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Canopy of Gold… winning the award for the Shazam Award by Teddy. $250.
GR Festival of the Arts, Visual Arts Exhibition: Awards Show
July 6 – August 10, 2024
Festival of the Arts is an annual three-day celebration held throughout downtown Grand Rapids the first weekend in June, showcasing many of our area’s most accomplished artists in an art exhibition. The Visual Arts Exhibition is professionally juried and over 50 awards across 4 different categories are awarded totaling over $17,000. LowellArts is proud to again partner with festival and host the GR Festival of the Arts, Visual Arts Exhibition: Awards Show, featuring all of the 2024 Youth Art and Regional Arts award winners.
Gallery Hours July 6 to August 10: Tuesday through Friday 10:00am-6:00pm & Saturday 12:00-5:00pm. Artist Reception: Sunday, July 14, 2:00-4:00pm
Captured in a single frame, the photograph transports you to a world of enchantment—a place where reality and fantasy intertwine. A mushroom forest unfolds before your eyes, a realm where the extraordinary becomes ordinary.
The forest floor is adorned with an assortment of mushrooms, each one a unique sculpture in itself. Tall and slender, short and stout, they rise from the earth in various shades of earthy browns and deep blues. Some wear caps like canopies, while others resemble delicate porcelain cups. These mushrooms form a dense and whimsical canopy that stretches out in every direction.
In the midst of this magical landscape, a tranquil creek winds its way through the forest, its surface reflecting the vivid blue sky above. The water appears almost otherworldly, as if touched by a mystical hue, inviting you to follow its meandering path deeper into the woods.
Spanning the creek, a delicate bridge emerges—a harmonious blend of natural elements
Hidden World
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In this encaustic masterpiece, the artist skillfully brings to life the serene yet mysterious ambiance of a bayou landscape. The scene is a delicate balance between light and darkness, where the elements coalesce to form a breathtaking tableau.
At the forefront of the image, delicate white flowers with intricate petals seem to emerge from the water’s edge. Their pristine beauty contrasts against the rich, velvety darkness that encircles the bayou. The petals are meticulously rendered using the encaustic technique, allowing the wax to capture their softness and the subtleties of their curves.
The bayou itself stretches into the distance, its tranquil waters mirroring the world above. The water’s surface is treated with layers of translucent wax, giving it a glassy appearance that shimmers as light plays across its undulating surface. In the reflection, the white flowers appear to have a dreamlike quality, as if they’re both part of this world and a realm beyond.
Fall of 2024 This Triptych can be seen at
BIGGBY COFFEE
Current Shows
2024 Christ Lutheran Church 2350 44th SW Wyoming MI October 15-31
2024 Oct-Nov 15 Forest Hills Fine Arts Center Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Forest Hills Public Schools Fine Arts Center 600 Forest Hill Avenue SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546-2322.
2024 Fall Biggby Coffee 5795 Byron Center Ave Wyoming MI
2024 Festival of the Arts May 12 -June 15 -Award for Canopy of Gold and now being shown at Lowell Arts until August 10 2024
2024 Summer Biggby Coffee 28th Street Wyoming, MI
2024 Celebration of the Arts April 20-30 link above Hidden World
2024 April Grand Valley Artists Photography Show
2024 Biggby Coffee Spring Lake
2024 February-Mar Hastings Fine Arts Center
Dec & Jan 2023-24 Biggby Coffee
Oct & Nov 2023 Frauenthal Center Muskegon MI
December 2023 Grand Valley Artists
April 2023, Hasting Performance Arts Center Hastings MI
Grand Valley Artists April-Prize winner!- April 2023
Grand Valley Artists Photography Exhibit May 2023
Lowell Arts Lowell MI Until May 2023
Celebration of the Arts 227 Fulton St E, Grand Rapids, MI, United States, Michigan June 10-20 2023
2023 Regional Arts Exhibition Artists
St. Cecilia Grand Rapids MI for the month of March 2023
January, February & March 2023 Biggby Chateau Center 44th St SW Grand Rapids MI Thanks so much Linda & Steve!
And above you will see the Westfield Les 4 Temps is the main shopping center in the business district of La Défense, in the western suburbs of Paris, on the territory of the commune of Puteaux in the Hauts-de-Seine. In 2019, Les Quatre Temps is the most visited shopping center in France with 42 million visitors.
Grand Rapid Camera Club Image of the Month October 2022
Death Valley Mesquite Dunes February 2022
Eiffel Tower Base with embellishments and design elements.
P-40 Warhawk-Perfect score Grand Rapids Camera Club
June 2022
Paris in the Rain
Abandoned – Sugar Island MI, this triptych is part of my encaustic series and was chosen to be part of the Grand Valley Artist’s show at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center in February and March 2022.
Comment on Abandoned…
The encaustic photograph at Forest Hills is AMAZING! I would have awarded it first prize. I’m glad it got good placement on one of the wooden walls. The natural lighting makes it shine.
Isle of Palms Lowell Gallery May 15 -June 12, 2021
Grand Rapids Camera Club Image of the Month October 2021.
This image depicts the SS Arthur M. Anderson, a cargo ship of the Laker type It was captured as she made her way through Lake Superior waters. The Arthur Anderson is famous for being the last ship to be in contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald before that ore carrier sank on 10 november, 1975. The Arthur M. Anderson was also the first rescue ship on the scene in a vain search for Edmund Firzgerald survivors.
One of the more popular current theories as to what it was specifically that took the Fitzgerald to the bottom is known as the “Three Sisters Theory.” It proposes that the ship succumbed to the power of two monstrous seas, possibly followed by a third major wave. Of the first two waves there is ample evidence, because they are the ones that struck the Anderson before the Fitzgerald went down. The theory holds that there might have been a third major wave striking the Fitzgerald at the same time.
But, as is the case with all such theories, it is unlikely that we will ever know the whole story behind what caused this shipwreck.
I added a bit of drama to the skies and water…and felt the story in my image would benefit from the yellow skyline depicting hope and help for the Fitz, which was not to be found in this tragic story of search without rescue.
Above image was at Biggby's Summer of 2022 see it at 146 Monroe Center St NW # 155, Grand Rapids, MI 49503-Big thanks to Linda and Steve!
Summer of 2022 The Guardian Gallery
For a BEAUTIFUL little trek -just outside the city-please head over to The Guardian Gallery in Lowell this Summer 2022-I had over 20 pieces hanging -and you will find triptychs, encaustics, and an amazing summer of tulips and sunrises–eye candy for all, among the beautiful gardens of the Franciscan Life Center.
A comment: Thank you so very much for letting us have your beautiful work here. There were many people who came to visit it. There are Psychologists here, who have monthly meetings with one. He came with his wife, and they exclaimed about them yesterday. The wife said, “Who is this artist???? She’s fabulous!!!” She went around the Center to look at all the work.
AUGUST 2022 EXHIBITION
• ArtPrize 10 – 2018
• Calvin CRC – 2013
• Calvin CRC – 2014
• Cascade Library Gallery – 2013
• Celebration of the Arts – 2013
• GVA Spring Show – 2013
• Celebration of the Arts – 2015
• Celebration of the Arts – 2017
• Christ Lutheran Church – 2017
• Donna Chase Gallery – 2020
• Festival of the Arts – 2016
• Festival of the Arts – 2017*
• GR Festival Photographer Show – 2020
Star Competitor Grand Rapids Camera Club 2021
Encaustic Photography Solo Show Frauenthal Gallery Muskegon Oct 2021-Dec 9 2021.
Forest Hills Fine Art Center Feb & March 2022
Grand Valley Artists Galley show with Friends…May 2022
Biggby Coffee-now showing Summer of 2022 a beautiful triptych. 146 Monroe Center St NW # 155, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
First United Methodist Church June 2022 -Showing The Pearl
Guardian Gallery Lowell MI Summer of 2022 Show of Triptychs and Encaustics.
July 2022 Grand Valley Artists Show-Sargasso Sea.
August 2022 Terry Berry Gallery Grand Rapids MI
Oct 2022 Image of the month-Grand Rapids Camera Club.
2023 Jan Feb and March Biggby Coffee 44th St SW
2023 March St Cecilia Center-Downtown Grand Rapids MI
2023 October & November Frauenthal Center Muskegon
Elmer & Rita Zinn Award at
Festival of the Arts
GVA Photography Show – 2015
• GV Photo Club Show – 2016
• ICCF Show in GR – 2016
• Keeler Gallery in GR – 2017
• Marywood Gallery – 2016
• Muskegon Art Museum Salon – 2013
• Muskegon Art Museum Salon – 2014
• Muskegon Frauenthal Center – 2017
• Photo Group Show at GVA – 2015
• Photocard Salon in Muskegon – 2017
• St. Luke’s Lutheran Church – 2017
• Terry Berry Gallery – 2016
• Terry Berry Gallery – 2020
• Wealthy Street Bakery – 2015
• UICC Grand Rapids – 2015
• UICC Grand Rapids – 2016
• Wyoming Library – 2016
• Wyoming Library – 2020
2021 3rd Place Winner for The Wind and Psyche
Oct 2021 Photograph of the Month Grand Rapids Camera Club “Search of Fitz”
Van Single Fine Arts Center 2021 Until June 13th!
Encaustic Photography Solo Show Frauenthal Gallery Muskegon Oct 2021-Dec 9 2021.
Ludington Arts Photo Contest – 2nd Place
• Thirsty Photo Blog – Honorable Mention
• Grand Valley Artists Holiday Competition – Honorable Mention
• GRCC Year-End Competition – Star Competitor
2nd Place for “Historical Journey”
2nd Place for “GR Golden Bridge”
Honorable Mention for Year-End Judging
• GRCC Perfect Score in May for “Historical Journey”
• GRCC Year-End Competition – Class A Competitor
1st Place Open Digital for “Paris in the Rain”
2021 Honorable Mention GR Camera Club “Old World Charm””Valley of Fire Morning” “Golden City”
2021 Lowell Arts “Getaway” Isle of Palms
2021 Grand Valley Artists 29th Street Gallery August
Grand Masters Award from Grand Rapids Camera Club with 3000 points!
And Publications that have featured my Photography
• Abandoned Building and Ruins
• The Artful Photo
• Digital Photography
• GRCC Lights and Shadows
• International Women Artists
• Michigan Photography
• Old Buildings and Ruins
• Photography and Textures
• Photography from Art
• Versatile Photography
• Women Photographers
