December 2021 Artist of the Month Club - December 3 - 24
Pam Bronk + Fine Leather
Opening Friday, December 3, Noon - 5pm
Everyone tells you not to touch the art!
Not so with Pam Bronk’s fine leather works. Caress the surface, breath in the leathery scent, look at the fine details and images. Eventually choose one. Take it home. Fill it with important and necessary things, place it over your shoulder and head out to take on the world.
These fine leather bags are available in the gallery or contact us by phone or email to have pieces shipped to you.
Not so with Pam Bronk’s fine leather works. Caress the surface, breath in the leathery scent, look at the fine details and images. Eventually choose one. Take it home. Fill it with important and necessary things, place it over your shoulder and head out to take on the world.
These fine leather bags are available in the gallery or contact us by phone or email to have pieces shipped to you.
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Artist's Statement
I've been making leather handbags, briefcases and accessories for over 40 years. It is always my goal to make a fine leather bag which is distinctive and artistic. In pursuit of this I use painting, woodcuts, embossing, beads . . . through various mediums each bag becomes a unique piece. Change and movement are important motifs to me and I strive to create a flowing style. I create all my bags in my workshop with care. I hope you will enjoy yours for many years. |
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November 2021 Artist of the Month Club
Jenny Gringer + Printmaker
Designated Spot for Beauty & Wonder
Opening Friday, November 5, 5 - 8pm
November 5 - 28
Art is a powerful tool for making change. It lives with us - catching our mind’s eye with color, images, words.
What if the first thing you saw every morning with that quiet first light was “Stand Up for Each Other?”
Every day.
Jenny works with humble materials; linoleum blocks and cutting tools, ink and paper; to share huge ideas. Life changing, path changing, mind changing ideas. She is brave. No pretty flower paintings here. Her artistic path insistently taps at your shoulder with depth and humor. Pay attention.
Every day.
Oh! And we have stickers.
What if the first thing you saw every morning with that quiet first light was “Stand Up for Each Other?”
Every day.
Jenny works with humble materials; linoleum blocks and cutting tools, ink and paper; to share huge ideas. Life changing, path changing, mind changing ideas. She is brave. No pretty flower paintings here. Her artistic path insistently taps at your shoulder with depth and humor. Pay attention.
Every day.
Oh! And we have stickers.
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Artist's Statement
Jenny is a self-taught linocut printmaker based in Iowa City, Iowa. Her work explores political themes, the human condition, and resiliency. Over the years, her work has shifted from weird animals, street art, and popping off about work, to focusing more on text-based work, highlighting writers, poets, and fragmented ideas. She endeavors to bring a degree of lawlessness, subversiveness, heart, and enthusiasm to her art and life. When not engaged in the practice of making art/working/parenting, Jenny enjoys teaching printmaking at Public Space One in Iowa City, organizing Guerilla Joyfare Parades, and is learning to make her own clothes, with mixed results. |
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October 2021 Artist of the Month Club
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Scraps of Stanley Kunitz’s poem “The Layers” rise to the surface. ‘I have walked through many lives, some of them my own - I have made myself a tribe out of my true affections - and every stone in the road precious to me - I roamed through wreckage - live in the layers.’
Bold characters, often meeting your gaze. The stage, the setting, the story develops. The joy of discovering the unexpected details. Objects and images ready to be something new. Textures, colors, surfaces to soften and deepen the story. And then, you read the title and begin your exploration anew.
Add ‘writer’ and ‘director’ to visual artist. Enjoy the puzzle of meaning.
Bold characters, often meeting your gaze. The stage, the setting, the story develops. The joy of discovering the unexpected details. Objects and images ready to be something new. Textures, colors, surfaces to soften and deepen the story. And then, you read the title and begin your exploration anew.
Add ‘writer’ and ‘director’ to visual artist. Enjoy the puzzle of meaning.
Artist’s Statement
I consider myself a found object, mixed media, collage and assemblage artist. My objective in making art is to take objects and images, repurpose them in harmony with a theme, and construct a work that is entertaining and delivers a message. I like to use irony, satire and humor to make my points.
I like to tell a story. I am a lifelong reader and an occasional book maker. I love photography. I believe that the one common link between assemblage, reading, book making and photography is story. If my works of art are successful in telling a story to those who view it then I am satisfied with the effort.
In short, I like to nail crap together and call it art.
My influences are my mentor Michael deMeng, Andrea Matus deMeng, Joseph Cornell, Raymond Chandler, film noir and The Marx Brothers.
I consider myself a found object, mixed media, collage and assemblage artist. My objective in making art is to take objects and images, repurpose them in harmony with a theme, and construct a work that is entertaining and delivers a message. I like to use irony, satire and humor to make my points.
I like to tell a story. I am a lifelong reader and an occasional book maker. I love photography. I believe that the one common link between assemblage, reading, book making and photography is story. If my works of art are successful in telling a story to those who view it then I am satisfied with the effort.
In short, I like to nail crap together and call it art.
My influences are my mentor Michael deMeng, Andrea Matus deMeng, Joseph Cornell, Raymond Chandler, film noir and The Marx Brothers.
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Gary Warren Niebuhr was born, raised and has lived his life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is retired and enjoys his hobbies that include making art, taking photographs, traveling, gardening, NASCAR, Golden Age Hollywood movies, theater, music and reading. He is married to Denice Niebuhr, a retired four-year-old kindergarten teacher. They live with their cats Biakabutuka and Boginskaya. He was the Library Director for the Village of Greendale, Wisconsin, for 36 years. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. |
September 2021 Artist of the Month Club
Terri Lockwood
Encaustic Mixed Media
Opening Friday, September 3, Noon to 5pm
Exciting contrasts: swirling abstract settings for scientifically accurate images of birds and insects, intuitive suggestions of forests with precise lines and colors. Terri Lockwood's encaustic mixed media pieces draw you in to see - quite literally - into the depths of nature. Layers embedded in encaustic wax and resin allow the images to float in time and place.
All of the artworks can be viewed in the gallery or virtually right here. All are for sale and can be shipped. If you want to live with one of these beauties, but cannot visit Two Fish, contact us 920 876 3192, twofish@excel.net.
All of the artworks can be viewed in the gallery or virtually right here. All are for sale and can be shipped. If you want to live with one of these beauties, but cannot visit Two Fish, contact us 920 876 3192, twofish@excel.net.
Artist's Statement
There’s something about working with wax that is indescribable, especially when I see a piece of work go from a viscous to a solid state, almost as if the wax is a living organism and you are giving it mobility, enabling it to participate…and it doesn’t always behave, sometimes the outcome is unexpected and frustrating, but then sometimes the outcome exceeds expectation.
There’s something about working with wax that is indescribable, especially when I see a piece of work go from a viscous to a solid state, almost as if the wax is a living organism and you are giving it mobility, enabling it to participate…and it doesn’t always behave, sometimes the outcome is unexpected and frustrating, but then sometimes the outcome exceeds expectation.
August 2021 Artist of the Month Club August 6 - 29
Pat Robison
Opening Friday, August 6, Noon - 5pm
NOT SOMETHING I DO
I enjoy taking workshops. It’s a chance to be the student instead of the teacher. “Not Something I Do” features work created in a workshop I took this May at the Adamah Art Studios in Dodgeville WI. Tara Wilson, nationally recognized clay artist, presented “altered wheel thrown forms”. Not something I’m interested in, but that’s become my strategy in choosing workshops. A reminder to continue taking risks. The experience inspired a new way of forming the critters that dominate my current sculptural work.
I enjoy taking workshops. It’s a chance to be the student instead of the teacher. “Not Something I Do” features work created in a workshop I took this May at the Adamah Art Studios in Dodgeville WI. Tara Wilson, nationally recognized clay artist, presented “altered wheel thrown forms”. Not something I’m interested in, but that’s become my strategy in choosing workshops. A reminder to continue taking risks. The experience inspired a new way of forming the critters that dominate my current sculptural work.
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July 2021 Artist of the Month Club July 2 - August 1
Here's an artist to challenge your unconscious mind. No glancing at a lovely floral composition, muttering 'how pretty' and moving on - you have to stop and figure out these graphic paintings.
Analyze the image, perhaps find the secrets, ask about the story - make your own story. Take some time. It's worth it. All works are for sale in the gallery or by contacting us at twofish@excel.net. |
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Artist's Statement
I am a self taught artist working mainly with acrylics. I have a very graphic art style.
Most of my influences came from artists I discovered through album cover art.
My art is surrealist based with conceptual overtones.
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Artist's Statement In my art practice, I strive to be as true to myself as possible - and that means working small. VERY small. For my entire life, I’ve been attracted to miniatures and tiny things. When I incorporated this love of mine into my artwork, my practice expanded in ways I never imagined. Since that time, I’ve been creating large series of very small works. I love art that brings a viewer close to the work, and I strive to do the same in my own art. |
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Artist's Statement
Science is a discipline, a way of thinking about and investigating the natural world, and a way of knowing. Science isn’t done. It is constantly growing, changing, and responding to the current culture. I have put my imagination to good use by observing the world around us - especially our local ecosystems - as a scientist would; asking and investigating important questions; and connecting science knowledge and inquiry to our own lives.
Next, please substitute ‘art’ for science in all of the ideas presented above. It works!
I am interested in making mixed media and found object works that bring disparate materials into a balanced form.
A little visual peace.