Maureen Fritchen

Nature’s resilient ability to revive, evolve and thrive has always fascinated me.

Each piece is it’s own evolution. I work intuitively, leaving myself open to experimentation and responses to the materials at hand. Beginning with spontaneous and often chaotic underpaintings multiple layers of paint are applied imbedding remnants of waste, both natural and man-made. Applying multiple coats simplifies forms, minimizes activity and reduces tension. The surface is then manipulated and sanded back to reveal its buried history. Paintings appear minimal, but close examination reveals multi-layered events occurring on and below the surface. Sometimes land-based, sometimes water-like or cellular places, the result evokes hushed environments, shifting the boundaries between what is seen, what is buried and what is felt.


Jana McLaughlin

jana mclaughlinMy eyes are often drawn to items existing in varying degrees of disrepair. I look at an old barn, a shattered window, a broken door and wonder what it looked like or how it functioned when it was new. Who built it, how was it made and perhaps why is it in its present condition? If left unattended, Mother Nature is sure to reclaim. Be it organic or man-made, once new and strong becomes weathered and perhaps wise with time. With my camera, I feel compelled to document this metamorphism. I feel an urgency to preserve something in a tangible medium before it vanishes.

My discovery of the platinum printing process together with the use of various camera formats, has afforded me many successes that I am very excited about. It allows me to produce images with a certain feeling of nostalgia and mystery. This process displays the warm tones I find so pleasing and gives such depth to the image. It is truly mesmerizing and very satisfying.


Jerry Belland

Jerrold (Jerry) Belland was born on a Wisconsin farm in 1947 and remained a farm kid until age 18. He received a B.S. degree in Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters Degree in Art from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Jerry has taught art at every level. At one time he made a reputation for himself as a poet and considers much of his work to be poetry in visual form.