It's always exciting when new work arrives. Tom Clark has been with our gallery since the Spring of 2009. Tom is a former kindergarten teacher who began exploring the world of visual arts upon retirement after 34 years of teaching. It is difficult to separate Tom Clark the teacher, Tom Clark the storyteller, from Tom Clark the artist. Each is woven into the fabric of the other. He currently does picassiette (broken china mosaic), hand-made paper assemblages and found object constructions.
All of his work tells a visual story and is often described as spontaneous and child-like, which he considers a compliment. Tom considers his current work the ultimate recycling, since he often uses objects that were being discarded and gives them new purpose. His mantra is “repurpose, on purpose, with purpose.”
The work of James (JW) Kreiter is new to our gallery. JW lives and works in DePere, WI. He received his arts education at the Cleveland Institute of Art, majoring in Design and finishing with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture.
Although retired now, James has held various positions within the arts field, such as, Director of ARTSTREET Festival of the Arts, Executive Director of NEW Arts Council, and Curator of Art at the Neville Public Museum – all in Green Bay.“I work in a number of design areas. I like to create clocks that have a whimsical feel and round works that pose design problems of keeping withing the shape. My newest work uses copper, brass and aluminum foils in three dimensional structures
within a frame. The textures, and the play of metals, give me the means of creating the dimensions I find exciting.”
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