I hope you enjoy viewing all the artwork presented here. I am a
native of Door County, Wisconsin, a peninsula bordered by the
shimmering waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. I love to capture
all the nuances of the county's seasons and the moods of the lake
and bay. In my art I express my empathy for others and
sensitivity to color and light to reveal a healed, connected world.
This, I believe, is the true, deep nature of what we actually see.
Welcome!
About the Artists
Mary Bosman
Mary Bosman is a native of Door County Wisconsin. Mostly self-taught,
she has taken classes with pastel artists Emmett Johns, and noted
Southwest artist, Ramon Kelley. Well known artist Gerhard C. F. Miller,
was her friend and mentor.
Her mediums of painting are oil, pastel and gouache. She is best
known for light-filled paintings depicting paths along the lake,
through the woods, or just paths of light on the landscape. For her,
painting is a labor of love - whether that entails a cat sitting in
a light-filled window, children playing on the shore, or a stand of
cedars backlit by the setting sun.
In 2001, Mary was chosen to be in the Ridges Sanctuary book entitled
"Celebrating Door County's Wild Places".
Invitational shows include
the "2006 and 2007 Collector's Choice Show" at the Hardy Gallery, Miller
Art Museum's "Wildlife Biennial", Waseda Gallery's "Healing Exhibit",
Door Community Auditorium's "Visions of Peace" and "Childhood Dreams
and Realities", Paint Box Gallery's "Miniature Show", and many more.
She has also received the "Juror's Award" and "Honorable Mention" at
the Hardy Gallery, "Outstanding Artistic Merit" and "Purchase Award"
from the Miller Art Museum. She has been accepted in the "Oil Painters
of America Regional Show" in Kewaunee, Wisconsin and "Midwest Pastel
Society" in Chicago, Illinois, and many juried shows in Door County.
Permanent Collections include Bank One, Northwestern Mutual Life in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Huehn's Funeral Home, Miller Art Museum, Hope
United Church and Sevastopol School in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
Dianne Saron
Dianne Saron has worked primarily in black and white portraiture.
After moving to Door County in 2001, Saron was overwhelmed by the
colorful landscape and nature scenes. Attending Mary Bosman's art
classes, Dianne Saron discovered a new love for pastels to compliment
the beauty surrounding her. Dianne comments, "The breathtaking winter
skies that seem to be on fire, or the light as it reflects on water and
rocks just beg to be painted."
She has since studied with artists Franne Dickinson, Margaret Lockwood,
Bonita Budysz, Colette Odya Smith, Nina Weiss, and Emmett Johns as well
as continues to work with and learn from Mary.
Dianne's work is also on display at the
Link Gallery of the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek, Wisconsin,
Dal Santo's Restaurant in downtown Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and one of her
pieces was recently juried into the exhibit at the
Francis Hardy Center for the Arts in Ephraim, Wisconsin.
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust
Aaron Holland
Aaron Holland is native of Port Washington, Wisconsin and studied
art at the Bougie Studio in Minneapolis. He was in apprenticeship
to Peter Bougie and Brian Lewis who both taught Classical Realism
in oil painting.
Holland teaches painting workshops in Door County, at the Miller Art
Museum, Peninsula Art School, Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art in Kewaunee, Wisconsin
and the Minnesota River School of Fine Art in Minnesota. He has
been in many shows in the Midwest, and one of his paintings was
reproduced on the cover of
"Key to the Door", a Door County tourist publication.
Contact me:
920-743-7630
