2025 CAG Member Gallery

Caleb creates art to inspire and spread joy, as he connects with human and furry friends, one brushstroke at a time.

Marta captures the mystery and beauty of her Slavic roots in her nostalgic depictions of the Polish wilderness and folklore. She combines impressionist acrylic painting with sculpture and epoxy to capture the mystery and beauty of nature, as a homesick love letter to the fairy tales of her homeland.

When she's not busy pouring epoxy and covering the kitchen floor with glitter, she doubles as a wedding makeup artist, emphasizing Slavic makeup styles. She also watches anime and K-dramas, goes to the gym, enjoys nature, and plays board games with her husband.

Instagram & Facebook:
@margwizart
margwizart@gmail.com

"MargwizArt" Studio:
The Arts Mill 1300 14th Ave, Grafton, WI 53024

Website: https://www.saatchiart.com/margwizart

* If you're interested in Marta's art, you can buy it in person or order commissioned pieces. It will be cheaper than online purchases and reduce packaging. She has more products than art in her studio. Make an appointment to visit her.

Makeup: @powderingingarconniere

Wisconsin and my travels are the inspiration of my work. The wonder and energy of the landscape keeps me in awe of Mother Nature. Color and pattern are important to me as I create my own world onto the canvas with vibrant color and bold brushwork. I like to break the rules and "play with paint''. My paintings are "infused with the joy of life'' and I want to impart that to you, the viewer.

The natural world calls to me. It's beauty and spirituality, the wonder of creation itself is my muse. I use the gifts of nature to create my art. The magical material of wool and silk help me express the living world in sculpture and pictures.

Contemporary folk art and sculpture.

I specializing in hardwood furniture and functional objects. More than half of my work is client collaboration commissions. My focus is directed at dynamic, figured wood grain. The wood character is designed into each piece. No two pieces of wood are the same, and the wood grain and color must compliment the object.

Paula Hare is a life-long artist, designer and creative director and holds a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. She is well-known for her extraordinary design and drawing skills. Paula is a plein air and studio painter who brings a unique perspective to her work which includes unusual juxtapositions, compositions, and subjects. Paula's keen eye for detail, composition, and appreciation for the unconventional; allow her to breathe life into scenes that might escape the notice of others. Whether it's the play of light on chrome, the wind-swept landscapes that unfold along the journey, or elements of a back-alley way, Paula's paintings tell stories and evoke questions.

“Every canvas is a journey all its own” – Helen Frankenthaler
My work is a response to subjects that are often more felt than named, filtering out the need for illusion and representing the essence of animage, pre-verbal. Tapping into unconscious memories, a halfway world, leads to abstract shape, textures, colours, and marks in my art; this evokes the impressions of the internal and external landscapes we have travelled.
My paintings are a study of the mystery that is our understanding and experience of Nature that is bare and primal. We tend to anthropomorphize Nature, to lay our fingerprints upon it, but I search for its beginning. Texture, colour, layering, excavation, visual and physical depth play a role in my storytelling and support my deeper exploration of the natural world. I use a squeegee, palette knives, stencils, brayers, monoprinting, bold shapes, gestural lines, incision, compressed textures, and layers to achieve the intention of each piece I create.
I hope viewers see the rawness and a leave-taking of imagery that has inspired the work; colour; vitality, intuition, and depth of expression define my painting. Creative work that transports the viewer into other felt places is deeply satisfying and celebrates the forces that are often hidden to our eyes but intrinsically felt. By the time the painting is complete, much of my energy has been transformed into the painting’s layers and marks, whether revealed or obscured: they have stories to tell.

I am a potter with 40 years of experience making functional art for the home.

I am a passionate, obsessive creator! “I make because I must.” Clay is a medium that fits my very practical and messy nature while the process fills my need to be efficient and procees-oriented. Clay is movable, forgiving, messy, adaptable, and from the earth. I am inspired by the colors and textures in my life, the spirit of simplicity and practicalities. Seeing each piece come out of the kiln, doused in a rich, layered glaze speaks to me in a way that nothing else does. I care deeply about creating functional work and think everyone deserves a beautiful piece of pottery.

I design everyday, functional items for the kitchen, bath, and garden. I make it for you so you can use it.

I spend my winters creating and summers selling. Come visit me at one of the many art festivals I attend in the Cedarburg and Milwaukee areas.

His recent works re-imagine nature through resins. Exploding with vivid color and unique playfulness, Mark displays surreal worlds using sculpture and mold making to create an altered, organic and intricate beauty that is both unnatural and natural.
Mark is always expanding the capabilities of the resin medium into his artwork, creating visuals that have never been seen before.

Joan Hollnagel is a mixed-media artist. Her paintings and clay sculptures often anthropomorphize nature and life with humor and insight.