On July 28 from 1-5 pm, the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood will experience its first art walk. Sixteen artists who live in our neighborhood will exhibit their original artwork. Use the map to guide yourself to each of the artist’s home studios. Look for a fuscia colored poster on each artist’s door. Tell everyone you know about this art walk so we can have a good-sized crowd walking through the neighborhood seeking out local art. For more information or more maps, call Sharon at 256-6282.

1. Sharon Redinger, 408 Washburn Place, 256-6282, WATERCOLOR 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. Saturated colors and dark shadows are created by multiple layers of color washes. Vibrant lighting, graphic images, and translucent color work together to portray the close up world of leaves.

1. Bill Redinger, 408 Washburn Place, 256-6282, SERIGRAPH PRINTING

In his serigraphy, Bill finds it a challenge to reduce the basic design elements of a scene into an exciting print. His prints tend to be bold and graphic. For now, his favorite subject matter is wild flowers. Bill defines a serigraph as an original color print made by pressing pigment (with a squeegee) through a “silk” screen stencil; in this case a non photographic hand painted stencil.

2. Jane Scharer, 842 Prospect Place, 251-0850, PRINT MAKING

Jane looked forward to returning to her favorite activity, making art, for many years when she retired. That time has come and she is now having a wonderful experience. You will see prints (etchings, monoprints and linoprints) and drawings.

3. Susan Barthold, 727 E. Johnson Street, 256-0315, PHOTOGRAPHY

Susan uses her photography to show the beauty in the world that too many people overlook in their day to day lives, yet are constantly surrounded by. She hopes that what you see will encourage you to open your eyes to all that surrounds you, and to simply lift your eyes from the pavement and pause to look around occasionally.

3. Jason Hendrix, 727 E. Johnson Street, 256-0315, ACRYLIC PAINTING

Jason has been in the area for several years and has shown in several small venues. He will be showing a long standing series of abstract paintings as well as chalk works and sculptures, as well as all work in progress in his studio.

4. Christine Logu, 330 Norris Court, 256-9068, PHOTOGRAPHY

4. R.Logu, 330 Norris Court, 256-9068, WATERCOLOR PAINTING, 2-D MIXED MEDIA (INK, COPPER)

5. Dick Walker, 1004 Sherman Avenue, 257-5574, MONOPRINTS AND ETCHINGS, WOODBLOCKS

Dick’s monoprints, etchings, and wood blocks are mostly non-objective, although he does some figurative work. Some of his prints are black and white, and some are color.

5. Margary Walker, 1004 Sherman Avenue, 257-5574, CERAMICS

Margary’s ceramic work is whimsical and colorful animal figures on various functional forms, including bowls, vases, tea pots, and picture frames. Margary taught art at Lapham Elementary School.

6. Kim and Maciek Smuga-Otto, 1141 Sherman Ave #1, 255-0727, ON-LINE

COMIC BOOKS

Some call it sequential art and speak about visual iconography and time spatiality. To most it's just superheroes wearing tights. They’re not quite sure where our monthly on-line web comic (http://www.smuga-otto.com/dnt) fits into all this or how it will evolve over time. The artwork is an ever-changing combination of traditional and computer techniques including traditional inks, photoshop, and 3D modeling computer software, and its presentation on the web leads to both freedom and challenges not found in traditional print comic books. Kim and Maciek will be displaying both finished scenes, and the background sketches leading up to them.

7. Sally Lewis, 411 N. Ingersoll, #2, 283-6108, ACRYLIC PAINTING, PRINT MAKING, DRAWING

While at the University of Kentucky, Sally studied several art mediums in addition to graphic design, including printmaking, acrylic painting, drawing, and sculpture. The art that will be on display includes examples of Sally’s work in the areas of printmaking, painting, and drawing.

8. Rachel Melis, 1250 E. Dayton, #3, 259-9189, MIXED MEDIA, PASTELS

Rachel Melis is an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Wisconsin. She specializes in fine-press and artists books while also creating pastel drawings, relief prints, and watercolor paintings. She aspires to be a children's book illustrator and writer and has already self-published one children's book about the making of maple syrup in her home-town in northern Wisconsin. In general, her work focuses on the natural world and seeks to help her audience create a strong sense of place.

9. Timothy Garret, 1338 E. Mifflin Street, 256-2985, BOOK MAKING, ACRYLIC PAINTING

Timothy Garrett, originally from Madison, got his training and tools to become an artist by attending the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, California. At first he desired to be a sculptor, but unable to be self-expressive with a limited number of materials, he picked up the brush, dipped it in paint, applied it to the canvas and has not regretted becoming a painter ever since. You will find quite a number of paintings created by Timothy over the years. One of his most recent series includes the use of bright colors and various flowers and objects painted in a representational way.

10. Allison Mader, 212 N. Thornton Avenue, 257-9443, HAND-COLORED PHOTOGRAPHY

Allison has been living on the Yahara River since 1985. She has been photographing images for over 30 years and has been showing her hand-colored photographs for fifteen years. All her work begins in black and white. She shoots and processes black and white film. Then she makes a black and white print. Finally she adds layers of color to the print using Berol Prismacolor pencils. This transforms her photographs to very painterly often-surreal images. She learned to process film and print photographs in high school. Then she studied photojournalism and art at the university. There she learned hand-coloring techniques.

11. Monique J. Isham, 31 Sherman Terrace #1, 244-2972, WATERCOLOR PAINTING

Monique’s work is primarily recent watercolor paintings (both abstract and realism). Also included will be pen and ink abstracts, and some reproductions, which are the result of illustrations used in the Madison Herb Society Cookbook, which was published in 1995. There will also be examples of her most recent botanical paintings done with porcelain paints on ceramic tiles. Monique’s art can be viewed at www.moniquesuniques.com.

12. Emily Cayford, 31 Sherman Terrace #5, 242-9342, DYED FABRIC

Emily learned how to dye fabric in a blend of West African methods and styles while she was an exchange student in Senegal. Some of the patterns she borrowed directly from traditional West African motifs, but most are her original designs using traditional methods. She made these designs by sewing the fabric so that it would resist the dye and create patterns. She will be exhibiting fabric that can be used as tablecloths, furniture covers, or wall hangings, or that you could sew into clothing, and she will also have sewn cushion covers and some dresses.

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