Nick Smolen, Carole Austin and Angela Feltes at VIVA in November. Carole and Angela are makers of fine handwovens, Nick is a metal artist, specializing in Damascus steel. Fiber and Fire - soft, colorful fibers complement hard edged metal.
Liz is an oil painter. She paints with the Driftless area pleinair group in summer. She has reclaimed her painting passion after a long and demanding career in architecture and graphic design. She and her husband Jerry are the movers and shakers behind the Driftless Area Art Festival held in September in Soldiers Grove.
He's an artist, a cowboy artist. He paints exquisite scenes that reflect the beauty of the West: its people, Native Americans, cowboys and their animals. His is not the romantic Wild West from the movies—his work depicts real life on the frontier.