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Sites # 1, 2, 3, 4 The Anderson
Center |
Art Kenyon
Studio: The Anderson Center 5354 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN.
Art is a long time resident of Red Wing who believes in the valuable relationship between drawing, painting, and printmaking. He constantly explores new techniques, styles and compositions to mix detailed realism with abstract forms. His studio displays oil paintings, watercolors, sepia-tone coffee paintings, detailed graphite portrait drawings, and printmaking images from hand-drawn lithographs, Intaglio copper plate etchings, and original hand-rubbed woodcut prints. Visitors will see demonstrations
of Intaglio and woodcut printing techniques.
Guest artist: Neal Topliff
Born and raised north of Duluth,
Minnesota, Neal has been a resident of
Red Wing for the past two years. Neal is a composer and pianist with
three
solo piano CD I to his credit. His soothing and relaxing music
reflects his
northern Minnesota heritage. Neal will be performing live all three days
of
the Ramble. - Visit www.harbourlightmusic.com to
learn more about his music.
Angela Foley
Studio: The Anderson Center 5354 Tower
View Drive, Red Wing, MN.
Angela's thrown wares vary from elegant curvaceous vases to everyday cereal bowls. Since starting her clay studio in 1997, she balances creating pots with bringing work to galleries & festivals while teaching all ages the wonder of clay. Visit www.angelafoley.com to see her work.
Guest Artist Sheri Zimmermann:
Sheri creates both organic and classical forms with a variety of texture. Working in multiple clay bodies she allows her palette of finishes to follow each piece to its unique need.
Guest Artist Julie Ann DeVetter:
Julie joined the studio last fall. Her forms range from simple to complex with the “teapot” being a favorite. In addition to clay she works with hand-dyed fabrics. Julie believes and enjoys the challenge of making order out of chaos.
Ardee Rosasco
Studio: The Anderson Center 5354 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN.
Ardee Rosasco is surrounded by a visually stimulating environment of water, bluffs and seasonal landscape colors. Art has always been a passion for her. Ardee paints with oils and watercolor in a Classical tradition including the Impressionist style of light to produce a painterly work of art. A few of her idols include Velazquez, Sargent, Vermeer, Artemisia Gentileschi and Hals. Subjects include landscape, portraiture, still-life and art design. Her work is shown locally and out-state in several private collections. She regularly participates in workshops with well-know artists.
Lynn Brown
Studio: The Anderson Center 5354 Tower View Drive, Red Wing, MN.
New to the tour this year visit Lynn's studio to see her work. |
| Site # 5 Hobgoblin Music - Home
of Stoney End Harps |
Gary & Eve Stone
Studio: 920 Hwy. 19, Red Wing, MN.
Harpmaker Gary Stone designs big, elegant voiced folk harps and sells them all over the US, Canada, England, Japan and other foreign countries. 12 models of three to four and a half octave harps are made from local Walnut and Cherry.
The Stones also own Hobgoblin Music, an importer and seller of folk instruments, both businesses are housed in a remodeled 1920's grey barn with a poem on the side. Visit www.stoneyend.com for more information. |
| Site # 6 Dan Wiemer |
Dan Wiemer
Studio: 491 Spring Creek Road.
Bold, direct watercolor with strong design best describe Dan's work. For twenty years Dan has balanced a career of commercial illustration and fine art. His regional workshops are in demand and his paintings can be found in homes and businesses throughout the country. Dan has a passion for the landscape and draws much of his inspiration from vista views around the Red Wing area. Original art as well as prints and cards will be available. Visit www.danwiemer.com for more information.
Guest Artist Lori Horsic:
New to the tour this year visit Dan's studio to see her work. |
| Site #7 |
| Falconer Vineyards Winery
Winery: 3572 Old Tyler Road
Welcome to Minnesota’s newest vineyards. Following a 30 year career in the stoneware pottery business, John Falconer established a vineyard in 2001 with the winery opening in 2004.
The winery specializes in wines made from northern grapes, focusing on Minnesota grown varieties: Marechal Foch, Frontenac and Seyval Blanc. Visit the winery and enjoy a walk through the vineyard. The Winery Cellar Door is open to the public weekends from Memorial Day through Thanksgiving. Falconer Vineyards Winery looks forward to meeting you on your visit to the vineyards. Cheers. More at www.falconervineyards.com |
| Site # 8 Featherstone Pottery |
Tom & Jeff Larkin
Studio: 31998 210th Avenue, Red Wing, MN.
Featherstone Pottery is the inspiration of Jeff Larkin after returning to Red Wing from a two year apprenticeship at the Leach Pottery in England. Tom soon joined ranks, helping to design and build a thirty foot wood-fired climbing kiln. The pottery resides on the 150 year old ancestral Featherstone homestead in rural Red Wing. Domestic and porcelain clays produce a wide range of functional pieces. Hand prepared glazes are developed from local materials such as limestone, granite, clay, ash, hay, cornstalk, soybean, and wheat straw. Come see a dramatic demonstration of pottery making. Visit www.featherstonepottery.com for more information. |
| Site # 9 Chapman Achen Studio |
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Chap Achen
Studio: 527 Summit Ave, Red Wing, MN.
Chap is a renowned artist specializing in dramatic black and white photographic representations of nature. His challenging use of light, shape, and form create sensually pleasing patterns from landscapes in the Red Wing region, across the U.S. and his European travels. His work is exhibited in galleries and public forums throughout the Midwest. In his studio you will see examples of his workflow, archival printing, toning in selenium and sepia-tone, and works reproduced using the latest digital techniques.
Guest Artist: Nancy Martin McKay
From her studio overlooking Lake Pepin Nancy creates contemporary jewelry pieces inspired by her Scandinavian heritage and the beauty of her surroundings.Constructed and forged in sterling silver, and 14 Karat gold, each piece is unique, one-of-a-kind work of art. |
| Site # 10 Doris Gardas Brushes With Nature Studio |
| Doris Gardas
Studio: N1602 Co. Road VV, Hager CIty WI.
Doris’s love of Nature and the surroundings of her native Wisconsin are the primary inspirations for her work. Drawing at am early age has developed into a life of art whether it involves capturing her grandchildren on canvas or painting the natural world.
Guest Artist Pam Musser:
New to the tour this year visit Dan's studio to see her work.
Guest Youth Artists Mallory Gardas, Madalyn Gardas, Brooke Herling, Zack Herling.
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| Site # 11 Ann-Marie Rose & David
Husom Studio |
| Ann-Marie Rose
Studio 8484 162nd Avenue, Hager City, WI
Her work is created on
computers using her own
photographs and scanned
objects. She uses digital
imaging because it offers a
more intimate and complex
relationship with her
images. She exhibits her
work in museums and
galleries both locally and
internationally. This year she will have new greeting cards for sale. Visit: www.husomandrose.com/printsa.html
David Husom
Studio 8484
162nd Avenue, Hager City, WI.
His color photographs document small town Minnesota and Wisconsin, particularly the Mississippi River valley. His large format color photographs have been exhibited widely across the US including the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles in October 2006. Visit: www.husomandrose.com/david
Husom & Rose Photographics also does Giclee printing for artists and museums including many of the artists in this tour. See: www.husomandrose.com/printstudio
Guest Artists: John Turula
John uses hand built ceramic forms with shapes suggesting life forms stacked to a human scale. Sculptures, yard art and benches. Also drawings that combine ink and computer manipulation. www.NoPointInk.com to see work
Guest Artist William Pringle Rodman
He is a documentary photographer with strong humanist leanings. His main interest in making candid black and white images of people at work and at play. He is currently photographing workers in traditional manufacturing jobs in Minnesota.
Guest Artist Meagan Finnegan
New to the tour this year visit Husom and Rose's studio to see her work. |
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