ARTISTS

PAINTERS

All of our artists have common denominators- they are all teachers, embrace life with passion and gusto and continue to work towards honing their craft.

Bettina Madini

WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

Besides painting on silk and designing prints for clothing, Ms. Madini is a writer, singer, and Facilitator for More Joy on Earth.
 
Recently inducted into the Master Circle of Pastel Painters by the International Association, Ms. King Mertz adds this honor to her long list of recognition for her artwork. She is a Master Signature member of the Pastel Society of America & Chicago Pastel Painters.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Nancie King Mertz

 

Susan Ploughe

LAKE ZURICH, ILLINOIS

Susan is an Oil Painters of America Signature and the American Impressionist Society member. She is respected for her portraiture including the sensitive and deft handling of her subject matter.
 

Xiao Shunzhi

GUILIN, GUANGXI ZHUANG

Master teacher and founder of the Li River School of art in Guilin, China, Mr. Xiao is an avid artist of Chinese landscape and abstract ink paintings.
 

He Qi

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

Standing on the shoulders of great color artists like Picasso and Matisse, Mr. He’s works are renowned throughout the world for telling the biblical stories with a touch of Chinese characteristics.
 

Linda Vice

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Inspired by the colors found in flowers and nature Ms. Vice wishes to capture the meaningful, moving and fascinating parts of life onto canvas.
 

JEWELERS

Finding inspiration in past cultures and their own ethnic roots, these artists work with gifts from nature combining beauty with craft into each individual piece.

Skye + Peter Ciesla Bazyli Studio

BAILEYS HARBOR, WISCONSIN

Peter and Skye, also husband and wife, have collaborated in jewelry design since 2002, showing their work throughout the country in fashion shows, galleries, and clothing boutiques. Since 2006, they have done an annual show at Linden Gallery, incorporating a variety of fascinating findings that the Linden's have brought back from China. These pieces get turned into one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art.
 

Angela Lensch Gallery

EGG HARBOR, WISCONSIN

Angela's display at Linden Gallery features jewelry inspired by 
a trip to Jaipur, India. While there, Angela worked with a collective of women teaching them to create beads with their beautiful recycled silk saris, the native dresses of India. She wanted to explore India's 5,000 year jewelry making history but instead realized the beauty of learning from and working with people who are intricately and increasingly connected to us.
 

Theresa Wangia Beltshazzar Jewels

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

Theresa's vibrant outlook is an expression of her life experiences. Times of challenge early on helped forge her inner faith, and the resolve to endure and thrive. Today, her creative work is a testament to that irrepressible spirit.
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