Artwise

Dear Readers: Most of us are familiar with the beauties of stained glass, an art form that has been a mainstay of religious expression for

Dear Readers: In a recent column we featured an area photographer who prefers to take monochromatic pictures in black and white or sepia in order

Dear Readers:  Many Americans alive today can’t imagine a time when most movies, television programs and photographs were shot in black and white.  The advent

Dear Readers: For many of us, the terms “fiber arts” and “fiber artist” may need explanation. According toWikipedia, “fiber art” is a type of fine

Dear Readers:  In the first installment of this column I wrote that its purpose is to help us get to know many of the artists

Dear Readers:  Those of us who live in Rusk County know it as a place of great year-round natural beauty, blessed with abundant wildlife, clear,

Dear Readers:  It’s safe to say that most people, even those of us who can’t carry a tune in a bucket or have never learned

Dear Readers:  It’s late springtime in Wisconsin and Mother Nature is definitely on the move. The trees are green, migratory birds have returned and all

Dear Readers: Dictionaries tell us the term multi-faceted describes something with many facets, or sides, such as a cut gem. So a multi-faceted person is

Dear Readers: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter — the four seasons seem to provide endless inspiration for artists of many kinds, from poets and painters to

Dear Readers, most of us are familiar with the old adages “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and “one person’s junk is another

Dear Readers: mechanical drawing/graphic art, which the dictionary defines as “drawing, as of machinery, done with the aid of rulers, scales, compasses and so on,”

Dear Readers: Appreciation for the natural beauty that surrounds us in Rusk County is a theme that runs through the work of many area artists,

Dear Readers:  Writers, when casting around for ideas, often fall back on the useful advice to “write about what you know.” But how do visual

Dear Readers:  Many of us are familiar with the song that begins “The hills are alive with the sound of music. . .” While that

Dear Readers: The word “weave” is defined as interlacing threads, yarn, strands or strips of some material in order to form a fabric. The word

Dear Readers:  The familiar phrase “wears many hats” refers to somebody who is involved in many diverse activities or plays a variety of roles. Today

Dear Readers: A person with diverse or widely varying interests or tastes is sometimes called eclectic. In today’s column we’ll focus on local artist and

Dear Readers:  Many of us are familiar with “The Music Man,” a hit Broadway musical later made into a  popular movie. In today’s column we’re

Dear Readers:  Each of us has our own individual way of looking at the world and what we believe to be the purpose of our

Dear Readers: “Folk art” has been defined as “art originating among the common people of a nation or region . . . reflecting their traditional

Dear Readers: People with total recall of names, dates, places, events and experiences, even long past, are said to have photographic memories. In today’s column

Dear Readers:  Besides being artists, what do Vincent van Gogh, Grandma Moses and Henri Rousseau have in common?  The answer may surprise you:  they are

Dear Readers: What makes a writer write? A painter paint? What makes anyone, amateur or professional, in any of the arts do what he or

Dear Readers: What does the term “the arts” bring to your mind? Painting? Writing? Music? Dance? Woodworking or fiber arts? Pottery? Sculpture? Photography? The arts