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.

Fire and Water artists in local competitions

Fire and Water Art, an art gallery in Lowell, Michigan, is pleased to announce that six of their 25 leading award winning artists have pieces in winter 2009 regional art competitions. "The Lowell Area Arts Council's West Michigan Regional Competition, the First United Methodist Celebration Show and Grand Haven's Winterfest are very competitive and are top shows in our area" says Kathleen Mooney – owner of Fire and Water Art. "I am so happy that many of our artists had work included in these venues. Each and every one of them are skilled in techniques and gifted in taking their work that extra step to make art that is unique and special. I am honored to be surrounded by a talented bunch!"

Work by Mike Bryant, Janet Krueger, Patti Sevensma, Deidre Wingelaar, Virginia Wieringa and Cathy Dykstra is included in these regional shows and Fire and Water Art has many works by these artists on our walls. "I would encourage everyone interested in art to attend these competitions and then visit Fire and Water Art to see more and get the whole story about these artists – we are the best place to do that!"

In addition, Mooney announces she is preparing her own one woman show "Yellow Dog – Michigan Wilderness Area at Risk!" which will appear in Okemos in April. "Yellow Dog" is a series of paintings, photographs and a self-published book that explores Mooney's reaction to the mining controversy affecting the Yellow Dog River near
Marquette in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

For more information about Fire and Water Art and our artists visit us Wednesday through Sunday 11-4 or Friday 11-7 at 219 West Main in Lowell, Michigan. Our phone number is 616-890-1879 and our website is www.fire-and-water-art.com

Fire and Water artists in the Lowell Regional and Celebration

This piece by Virginia Wieringa was accepted into the First United Methodist Celebration show. Mike Bryant and Janet Krueger also had pieces included in the show. Janet's received a People's Choice award. Deidre Wingelaar had two pieces accepted in Celebration and two pieces in the Lowell Regional! F+W artists Virginia Wieringa, Cathy Dykstra and Janet Krueger also had pieces accepted in the Lowell show. These are very competitive shows. Celebration had more than 400 entries and 160 pieces were juried into the show.

Lowell Chamber of Commerce

Fire and Water artist Virginia Wieringa will be showing more of her work down the street from our gallery at the Lowell Chamber of Commerce building at 113 Riverwalk Plaza (across from the showboat and behind the Flat River Grill). The show will feature 10-13 of Virginia's acrylic paintings and her dancer photos. It runs through the summer, June 15- September 5. Here's a painting that will be hanging this show: DAWN OVER 96. The title is appropriate for this venue because 96 runs right past Lowell. This painting is 30"x40".

Lowell is a great little town! Come visit us at Fire and Water ART! and stroll down to the Chamber to see more of Virginia's work.

self-portrait Virginia Wieringa

Award winning artists

This painting by Virginia Wieringa won a first prize (cash award) yesterday in the People's Choice awards at Bishop Hills Retirement Community. Our Rivertown Artist Guild has a show there every fall and the staff and residents vote on their favorites. She says "I won 3rd last year and 2nd the year before that! I saved this particular painting for that show because I knew it was a crowd pleaser. I like it too." It lived at Fire and Water for a few months and was considered for purchase by a few folks. Next stop for the West Virginia Roadside Poppies is the lobby of St Mary's Health Care in January. See more of Virginia's work at www.virginiawieringa.com

Those folks at Bishop Hills have pretty good taste! Steve Huyser-Honig, our newest Fire and Water artist captured 3rd prize with one of his exquisite photos of the Grand Haven Michigan lighthouse. Check out more of Steve's work at the Fire and Water ART Showroom and also on line at www.greatlakeseditions.com (see the previous post for more about Steve).

featured artist for November Virginia Wieringa

I have the honor of being the featured artist at the showroom for November. These are a couple of the mixed media pieces I have on display. I work in a wide range of styles and I enjoy the variety. Some may think my work lacks a singular focus because of my wide range of media and subjects, but I like the freedom to experiment! Come in and see my work this month (and every month) at this fabulous art showroom!

Also visit my blog at www.vwieringa.blogspot.com
and my website www.virginiawieringa.com

Glass in paintings

These paintings are among the pieces included at the showroom for the Beauties of Glass show Sept 1-Oct 31.

Fire and Water ART Showroom postcards

These postcards were designed by Virginia Wieringa.