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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.

Amber Pipkorn is a mixed-media artist and mother of three young sons, based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Working under the name Sun Wilder Studio, she intertwines painting, drawing, and fiber-based practices to create narrative, autobiographical work.

Her art emerges from the layered identities of mother and artist, often created in the margins of daily life; at parks, playdates, or sports practices. This fluid approach to process has become a foundation of her practice, reflecting both adaptability and devotion to her creative voice. Through her work, she explores themes of maternal mental health, conception, breastfeeding, pregnancy, postpartum body changes, mothering without a mother, and the invisible labor of care.

Blending humor, tenderness, and raw honesty, she reclaims art-making as a vital practice for selfhood, resilience, and connection.

In her photography, Vicki explores the subjects of natural environment, memory and family. She enjoys exploring alternative photographic processes and mixed media, including lith, cyanotype, lumen, encaustic, photogravure and handmade books.

"Quiet, stillness, patterns, light, all inspire me to share with others what I see, hoping that they will slow down and experience the moment, also. "

With a camera in one hand and a deep reverence for nature in the other, Glenn Rieker captures the quiet beauty of the outdoors through both traditional photography and drone perspectives. A professional landscape architect/gardener by trade and FAA-certified drone pilot, Glenn's work blends decades of design expertise with a love for storytelling through light, shadow, and sky. His images celebrate the soul-soothing power of wild places, winding trails, still waters, and timeless gardens—each frame a quiet reminder that motion truly is lotion for the body and soul.

Artist Statement
My inspiration comes from life, nature, a word, an emotion. Sometimes I wake up with a color, image or feeling that needs to be released on a canvas with my palette knife and bright bold colors.

My lifelong love is tapping into my intuitive energy and releasing it by creating art on canvases (sometimes walls) using textured oil applied with a palette knife. I address the easel as you would a duel, arm fully extended ready to do combat letting the energy flow!

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.

How Can I Create Your Story?

Life is beautiful. Life is unpredictable. Embrace the mystery.
Be bold. Be spontaneous. Take a risk. Be free.
Schedule a studio session today.

I love the journey for the next inspiring image and how it can be embellished and re-invented into a watercolor batik.

Capturing the light is everything. The final results of the textures and transparency is amazing. I like to create a sense of magic, whimsy and GLOW into my art.

Lynn Rix began painting in 1995 while living in the south of France. She was physically and emotionally compelled to try to put down on canvas the beauty of the area. An inspiration that has sustained her in the pursuit of creating the fresh canvas in an impressionistic manner “en plein air“.
Rix paints because she loves the challenge of looking at a familiar scene and simplifying it into shapes, colors and her own vision. Painting from life outside, with quick brush work and a limited palette, she is forced to work spontaneously before the light changes. The Wisconsin rural landscape and small towns in all four of its unique seasons, gives her endless inspiration. In a boat in the summer or on the ski hill in the winter, Rix embraces it all with her joyful painting.
Rix has been juried into many shows and has won many awards. Her work can be found in hundreds of private collections.

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

www.copperwerks.com

Mark works from his Cedarburg studio to produce works in pastels and mono-prints. Signature member of the Pastel Society of America and Master Circle in International Association of Pastel Societies.

Deb Schwalm loves the journey for the next inspiring image and how she can interpret, embellish and re-invent it for batik. Capturing the light is everything. The final results of the textures and transparency is amazing. She likes to incorporate a sense of magic, whimsy and GLOW her art.
Watercolor Batik Process: Hot wax is used as a resist on paper or (in my case) mulberry paper. Using watercolors, a light to dark paint technique is used to layer watercolor and wax. The hot wax reserves the areas already painted so that additional layers of watercolors can be added. This process takes planning, preparation, patience and practice. With this method, there will be permanent ink lines, unintentional wax drips, wax splatters and spreading watercolor.

I am inspired by color, and incorporate bold colors in my paintings. I try to convey warmth, optimism and fun in my paintings. While I love the process of painting - creating and watching the painting unfold - my greatest joy in painting is when someone else enjoys the piece.