's degree in education at UWM. And she found out that many publicschoolsdid not have opportunities for children to learn hands-on papercraft. This realization led to her spending time and efforts for localchildren. She has brought her arts and crafts to share with the USA.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
My journey for paper art started to teach enjoyable and stress-free classes for children through paper folding. This path uncovered a hidden talent and a deep connectionto Korean paper manipulation.I would like to share my expertise through local classes, igniting creativity in people of all ages. I focus on the love for Korean paper folding, Hanji, and recycling art. The prospect of unveiling new works daily invigorates me. My arts offer solace during life's challenges, a therapeutic aspect..
Stacey is a traditional artist utilizing watercolors and pen and ink  in multimedia creations. A She finds inspiration in the works of Thomas Moran, Toulouse Lautrec, John Constable, the HudsonRiver Artists, Edward Hopper, and many more. Stacey sells her art at local art fairs, galleries and via appointments, she also teaches watercolor painting to beginners.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
As a watercolorist, I've learned to embrace the unpredictability of the process to create watercolor paintings.I love the depth of the pigment and the versatility to which I can use them. Adding pen marks brings out the detail and joy I have for the subject. I consider myself a multimedia watercolor painter.
18x22inches
18 x 22 inches
$396
EyeintheSky watercolor
$396
Peace watercolor
12x16inches
12 x 16 inches
$295
HomesteadHorizon watercolor
$295
PrairieDown watercolor
10x12inches
Mirage watercolor
$165
StephanieBartz WOMEN’SWORK
BIOGRAPHY
Stephanie Bartz is both a fine art and portrait photographer who captures true-to-life moments every time she gets behind her camera. Known for her creativity, playfulness, and upbeat approach,she thoroughlymatches her subjects to the right environment. Her art has been exhibited in galleries, museums and privately owned throughoutthe United States. Stephanie's work has appeared in Time magazine, MKE Lifestyle, Milwaukee magazine, and the Isthmus Paper.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
"Women's Work”is a personal, self-funded photographyproject. This ongoingseries highlights women workingin traditionally male-dominated professions.
I'm passionate about celebrating these trailblazing women, who also serve as powerful role models for the next generation. After each shoot, I walk away even more inspired, driven to continueshining a light on women breakingbarriers in traditionally male professions.
11x14inches
NFS
11x14inches
NFS
Jennie photographyprint
Kara photographyprint
11x14inches
NFS
11x14inches
NFS
Sandra photographyprint
Dori photographyprint
11x14inches
NFS
11x14inches
NFS
Carmen photographyprint
Emily photographyprint
11x14inches
NFS
11x14inches
NFS
Lillian photographyprint
Raminka photographyprint
11x14inches
NFS
11x14inches
NFS
Lillian photographyprint
Raminka photographyprint
Steve James SIENNABLUE
BIOGRAPHY
Steve James is an abstract artist based in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.Born and raised in the Midwest, his artistic journey began at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus on graphicdesign. Inspired by his experiences in the city and the natural world, Steve's work reflects the beauty and complexity of layered textures found in both environments. Steve resides in Milwaukee County with his wife, two sons, and their dog.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
My art is an exploration of shapes, colors, and emotions, deeply influenced by my backgroundin graphic design and marketing. I take inspiration from the natural world and city landscapes that have been a part of my life. Like the intriguing layers found in urban environments and nature, I create layers in my art to uncover hidden stories and evoke a sense of history and depth.
InsideOut
acrylic and China marker on wood panel
12x12inches
$300
It’sTimeToTurnAround
acrylic and China marker on wood panel
12x12inches
$300
QuietConversation
acrylic and China marker on wood panel
12x12inches
$300
Reflections
acrylic on canvas
24x24inches
$300
RocksintheRiver
acrylic and China marker on wood panel
12x12inches
$300
WhichWayDidWeComeFrom acrylic and China marker on wood panel
12x12inches
$300
Steven Bauer IT’SASMALLWORD
BIOGRAPHY
Steven Bauer has been artist of some sort from the very beginning.Exploring color with crayons and watercolors. Learning to play the piano, cello, string bass, and the tenor recorder. Struggling through life drawing classes. Sharinghis passion for theatre as an actor, dancer, director, choreographer, and designer. Combiningfabrics in new and different ways of whimsy. Capturing his vision the world and sharing it with a camera.
ARTISTSTATEMENT
This collectionof images has been 20 years in the making.It started with an iPhone and an app called Tiny Planet. Over the years, I loved takinglarge panoramicphotos and turning them into small intimate images to share, along the way perfecting the process of what images would make an interesting tiny planet.
ThePavilionofGold photography
12x12inches
$300
PeaceofGreen photography
12x12inches
$300
TheWardSpins photography
12x12inches
$300
LighthousetotheWorld photography
12x12inches
$300
TheBridgetoSomewhere photography
12x12inches
$300
IfTheseWallsCouldTalk photography 12x12inches
$300
HarborGrowing photography
12x12inches
$300
EpicRise photography
12x12inches
$300
To purchase artwork, please email se-shows@wisconsinvisualartists.org with the name of the artist and the title of the artwork and we willforward your request to the artist.
