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By Suzanne Simonovich

Carolyn (Swede) Garland, a Nebraska native caters to art ravenous individuals; she renders beauty in every living thing imaginable, from landscapes to seascapes, animals to flowers; in essence, from the intricate amazing everyday ordinary, and not so ordinary scenes of life.
Step inside one of her creations, make it yours, savor the colors, and salivate the rich textures. Allow yourself to get lost in each piece as they take you to that place in time you always wanted to tread. Her paintings will bring you home or take you on a journey your heart won’t soon forget.
Swede is a feisty, determined woman. This mother of three, Grandmother of four, and great - grandmother to her precious baby girl Lily, lives life without regard to others expectations. Although she would never want to hurt anyone, she is spontaneous in telling you what she thinks. She radiates a youthful exuberance as she listens to jazz while she paints and is the epitome of creativity as her art comes alive. Her sense of humor is deliciously real. She is the red in the strawberry, and the spirit in the wine…
We are sitting in Swede’s Studio, drinking jasmine tea, in her home in Bristol, where her life is undressed. Her paintings grace every wall, from the very top all the way to eye level. Funky cabinets, painted with bright primary colors, and odd shapes smile back at me. There is no rhyme or reason to the décor, just splashes of color galore… I notice an old easel…

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A Louisville, Kentucky transplant will show his art to the world in the heart of downtown Racine. “Bob Ross Nudes,” which opens on March 6 displays the modern oils of KM Scott Moore. Drawn to the flexibility of oils, Moore experiments with the textural qualities of his raw materials to create representational and abstract human forms.

Despite being inspired by the 16th Century High Renaissance and early Mannerist painters, Moore foregoes artistic mimicry in an effort to “do something that no one else has thought of,” something that he dreams he will “do… before (he) dies.”

Moore stated, “This is a rather daunting task, as we have roughly 30,000 years of art history…I am constantly asking myself, ‘What has been done already, and how is what (I am) doing different than that?’”

Describing his works as “artifacts of a thought process,” Moore wants people “to read the pieces not in the sense of a narrative, but as a creative process.”

The “Bob Ross Nudes” runs from March 6 through March 30. The opening reception is Friday, March 7 from 6-9 p.m.

Sandra Nowicki’s art is inspired by nature. Color and energy combined with strong design and composition are important in her artworks. Sandra works in several media including collage/mixed media, drawing, painting, printmaking, original clay sculpture and hand made felt art sculptures and baskets.
Her solo show exhibit will be in display at the Lemon Street Gallery until March 16, 2007

Click HERE to see more pictures courtesy of Joe Barr