Paint the Towns in Fall Color

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Update: Midday Light won the Third Place Award and Amber Fields won the Artist Choice Award.

Amber Fields 12″ x 16″ acrylic Artist Choice Award
Midday Light 8″ x 16″ acrylic Third Place Award
Herrling Sawmill 9″ x 12″ acrylic

You are invited to join me at the opening Reception and silent auction at Gallery 110 North on Friday, October 11, 2024 from 6 pm to 9 pm to view the paintings created at this year’s Paint the Towns in Fall Color event. Gallery 110 North is located in the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 East Mill Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin.

This free admission reception features live music by Zach Holzer. Complimentary appetizers and desserts will be served. Cash bar.

It is a great opportunity to meet the participating Paint the Towns Artists and to bid on your favorite piece of local art at the silent auction until 9:00 pm. Then the unsold works will remain in Gallery 110 North through November 15 and be for sale at a “Buy it Now” retail price. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm; Saturday – Sunday 12 – 3 pm; closed Monday and holidays.

Awards will be presented at 6:45 pm. Cash awards totaling $3000 along with non-cash merit awards will be presented at the awards ceremony.

This year’s judge is Michelle Richeson. “I had the honor to serve as the Creative Director for Jack Richeson and Company, creating magazine ads and designs for the company’s wide array of art supplies, instructional materials and artist’s furniture. I also assisted in the production of videos for Jack Richeson’s, “Famous Painter Films”. This event is sponsored by Sargento, The Sartori Company, and Van Horn Auto. This event is coordinated by artist Dan Rizzi of Plymouth.

These are the three paintings I submitted for the painting competition. Amber Fields was painted near County Road M and Hillside Road. the colors of the fields drew my attention with the church in the distance. Midday Light was painted near highway 23 and Meadowlark Road. The sparkling sunlight on the water caught my eye and I had to paint the scene. Herrling Sawmill was painted at the Wade House historic site in Greenbush. The mill, alongside the Mullet River, is one of the state’s only working water powered sawmills. The mill features a working vertical muley saw, popular in the middle of the 19th century, which saws with an up and down motion.

Alive in the Arts

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Eagle Bluff Lighthouse watercolor 15″ x 18″ framed $380

I have my painting Eagle Bluff Lighthouse on display in Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Arts Center’s 29th Annual Juried Art Exhibition Alive in the Arts.

Hector Acuna was the juror for this competition. He reviewed artwork from artists living and working throughout Wisconsin and chose 67 pieces for this new show.

Alive in the Arts will be up until August 2, 2024.

The presenting sponsors are Robert and Phyllis Hoopman, Wisconsin Bank, and Trust, and 20/20 Visions.

Gallery 110 North is located in the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 E Mill Street, Plymouth. Hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 4 pm. Admission is free. Call 920.892.8409. www.plymoutharts.org Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

28th Holiday Membership Exhibition

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Ice Skates watercolor 12″ x 9″

You are invited to attend the Opening Reception on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 5 pm to 7:30 pm of the 28th Annual Holiday Membership Exhibition at the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 East Mill Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin.

The exhibition has artwork from 75 members, including my painting Ice Skates. Awards will be presented at 6 pm. Watercolor artist Robert Hoopman is the judge for this year.

Complimentary appetizers and desserts. Cash bar. Live holiday musical entertainment will be presented by Mary Fellenz, piano, and Dan Ognavic, piano.

The show runs through Friday, January 12, 2024. Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm. Saturday – Sunday noon – 3 pm. Closed Monday & holidays.

Consider purchasing the original fine art as a holiday gift. Support your local artists.

Plymouth Holiday Membership Exhibition

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Sleigh Ride 9 x 12 watercolor $580
Best of Show Award

My painting Sleigh Ride won Best of Show at the 27th Annual Holiday Membership Exhibition in Gallery 110 North, inside the Plymouth Arts Center. The exhibition with artwork from 78 member artists will be up until Friday, January 13, 2023.

Lori Beringer, judge’s statement: Can you hear it? Swish, thump cold wind, sun shining. I am transported with all my senses and imagining. A confident hand, bold and masterfully creating depth, bursting the subject forward out of its framed existence! The shadowed path and grasses describe the typography beautifully. Music in paint. Harmony in shapes and color. Visual made into poetry!

Admission is free and is open to the public. The Plymouth Arts Center is located at 520 E Mill Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm. Saturday – Sunday 1 – 3 pm. Closed Monday and holidays. 920.892.8409 www.plymoutharts.org

ALIVE IN THE ARTS

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Springtime 15″ x 20″ watercolor $600

I received a merit award for my watercolor painting Springtime as part of the Alive in the Arts 26th Annual Juried Exhibition at Gallery 110 North, Plymouth Arts Center, 520 East Mill Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin.  Hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 4 pm.  Admission is free.  Call 920.892.8409.  www.plymoutharts.org 

Juror Bonnita Budysz chose 80 pieces representing 57 artists from throughout the state of Wisconsin for the exhibit which will be up until August 6, 2021. 

Plymouth Arts Center Holiday Membership Exhibition

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   Honfleur   watercolor   11 x 14   $350

 

   I Left My Heart in Paris
   by Jane Kautzer

Honfleur and  I left My Heart in Paris will be on exhibit at Gallery 110 North, Plymouth as part of the Plymouth Arts Center 22nd Holiday Membership Exhibition.

I have traveled a lot since my retirement last October.   My wife and I stayed in Europe for seven weeks this year and explored northern France, Barcelona, and London.  I painted nearly every day. Honfleur was painted on a bright sunny day.   My wife took the photo of  locks on Pont des Arts Bridge.  Large sections of the bridge were covered with locks until 2015 when Paris authorities removed the locks to protect the integrity of the bridge. Come see the show and talk to me about my trip.

The show will be up from December 1 – January 12, 2018. 

Artists’ Opening Reception is on Friday, December 1 from 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm.   Awards presented at 6 pm.  Complementary snacks and open bar.  Live music.

Frank Juarez, gallery director and artist from Sheboygan will be the judge.  Best of Show, First through Third Place and Merit Awards will be presented at the reception.   The Robert Heuel O.P.A.  Award will be given to an artist who displays exceptional skill in his/her chosen path. 

The Plymouth Arts Center is at 520 E Mill Street, Plymouth. Gallery hours are Tuesdays – Fridays 10 am – 4 pm.  Saturdays – Sundays noon – 3 pm.  Closed Mondays and holidays.  Admission is free. 

Alive in the Arts at Plymouth Art Center

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Palace of Fine Arts watercolor $350 16"x20" 2016

Palace of Fine Arts watercolor $350 16″x20″ 2016

My painting of the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco was accepted into the Alive in the Arts Exhibition at Gallery 110 North,  Plymouth Arts Center.

The 21st annual Alive the the Arts Exhibition reception is Friday, May 20, 2016 from 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Plymouth Arts Center, 520 E. Mill Street, Plymouth.  Complimentary refreshments.  Admission is free.

Awards Ceremony at 6:30 pm.  Piano entertainment.

Presenting sponsors for this exhibit are Wisconsin Bank & Trust and 20/20 Visions, Dr. Sharon Roberts and Dr. Bradley Wicklund.

The juror for this 21st annual juried competition is Michelle Grabner.  Grabner is a Crown Family Professor in Painting and Drawing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and  co-owner of The Suburban gallery in Milwaukee.

Alive in the Arts runs in conjunction with the PAC Northern Moraine Spring Art Tour on June 3, 4, 5.

Plymouth Arts Center hours are Tuesdays – Fridays 10 am – 4 pm.  Saturdays – Sundays noon – 3 pm.  Closed Mondays and holidays.  Admission is free.  www.plymoutharts.org  (920) 892-8409