PAINTINGS & PRINTS

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PAINTINGS & PRINTS

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Marlene Barrett

I reside in Maumee, Ohio where I create all my artwork. I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio where I am a self taught artist, except for classes I took in high school. In the year 2002 I started offering my artwork to the public, and created my business called Mostly Animal Art. I joined the Toledo Artist Club and won a couple of ribbons my first two years. As you will notice, animals are the preferred subject manner of my work, as that is where my passion lies.I am an artist of all animals, pets, wildlife, mammals, reptiles, insects.....etc.
They all are precious to our world, and I have always enjoyed all their distinct differences.
My motto is, "If it crawls, swims, flies, hops, or walks, I will paint it."
I try to use my art and photography to raise awareness of the needs of our pets and wildlife! I have also used my art to help raise funding for local rescues, and no-kill shelters, as well as some pre-selected rescues in other states.
My art medium of choice is acrylic paints, soft pastels, & rubber stamp design. I previously created a limited line of hand painted original ceramic plates. I'm no longer offering any new works in this medium, as the disability in my hands will no longer allow it. At my family’s constant suggestion, pet portrait commissions are now another great enjoyment of mine, but again I am limited to only a couple a year 'at most', due to my hands.

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Ruth M. Summers

Through art history classes in college, and visiting art museums, I have been influenced by the work of many artists including surrealist Rene Magritte and collage artists such as Robert Rauschenberg. However, my first art influences came form my parents, neither of whom considered themselves artists.

My mother made crazy quilts and rag rugs and never threw away a scrap of anything. My father, a shoemaker by trade, could have been described as an environmentalist with a sense of humor. He was always crafting something. He polished stones, which he found in his organic garden, and sold them as “Home Grown Rocks”. He also sold jewelry he had fashioned from deer “droppings” because he wanted to make a statement about Michigan’s vanishing deer herd.

In creating some of my own art work, I hope that I have retained my mother’s strong sense of pattern and color, my father’s sense of humor and both of my parents’ willingness to use any and every type of material available.

While combining various techniques and media, my intent is to stay somewhere between reality and fantasy and to create artwork that lets each onlooker be reminded of something pleasant in his or her own life.

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Nancy Leugers

Nancy worked as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency/Trauma department and retired in 2003. She began painting in 2001 at the age of 63 and has taken many classes at the Toledo Museum of Art. She was encouraged by a friend to take up painting.

Nancy works primarily in oil on canvas. She has also done some watercolor painting. She prefers to paint directly on the canvas rather than sketch much first.

She is a member of the Toledo Museum of Art and the Toledo Artists’ Club. She has traveled to Italy for art instruction at La Romita School of Art.

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Sally Thompson

A self taught artist residing in Toledo, Ohio, I have been painting since 1994. I enjoy working in various mediums with diversified subject matter and alternative perspectives. For years I considered myself an oil painter, but my passion for exotic papers and love of drawing has changed that description of my work. It has changed considerably over the years with each stage contributing to the way I work today.

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Norma Thomas-Herr
Fulton County Ohio born and raised, Watercolor Artist, Norma Thomas-Herr graduated from Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1981, BFA, Watercolors and Graphic Design. Since 1999 Norma has been a full-time watercolor artist painting in transparent and opaque watercolors.
Norma paints daily in studio or on location in Northwest Ohio, Michigan and Florida including old barns, ramshackle houses, wooded areas, along rivers, majestic lighthouses, swaying palm trees, rusting fishing boats, historic building and quaint churches.

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B. Jack Harbaugh

Jack Harbaugh is a retired Civil- Structural Engineer. Over the years he also worked as a Partner at Sanzenbacher, Miller & Brigham and as an Associate at SSOE in Toledo.

Jack does wood carvings by hand. Subject matter for carvings include Birds and Golfers. Jack hopes these pieces will appeal to Bird lovers and people who enjoy the sport of golf.

He also enjoys painting with acrylic paints. In the course of his lifetime Jack designed over 400 bridges in the states of Ohio and Michigan. Therefore bridges are a frequent subject matter for his paintings.

Gerri Neiling
Gerri studies drawing and design at the University of Toledo/Toledo Museum of Art, and watercolor at Bowling Green State University. Since then she ahs taken painting classes from well known Toledo Area artists. Currently, Gerri is a member of Prizm Creative Community in Perrysburg.
Her favorite mediums are watercolor, gouache and watercolor pencil.
Most of Gerri’s paintings are inspired by her love of nature. She frequently takes photos at the Metroparks, the 577 Foundation, and local floral gardens.
Gerri has lived in the Perrysburg area since 1979. Gerri and her husband, Karl, have four grown children and three grandchildren.

Rudolph Schroeder
Pen and Ink and Pen and Ink over Acrylic paint. These are the mediums Rudolph Schroeder has been working with for over forty years as an artist.
A romantic at heart, Rudolph grew up in New York City where he attended Grammar and High School in Queens. His interest and talent for art was visible in High School.
As a teenager Rudolph had an interest in Tall Ships. Next came Lighthouses. Today, he has a handsome collection of art work on both. Not stopping here, other subjects were explored. Landscapes, Old Barns, Horses, Butterflies, Lake Freighters, Old Trains, World War I and II Fighter Planes, Birds of Paradise, Vintage Cars, Carousel Horses etc. Due to his diversity of subjects, Rudolph does a lot of commission work which he welcomes.
After serving two years in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War, Rudolph attended and was graduated from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
Lee Iacocca has Schroeder’s original India Ink sketch on the “Miss Liberty Centennial”. Dennis Conner, America’s premier sailor also has a Rudolph original and this is “Stars & Stripes”, winning the 1987 America’s Cup. Other notables/organizations possessing Rudolph’s art work are: Ted Turner, Rudolph Giuliani of New York City, Mario Cuomo, America’s renowned orator, Charles Krulak, former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and The Museum de Paris, France.
Rudolph is a member of the Toledo Museum of Art. In 1991 he was honored with a one month, half hour showing of his romantic Tall Ships and Lighthouses on Michigan Educational TV-WTRY-53.
The White House now has Rudolph’s framed picture depicting the New Millennium. Former President William Clinton sent a “thank you” note to Rudolph on this art work. A framed print is also on display on Liberty Island, New York for millions of viewers to see as they visit the Statue of Liberty. Of course, the artist is honored by this.
Rudolph was the “Best of Show” winner at the Fall 2000 Marine City Art Fair, Marine City, Michigan. 85 artists participated.

Lucy Jane Webster
Lucy's work is a reflection of the world as she sees it in a representational portrayal. Her favorite subjects include gardens, by the water, wetlands and usually places located in Ohio or Maine. Lucy's education includes the Cleveland Institute of Art, Lecture Workshops by Helmut Beckmann and studies with David Herzog. Her work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and juried shows across the United States. In addition, Lucy is the author of Letters Home from the Sea, The Life and Letters of Solon J. Hanson. Her professional affiliations include Toledo Museum of Art Library League, Toledo Federations of Art Societies, Athena Art Society and Toledo Atists' Club to name just a few.

Tamra Mielke
Tamra has always been involved in art. She was an art major in high school and studied fine art at The Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University, with an emphasis on drawing and painting. She has a bachelor's degree in Art Therapy with a minor in psychology. Her goal is to draw attention to the beauty of ordinary things around us. It may be a still-life or a figure or a portrait, but she wants to evoke emotion from the viewer. She wants to celebrate the simple warmth of life, the things that touch our hearts. Tamra works mainly in pastels, but has also worked in oils. Tamra does commission in people and pet portraiture. She has participated in many art shows and has won numerous awards. Also she donates pet portraits fir local pet shelter fund-raisers, including "Pet Hoorah". Tamra lives in Perrysburg, OH with her husband, two kids and three dogs.

Lonnie Rosenberg
Lonnie Rosenberg is a freelance illustrator living in Bowling Green, OH. She attended Butera School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts and worked for many years as a commercial artist before shifting to print-making and illustrating. Since living in Bowling Green, she has explored new techniques and has worked with a variety of media, including graphite pencil, pen and ink, acrylics, watercolor, pastel pencil and paper collage. Since 1989. Lonnie has traveled throughout the British Isles and Europe gaining inspiration from the art, architecture, and history of the places she has visited. Most recently , she lived and traveled in Australia for seven months. Her acrylic paintings are influenced by the Aboriginal art of Australia and her current work in paper collage focuses primarily on whimsical animals and African masks. In addition she draws portraits of children and pet animals in graphite pencil, typically by commission.

Beverly Westrick

Beverly is semi-retired and works for Anthony Wayne Schools as a non-teaching substitute. She lives on the Maumee River near Waterville. Beverly states, " I am an amateur artist who enjoys painting and sharing it with anyone who might enjoy it also." Beverly focuses on watercolor and watercolor batiks. A batik uses wax as a resist, whether it is white on rice paper used, or after painting a color, drying and using hot wax to protest the color preventing any other paint to enter the waxed area.

Joyce Hudson Stroud

Joyce is a talented local artist. She excels in watercolor, oil painting and acrylics as well as china painting. Over her years of creating she has developed innovative techniques that can give her work a look that says ... this is not ordinary. Joyce says her objective is to make people feel happy when they look at her work. Joyce is a Toledo resident, Her paintings have been displayed in Seneca, Crawford and Wood counties, as well as Lucas County. Her watercolors have also had some exposure on the east coast of Florida.

Ramona Mercer

Ramona attended The Ohio State University, Malone College, Butler University, University of Toledo, and Bowling Green State University and received degrees in education. She had a successful career as an elementary teacher, reading specialist and teacher/coordinator in gifted education. She was awarded Ohio Teacher of the Year in 1980. Between her teaching and raising a family, Ramona periodically found time to pursue her interest in art, in various mediums of painting, ceramics, enameling, and slump-glass creations. Ramona is now retired and has time to pursue her love of art again in watercolors. Watercolor has been a challenge, and lends itself to a variety of techniques, with each artist’s workshop introducing different approaches for depicting subject matter. Recently she has attended workshops on watercolor techniques with Betty Heim and Janet King of Sebring, Florida, Jan Fetters of Lake Wales, Florida, Larry Golba of Toledo, Don Andrews of Fairhope, Alabama, and Joye Moon of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Ramona enjoys relaxing with the watercolor brush and has experimented with a variety of subjects, many from photographs she has taken. She is a legacy member of Highland Arts League, Florida, a member of Prizm and a patron member of the Perrysburg Arts Council.

Sheilah Grogan

A resident of Toledo, Ohio, SHEILAH GROGAN received her Bachelor of Education degree from The University of Toledo, where she was a recipient of the prestigious W. Sinclair Walbridge Scholarship.She also studied at Bowling Green State University and Kent State University.
It was at Kent State University that she met Wayne Thiebaud and Philip Pearlstine. Both artists were her studio critics. Thiebaud continues to influence her work.
She has travelled to Glencolmecille in Co. Donegal, Ireland for independent studies in painting, and has exhibited her work in Dublin, Ireland.
Sheilah has also exhibited extensively in the Midwest. She was a founding exhibitor in the first annual Women’s National Exhibition in the United States hosted by The University of Illinois. WOMEN ARTISTS IN AMERICA (The University of Tennessee Press) has featured Sheilah’s sculpture. Sheilah has a decorative piece in the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. She is also a winner of the Kodak International Photography Competition
Her professional credentials include lecturing at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne, Indiana. While living in Indiana, she was a guest lecturer at the University of Indiana. She has lectured on such topics as Children's Art, and Women in Art. Sheilah was a Curriculum Developer, and Director of Art Education at The Children's Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sheilah considers her time as a Visiting Artist for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo's program, Young Artists at Work (YAW) as a highlight of her teaching career. She also enjoyed her time as an art instructor at the Toledo Museum of Art, where she was once a young student herself. Much of her teaching career has been in the public and private schools of Northwestern Ohio, and Southeastern Michigan. Recently Sheilah has been involved in The Sketchbook Project with the Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, N.Y.