PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Teresa O’Brien grew up immersed in art and aesthetic. Her childhood home in St. Louis, Missouri, was filled with paintings done by her grandfather, an architect by profession and a watercolorist by passion. “Creativity was part of what I lived and breathed,” O’Brien said. [caption...
The following post is from Preserved! artist Thomas Hegewald. Learn more about the Preserved! program and purchase tickets to the gallery openings this fall here. By Thomas Hegewald I had a plan this summer. Since becoming acquainted with The Highlands last summer, and thus the Land Conservancy...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Justin Kellner grew up in Menominee, Michigan—a small town on the southern tip of the Upper Peninsula. Up there, wild, natural views are within easy reach. “You can walk two blocks and be next to a river, you can go swimming, you can...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Jane Everhart’s depictions of the landscape marry the worlds of art and language. The story of how Everhart arrived at this technique is not necessarily a straightforward path. “It’s about finding voice, and sometimes that’s just not direct,” Everhart said. In high school and...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series For painter Kathleen Kalinowski, creating “en plein air” came naturally. She’s been doing it since she was a young girl—before she even knew she was participating in a movement. “I’ve been working outside for many, many years,” Kalinowski said. Growing up, she spent a...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Artist Anne Corlett is a descendant of the storied art community of Saugatuck, Michigan. Twice a year, Corlett’s grandmother, a landscape painter, invited her artist friends from Chicago to spend the week painting on the scenic Lake Michigan lakeshore at her family’s...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Susan M. Rose remembers vividly the first time she witnessed an artist painting “en plein air.” She was on one of many summer camping trips with her family. Already having developed a passion for art at her young age, she saw a...
If you’ve taken a walk at The Highlands recently, you’ve probably noticed that a big chunk of it is looking a little brown. While the view is somewhat bleak, the future of that 25-acre parcel is bright: it’s being prepared to be planted with a...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Randi Ford’s unique paintings feature wavy brush strokes and repeating patterns. The patterns add movement to an otherwise representational naturescape. They bring an underlying spirit to the surface, making a static scene come to life. Ford calls her works “flow paintings,” and she...
PRESERVED! Artist Interview Series Michael Pfleghaar’s landscape painting process begins in the field, but it is rarely finished there. Instead, Pfleghaar captures what first strikes him—features with abstract or asymmetrical qualities—and then he takes what he’s started back to his studio, where his approach to the...