2025 CAG Member Gallery

I just love to paint!

I am a hobbyist landscape photographer. I strive to capture a story in an image. My current obsession is spaces where humans and the rest of nature interact.

Taking inspiration from the gardens I’ve slowly been developing, I’ve made a foray into sculpting with wire and beads to create unique floral sculptures that capture both the realistic aspects of different flower varieties and incorporate my own whimsical interpretation of natural components.

I am a self-taught artist working in cast aluminum and copper. My work is unique hand fabricated art.

www.copperwerks.com

I'm intrigued by the interplay of color and light. Our perception of the world around us changes as a result of this pas de deux, a dance in constant motion even if an object is motionless. I hope my interpretations stir viewers to see there is always more to be taken in than an initial glance reveals.

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Jack Pachuta takes a non-traditional approach to his subject matter. Combining printmaking techniques with the craftsmanship of pencil and ink renderings, his works are known for their vibrant colors and unique textures. Jack says, "An artist’s challenge is to portray the usual in unusual ways and to make people see what they might not otherwise see."
 
Having no formal training in art, Jack has always been able to draw. He holds a bachelor's degree in radio and television from Kent State University, and earned master's degrees from Michigan State University and the University of Southern California.

Amber Pipkorn is an artist living in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. She is the mother of 3 sons (6, 4, and 2) and draws inspiration from her life as a stay at home mother/artist. She has created pieces dealing with maternal mental health, conception, breastfeeding, pregnancy, postpartum body changes, mothering without a mother, and a mother’s mental load.
She is continually working to evolve and adapt her art practice to fit into the spaces of motherhood, often creating pieces while breastfeeding, baby-wearing, parked in the driveway if her kids fall asleep in the car, and painting at night at the kitchen table. Motherhood has also led to the introduction of new media to her work, in the form of fibers, beading, and embroidery. Finding the time, space, and energy to create can be challenging but she has learned that it’s vital to her well-being and keeps her connected to her authentic self.

A few years ago, I went from the art of reading and discussing literature with students to the art of putting lines and paint on paper with artists. This has been a wonderful journey with supportive, talented friends.

An accomplished equine and sporting artist, Carrie feels there is something truly magical about the horse that creates a connection which teaches us the art of harmony, trust, and patience. There are few things more noble than a horse, or more heartbreaking than a horse. Through traditional oil media composed in a contemporary format, the goal is to capture and create a moment in time that relays the athlete, the hero, the partner, the work, the rest, the nobility, unaware in a "moment in time" that is the horse.

Michelangelo said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” That’s how I feel when painting. It’s already in that blank canvas, a puzzle to be solved, freedom achieved. This is particularly true of my oil portraits, and most particularly of people. Before I know it, I'm looking at a person who is looking right back at me. And we have become known to one another.

Inspired by my love of nature, the cosmos, and the human form, my soul is fed when I experience the process of image conceptualization, capture, and creation.

I seek natural beauty and everyday people. I use my camera to tease out the magic (and occasional humor) I find in daily life. My pictures evoke my subjects' stories.

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