Exhibits/Events

Current Exhibit
A View in Both Directions

Dates: May 17, 2010 - July 2, 2010

This intriguing exhibit features bold, large-scale oil paintings by Martin Rowe and abstract sandstone carvings by Julie D.Seipel-Dierauer. Both artists draw inspiration from memories of places lived and traveled.

Martin Rowe grew up in England, just outside of London. For twenty-five years he taught drawing, illustration and design at various universities in England and Australia. In 2006 he began painting full-time and moved to Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Underlying images, textures and colors from life near a lake in the Northwoods are recognizable in his current work.

Julie D. Seipel-Dierauer grew up in Alma, Wisconsin and studied sculpture and art education at UW-Stout. Since 2006 Seipel-Dierauer has been a resident stone carver, during the summers, with the Cutstone Company of the Dunville Sandstone Quarry in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Her abstract sculptures entitled - Savannah Series are carved from this sandstone. They suggest subtle imagery from a variety of cultures.

Together these artists present works that stretch the imagination, tell stories and raise questions using their own unique visual voices.

Savannah Series #1 sandstone carving by Julie D. Seipel-Dierauer

Hannah's House oil painting by Martin Rowe