2025 CAG Member Gallery

Laura (Lace) Schwenn
Oil

Laura (Lace) Schwenn is a visual artist with a natural penchant for realism. Whether she is portraying figure or portrait, human or animal, landscape or still life, Schwenn has a singular approach to her work: "My intent is to find and express the unique spirit of my subjects."

Schwenn's intent drives her to create works that go beyond mere likeness, and instead to capture a moment in time, evoke a state of emotion, or convey a sense of mystery.

​Schwenn earned a Bachelor of Fine Art degree with a concentration in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. Now living in the beautiful state of Wisconsin, Schwenn creates in her home studio or outdoors en plein air, using a variety of media to explore the human, animal and natural worlds.

laura.lace.schwenn@gmail.com

My work conveys the peaceful, calm feeling of serene rural landscapes. Expressing the colors of different seasons of the year.

I use stoneware and stoneware/porcelain clay bodies to create wheel thrown and hand-built functional pottery pieces decorated with glaze, carving, transfers, painting and wax resist.
I feel very lucky to now have an opportunity to make as much art as my hands can conjure and to find connections and friendship within artist communities in Wisconsin and around the globe.

Family, faith, and nature inform Gina’s art.
Eco Printing with live botanicals onto fabric or paper, cyanotype, rust, wax, block printing, stitching, drawing, and other mark making techniques can be found throughout her work.

I discovered pottery after heartbreak and from that first moment my hands touched the clay I knew I had found my passion!

Soon afterwards my father shared that pottery was in my blood through his mother, my Grama Nancy “Piscatello” Shaw. You can learn more about my family’s history with clay on my website.

My family history adds to my passion as I sit at my wheel or hand build decorative, functional pieces. When I sit down at my wheel with a raw ball of clay, I have a general idea of what I’m looking to create, but the clay ultimately tells me what it wants to be.

All of my pieces are food, microwave and dishwasher safe.

I love painting in watercolor. It is both challenging and gratifying. I paint anything from flowers, people, and pets, to landscapes.
I try to continue to grow in my art and challenge myself.
One of my greatest joys in life is just going into my art room and creating.

The Pink Llama Gallery in historic downtown Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is eclectic and fun, though traditional art has found a home here, too. We represent 100+ artists from across the country, with a strong showing of work from local and Wisconsin artists.

Started my glass venture over 18 years ago by taking a lamp working class up at Peninsula Arts. Made glass beads for awhile until discovering the wonderful world of glass fusing. I enjoy this medium in my basement studio which I share with my fellow artist and wife, Paula.

Gorgeous anodized aluminum and hand beaded jewelry.

Starting from a sketch or a photo submitted, Judy collages and quilts a realistic yet whimsical wall art. Judy’s pet portraits are most popular and touch the hearts of the recipients as they often proclaim they capture the spirit of the pet. Judy’s favorites are her Mary portraits like this one.

I have lived, painted and taught watercolor painting in Ozaukee County for 40 years, exhibiting annually in the Cedarburg Festivals, Wisconsin Watercolor Society and other Wisconsin fairs and shows. My large scale paintings are in the collections of many corporations and private patrons. A loose, colorful and painterly style characterizes my works of landscapes, urban scenes and impressionistic life studies.

Always learning love to add fun