Fire and Water artists in Festival of the Arts

Mike Bryant, Bonnie Osborne, Marylu Dykstra, Patti Sevensma and Deidre Wingelaar are Fire and Water artists who have work in The GR Festival of the Arts.

Deidre won a Water Media Art award for her piece Autumn Glory.

Congrats all!!

Kathleen Conover- artist of the month

This month we are pleased to present Kathleen Conover as the artist of the month of May. The gallery offers original art, giclee prints (with high quality archival ink) and sets of notecards by this wonderful northern Michigan artist. She has been a teacher and an inspiration to many of the Fire and Water artists. She has just returned from a trip to Ireland and we look forward to seeing the art this trip inspired!

Kathleen will have work featured in the new publication from Northlight Books, ART Revolution: Alternative Approaches fro Fine Artists and Illustrators by Lisa L. Cyr

Yellow Dog River installation

Kathleen Mooney's Yellow Dog River series is on display in Okemos, Michigan at the Public Library on Okemos Road. Her powerful images are interspersed with photos of the area in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan where the Yellow Dog River is endangered by sulfide mining and bad environmental decisions.

video- not great but you get the idea!

These are my beginning forays into video. I just found out my digital can take movies. They are a little primitive but you can get an idea of the flow of the space at Fire and Water ART! The last two feature our fearless leader and her wonderful paintings, working on some of the mundane details of being an artist. I'll have to video her painting process sometime!

Jan Y. Johnson Artist of the Month for April

This month we are delighted to feature a wonderful artist, Jan Y. Johnson. She is a Lowell resident and arts advocate. She has been a painter all her life, worked in graphic design and does exquisite watercolors and acrylics. Stop in to see her work displayed on her large red wall. Wow!

GREEN Women Artists

Passages 11 by Kathleen Mooney

Sunday March 22 from 2-4 we will have our reception celebrating the women artists with a love and respect for nature who are our heroes and role models.

Rachel Carson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Annie Dillard and Emily Carr are among the artists mentioned by members of our group. Come celebrate these women and our own Fire and Water nature advocate, Kathleen Mooney, as she prepares to show her Yellow Dog River series in Okemos and also anticipates her yearly trip to the wild Western shores of Ireland.

Mike Bryant- Raku pottery

Mike Bryant is the artist of the month at F&W for March. Come see his beautiful textures and glazes on his wonderful pottery. His business is the Electric Mud Puddle. He is a member of the West Michigan Potter's Guild. They'll be having their spring show on March 21 at East Paris and Burton in SE Grand Rapids at Church of the Servant.