Tenney-Lapham Art Walk

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courtesy Tenney-Lapham Art Walk

"Tickle, Tickle," by Mary Gill.

It’s time for purposeful strollers to enjoy the annual Tenney-Lapham Art Walk. Art includes watercolors, acrylic paintings, serigraphs, woodblock prints, photography, glass flowers, knit items, digital art and puppets. Find more info on the artists below (or at facebook.com/events/299154838951820); maps can be picked up on Sunday at 408 Washburn Place, off Gorham Street. Parking is available in the Christ Presbyterian Church parking lot, 1000 block of East Gorham.

press release: Get maps at 408 Washburn Place.  Outdoor and indoor venues.  Mask for indoor.

Parking is available in the Christ Presbyterian Church parking lot, 1000 block of East Gorham.

Artists:

Sharon Redinger, 408 Washburn Place

WATERCOLOR PAINTING

The close-up world of leaves and the splendor of landscape has captured Sharon’s attention in her painting. Sharon’s watercolor style is described as Hard-edge Watercolor Painting. Each wash of color is left to dry before another is placed next to it. Multiple layers of color washes create saturated colors and dark shadows. Sharon also paints a series of fruit paintings called “Fruitful Art”. redingercreations.com

Bill Redinger, 408 Washburn Place

SERIGRAPH PRINTING & WATERCOLOR PAINTING

Since 1987, Bill has found it enjoyable to depict scenes from creation—imitating nature. A favorite subject matter is wild flowers—flowers that have become a metaphor of the brevity of life. The prints Bill creates capture the light and fleeting beauty of objects of nature. A serigraph is an original color print made by pressing ink/pigment through a silkscreen stencil onto paper. Bill is also working on a watercolor series, along with Sharon, called “Fruitful Art”. He paints veggies.The format is small – intended for small spaces in kitchens. redingercreations.com  

Chris Julson & Mike Franke, 421 N. Paterson Street

PHOTOGRAPHY

Chris and Mike have managed to combine two of their favorite pastimes: travel & photography. Mike has been traveling the world since the early '70s with Chris joining him in the mid-'80s & together they have visited over 65 countries. Photos & photo cards from all 7 continents are on display. Though neither is a professional photographer, both enjoy making photos that capture the faces & places they’ve visited & sharing them with their families and friends.

Brian McCormick, 407 North Brearly Street

WATERCOLORS & WOODBLOCK PRINTS

Previously a preservation architect, Brian now spends much of his time making art. While he began painting watercolors in college, his woodblock prints are a newer endeavor. He often combines the two media, adding watercolor to his prints. He is inspired by both the natural and built environments that create a special sense of place. Brian has been active showing his work in juried exhibitions regionally. More of Brian’s work can be seen at U-Frame-It on Johnson Street; Outside the Lines Art Gallery in both Dubuque, Iowa, and Galena, Illinois; and at his website: brianmccormick.artspan.com.

Jeannette Deloya & Patti Coffey, 411 Sidney St.

GLASS FLOWERS, WATERCOLORS, and WARM THINGS

Patti Coffey and Jeannette Deloya are long-time Tenney residents who have a shared appreciation for shiny things. For this year's ArtWalk, we will be joined by several crafty friends (and, depending on the weather, hopefully a little live music!). Come check out our whimsical, locally ‘grown’ glass flowers that are perfect for garden beds and potted arrangements. They bloom year round and never die! Warm knitted items (socks, hats) and watercolor cards and prints will also be among our front porch offerings. Come see us!

Clarice Lafayette, 450 Marston Avenue

PAINTINGS

Whimsical, eclectic, folksy acrylic paintings of rabbits, cats, rats and creatures unknown are the subjects of Clarice Lafayette’s artworks. Did we mention they’re just a tad creepy? Prints will be available for purchase. About the artist: Clarice Lafayette started drawing in elementary school as a way to entertain herself in math class. She still enjoys getting lost in the adventure of putting paint to canvas and playing with proportion. She is primarily a voice actor, narrating Death’s Curses by Becca Fox and Martha Agundez on Audible, and who’s role as Art in the podcast Day by Day is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC this year!

Frank Lind, 119 N. Ingersoll Street

PAINTINGS

Frank Lind is a realist painter of landscape, seascape, and figures. He paints many pictures of one of his favorite muses, the Atlantic Ocean. The flora and fauna of the seashore, the movement of the waves, and the play of light on water are the subjects of his work. Inspired by the painting practice of James Perry Wilson (who painted beautiful dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History In New York in the mid-20th century), his painting palette includes no tubes of green paint. As a result, all the greens in his paintings come from mixing blues, yellows and other hues. Frank Lind's work has been shown extensively in New York City and internationally, and is included in many museums and private collections.

Jeanne Wilkinson, 119 N. Ingersoll Street

DIGITAL ART

Formerly an abstract painter, Jeanne Wilkinson now works digitally using numerous apps and programs. One of her series involves the “Painted People,” former Barbies, Kens, GI Joes, etc., transformed in her Brooklyn studio to become a clan of wanderers of the earth and beyond. Via the magic of the computer, she sends them on fantastical journeys with their companion animals. Of late she has been veering away from fantasy and color in a series of black and white photographs of skies, water, and skylines. This past Christmas Eve she photographed Tenney Park shrouded in mist; indeed, some of her favorite subjects are the park, the pond, and Lake Mendota. Her work has been shown in New York City and internationally, and is featured in numerous magazines and publications online. Her videos have been shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and at the Greenpoint and NYC Indie Film Festivals. A video installation was featured in a play at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in New York City, and she recently exhibited a poetry video at the Blue Gallery in Midtown Manhattan.

Mary Gill, 941 East Dayton Street

PAINTING

“I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago but have lived in the USA for over 30 years. Many of my paintings are about my Caribbean experience. I am a graduate of UW-Madison in Art Education. I taught at Western Illinois University and at Kennesaw University, Kennesaw GA. I work mainly with oil paint and since retiring; I have been exploring imagery that addresses my Caribbean experience.”

Ken Vogel, 917 East Dayton Street

PUPPET MAKER

“I've been making puppets, mostly string but also hand, for over fifty years. Most of them are of people, famous and not, but there are animal ones as well. The heads are made of papier-mâché and the bodies of cardboard and newspaper tubes. I sew the costumes on my 1940's Singer. I welcome commissions and requests for specific characters.”