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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Louise enjoys working and teaching in her Highland, Michigan studio and is also a plein air painter. She is greatly inspired by the gifts of God's creation.

Louise worked as an interior decorator and custom color consultant; she supervised in the painting and decorating industry and applied her experience at a custom-framing and art gallery. Louise has continually worked with art, color and design for over thirty years. She has also juried student art exhibits for Huron Valley High Schools, and won an outstanding youth educator award for her dedication, commitment and guidance to students whose work was selected for national honors.

Louise attended Oakland County Community College for art and design and has attended numerous seminars, workshops and classes by many well known nationally and internationally acclaimed artists.

Louise is a member of and volunteers for the Village Fine Arts Association and Huron Valley Council for the Arts. She belongs to the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors where she has served in many positions. She is also a member of the Great lakes Pastel Society.

Louise and her students have won many awards. Her work and numerous commissions are included in many private and public collections and are displayed in galleries and venues all across the state.

Awards, juried shows and exhibits include:

"The Artist of the Year" - Village Fine Arts Association - 2013

"The Artist Of The Year" - Village Fine Arts in Milford, MI - 2010 - 1st place

Saginaw Twp. Art in Public Places solo exhibit

Wolcott Mill Metro Park Historic Center solo exhibit

Zaydee’s Coffee House, solo exhibits

Saginaw State of the Arts – Special Merit Award

Port Huron Museum International Show

The Flint Street Gallery, Lake Orion- Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Macomb Center for the Performing Arts – Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Mt. Clemens Art Center – Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

The Starkweather Society – Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Margo’s Gallery, Oxford - Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Birmingham Conference Center- Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Studio 1219, Port Huron – Thursday Company of Art, Group Exhibit

Scarab Club – Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors - Second Place

Michigan Women’s Historical Center – Belen Gallery Lansing - DSWPS

U of M, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery – Honorable Mention Award - DSWPS

Down River Council for the Arts - DSWPS

Grosse Pointe – Box Show - DSWPS

Starkweather Society – DSWPS

Mt. Clemens Art Center – DSWPS –Honorable Mention

2004 Peoples Choice Award –Views and Visions, Village Fine Arts Association

Village Fine Arts Association – Views and Visions –Brancik Memorial Award

Village Fine Arts Association  - Views and Visions – Tom Motley Memorial Award

Village Fine Arts Association – Views and Visions – Best Vision Award & Merit Award

Village Fine Arts Association – Pan FineArt & Poetry Exhibit- Grace Award

Shiawassee Art Council - GFWC Award

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center – Honorable Mention & Merit Award

Birmingham Community House – Our Town Exhibit

Michigan Annual – XXVII and XXX

Starkweather Society – Members exhibit 2007

Ella Sharp Museum

Her work has also been displayed at the Galleria, Pontiac, MI, Mt. Clemens Art Center Art Shop, Huron Valley Council for the Arts Gallery, Huron Valley Hospital, Shiawassee Arts Council Gallery, Main Street Art Gallery,
Milford, Milford Memories Art Fair, Studio 23 Gallery, Bay City, Bear White Studio and The Golden Hawk Golf Course.

Louise was one of the Jurors for the Annual Howell Melon Fine Art and Wares Festival for 2011 and 2012

 

Louise's work also appears in the following publications:

"The Artist Project" - working artists in the Huron Valley Area

"The Folio" - A collection of art by members of the Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors

"Connected - Art From a Spiritual Perspective"

 

 

"The Artist must be the medium through which humanity expresses itself" - Romare Bearden

"All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self."   Gandhi