Saturday, January 5, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
The space that was Fire and Water ART! is becoming Flat River Gallery
and Framing! We're still at 219 West Main, but we're getting a facelift
and new artists are joining many of the F&W artists. Deidre
Wingelaar is still our framer.
We'll be having a GRAND OPENING when everything gets put into place!!
Kathleen Mooney will be moving to 318 East Main in Lowell. Her new gallery will be called 318.
We'll be having a GRAND OPENING when everything gets put into place!!
Kathleen Mooney will be moving to 318 East Main in Lowell. Her new gallery will be called 318.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Fire and Water artists in First United Methodist Celebrtation show in Grand Rapids
Fire and Water artists Deidre Wingelaar, Patti Sevensma and Virginia Wieringa have pieces in the First United Methodist Celebration show in Grand Rapids February 10- 22.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Featured Artist for Nov + Dec- Virginia Wieringa
Virginia Wieringa is the Featured Artist at Fire and Water ART! in Lowell for November and December. You can meet her there on December 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 11-4. Some of her work showing at the gallery is posted here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Karen Godfrey achieves ISEA signature status
Fire ans Water artist Karen Godfrey achieved ISEA signature status this year by having her work accept in the International Society of Experimental Artists yearly show for the fourth time.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson just brought in some wonderful watercolor paintings of orchids (the top two in this post) and took the exquisite abstractions of a daisy garden to the Lowell Area Arts Council for the Going Green exhibit.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Cortney Robson- acrylic paintings
Fire and Water welcomes Cortney Robson and her dynamic acrylic paintings!
Bob Gronevelt wooden bowls, platters and tables
Bob Gronevelt wooden bowls, platters and tables at Fire and Water. Bob has long been bringing in his lovely tables and cabinets, but the bowls and platters are new to us! They have rich textures and surfaces. Come and see for yourself!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Kate Lewis ceramics
We are delighted to welcome Kate Lewis, a young West Michigan potter to our Showroom! Her beautiful functional work is dishwasher and microwave safe and will add a bit of art to your everyday life!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Jan Johnson- featured artist for March
Watercolorist - Janet Johnson
MAR. 1 TO MAR 31ST, 2011
11 TO 4 PM WED. - SAT. AND FRI. 11 TO 7 PM
FIRE AND WATER "ART" GALLERY
219 W. MAIN ST., LOWELL, MI 49331-1607
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Marylu Dykstra- February featured artist.
Mixed Media Artist - Marylu Dykstra
FEB. 1 TO FEB 28TH, 2011
11 TO 4 PM WED. - SAT. AND FRI. 11 TO 7 PM
FIRE AND WATER "ART" GALLERY
219 W. MAIN ST., LOWELL, MI 49331-1607
Showroom phone: 616-890-1879
Monday, January 24, 2011
Whitney Lassini - beadwork
Fire and Water welcomes bead artist Whitney Lassini. Her beads (as you can see) are spectacular! Come and see them in person. She's working on February 5. See more of her work here: www.WhitneyLassini.com
blog.WhitneyLassini.com
WhitneyLassini.etsy.com
www.flickr.com/WhitneyLassini
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Patti Sevensma- Fire ansd Water January Artist of the Mont
Patti Sevensma is showing some of her "Beautiful Children" series along with other portrait pieces for the month of January. She has been doing portrait work for a number of years mostly for her own enjoyment. Some of these pieces have been featured in various regional competitions. This is a rare opportunity for them to be shown together. Please call the gallery to make an appointment with Patti to discuss her work further. Showroom phone: 616-890-1879
Monday, November 1, 2010
Debra Smale workshop
Mixed Media Artist – Debra Aalsburg Smale
December 4, 2PM to 4PM – Reservations by November 26th Contact Debra at: dasmale@comcast.net for further details
Workshop Outline:
Participants will experiment with focus on the idea of what attracted them to the subject they choose to paint. Focus will be on the approach of not painting specific things, but the idea the shapes, patterns, colors from an image they have selected might represent.
Focusing on the attraction of the idea, can help participant gain a deeper clarity of the images, shapes, colors as the piece evolves.
Participants over the age of 16 are welcome, at any level of experience.
Workshop is limited to 6 participants and will be very interactive.
No Cost
What to bring:
All supplies, in any medium the participant is comfortable with, including a prepared surface to work on, i.e., canvas, paper.
An image that has attracted them and would like to explore
Monday, October 4, 2010
Karen Godfrey featured in the GR Press
Creative pursuit: Karen Godfrey is a Grand Rapids artist who uses art to empower others and heal herself. She created this mixed-media assemblage during her recovery from cancer at a time when she could only see out of one eye. Below is another one of her works. Like many with artistic tendencies, Karen Godfrey pushed her passion for art aside when it came to selecting a career. Instead of going to art school, she earned a master’s degree in social work from Grand Valley State University and worked as a therapist helping her clients “create recovery” from cancer and other challenges. She did this work for five years before realizing she needed to start taking her own advice. “I was telling these people to make art every day,” she said. “I was encouraging them, but I wasn’t doing it myself.” So, she enrolled in an oil painting class and fell in love with the medium. Little by little, she started painting more and meeting with clients less.
In 2003, she took the plunge and opened Art Beat, an art gallery she owned and operated in Grand Rapids until 2008. She featured the work of other artists, taught art therapy workshops and built a community around artwork that told stories about healing and self-reflection.
Her gallery was unique because she didn’t send artists away if the perspective in one of their paintings was off. “What was most important to me is that it had some message,” she said.
Branching out
After five years operating the gallery, Godfrey was ready to make another change.
“I said I was opening the gallery to spend more time on my art, but then the gallery took over,” she said. “And I was spending time promoting other artists more than myself.”
In 2008, Godfrey closed her gallery and moved her art studio to her home, where she has been busy making mixed-media assemblages ever since. Godfrey said she has no regrets about closing her gallery, but misses the Eastown community. “I loved who I was connected with, but I knew I had to do this for myself,” she said. “When I closed the gallery it was my last step to becoming a full-time artist.”
Looking inward
Godfrey said she works in her studio nearly every day and is enjoying the “alone time” she has to create.“It’s like I’ve given myself permission to be less outgoing and more introspective,” she said. “To do something that is just for myself is difficult.”
Godfrey’s art therapy skills came full circle last spring when she was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma before leaving on a six-week trip to exhibit her work at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun in Tucson, Ariz. Her doctor cleared her to delay treatment, but Godfrey said she had no idea that doctors would have to remove 75 percent of her right lower eye lid when she returned home. Then, to give her skin graft time to heal, her right eye was sewn shut for five weeks.
During this time, Godfrey created two assemblages exploring vision and shadow themes.
“I had to ask myself, ‘What am I not seeing in my life?’” she said. “Little did I realize ... I wasn’t seeing the good in myself. ... I was not acknowledging that I am gifted.”
Committing to her artwork full time has started to pay off for Godfrey, whose assemblages have been accepted to several galleries, including the Cycling Salamander gallery, just south of Charlevoix.
Godfrey is one of many local artists participating in ArtPrize. Her entry called “Art and Transformation: Healing Traditions Around the World” is on display in the window at the West Michigan Center for Art and Technology on East Fulton Street until Oct. 10.
Her personal transformation into an artist is surprising to some who didn’t recognize her passion for art earlier in her life.
“I didn’t even get good grades in art,” Godfrey said, recalling her high school classes that put more emphasis on life-like drawing skills and less on developing creativity working in other styles and mediums.
But Godfrey felt that compulsion to create that transfixes many who don’t pursue art as a career. Every time she had breaks between college classes or work, she would create art projects.
While it may have saved her time if she had realized she was an artist in bloom back in high school, Godfrey wouldn’t change a thing.
“This all happened for a reason the way it did,” she said. “I’m very thankful for my life experiences.”
Karen Godfrey’s art
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 4
Where: Trinity Lutheran Church, 2700 E. Fulton St., Grand Rapids
What’s for sale: Godfrey’s assemblages and paintings, wood carvings, basketry, sculpture, pottery, and more work by other artists.
Where to find: Shop for Karen Godfrey’s art at Fire and Water Art Gallery, 219 W. Main St., Lowell.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Old World Santa
Artist Nancy Wanha just brought in this old world Santa. It's amazing. It's completely handmade. She hand embroidered the quilt that is his cape. She molded the face. She painted the toys. The cape is trimmed in mink and lined with satin. This is one of a kind and totally hand made. Exquisite!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
a fine collaboration
A customer bought 3 of Virginia Wieringa's Leaf Layer collages and our custom Framer Deidre Wingelaar worked her magic to achieve just the look that the customer wanted. These collages will float at the surface of a very deep frame with no glass covering them. it's just what the customer wanted!
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Leslie Stougaard news
Leslie Stougaard is hosting an art event in Lowell - here is the newspaper article to prove it!
Also, she is having an Artist Reception on Sept 23 5-8pm
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