In Today’s Spotlight meet Cedarose Siemon, although primarily a painter she also does sculpture, ceramics and black and white photography. Here is her artist statement from her website:
To investigate and uncover what is within the complexity of emotion genuinely, is why I create.
When I began painting in 2007, I awoke to a well inside that [...]
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The Spotlight November 13, 2009
The Spotlight October 30, 2009
In this week’s Spotlight meet Dolores Marusarz. Since moving to the Coulee Region in 2000 she has painted much of the area’s local landscapes. She also paints portraits, on a commission basis, is a juried member of East Bank Artists in La Crosse and The La Crosse Society of Arts and Crafts. From 2003 to [...]
The Spotlight October 23, 2009
Michael Riddet says he is best known for his earlier natural history paintings and scientific illustrations but in the late 1990s his focus in art shifted towards Trompe L’Oeil, art that creates such a strong illusion of reality that the viewer may not at first be sure the object or objects depicted is real or [...]
In My Studio
I really haven’t talked too much about me or my art since this blog was started and a lot of people have asked me why. Well, I don’t know why so I’ve decided to start a new category called “In My Studio.” For those of you who do not know, when I’m not working at [...]
The Spotlight June 12, 2009
In today’s Spotlight meet La Crosse artist Sarah Bina. Much of Sarah’s art is self portraiture and is heavily influenced by the German and Austrian expressionists of the early 20th Century who expressed pain through color, stark contrasts, grotesque and exaggerated figures, faces, and forms. A head injury a couple years ago left Sarah with [...]