TRA Art Group will be hosting the 11 AM presentation titled, "Artful Spaces – Harnessing Color, Texture, and Personality," in the Mid-America Room (Suite 86) during the Art Walk at MDC. Explore the transformative power of original art in your space with Michigan artists Mary Rousseau and Lenore Gimpert. Discover how nature inspires color and texture and learn about current design trends.
Be sure to also visit their showroom in Suite 29 during the Open House portion of the event to meet Michigan artists Mary Rousseau and Lenore Gimpert and explore the works of the late artist Albert Newbill.
Lenore Gimpert
Artistic Style: Mixed Media Paintings
Lenore, based in downtown Birmingham, Michigan, holds a BFA from the College for Creative Studies and MA/MFA from Wayne State University. Her award-winning art graces private and public collections globally. Drawing inspiration from Greek Hellenistic, Baroque, and Rococo eras, Lenore infuses romance into her contemporary works. Utilizing dripping, smearing, and pouring techniques, she transforms canvas and paper from black to vibrant hues, offering a modern perspective on classical beauty.
Mary Rousseau
Artistic Style: Mixed Media
Rousseaux, a mixed-media artist from Detroit's Indian Village, constructs paintings and works on paper using transparent layers infused with pencil, pen, ink, and gold leaf. Her art reflects the dynamic essence of Detroit's evolving landscape, embodying a fusion of time, space, and memory. Preferring numerical identifiers over titles, Rousseaux invites viewers to form their own personal connections, emphasizing the individuality of each experience.
|
The Works of Albert Newbill
Artistic Style: Abstract Expressionism
Albert Newbill was a Detroit-based artist that utilized pastels and deep blues to craft atmospheric, gestural, and figural artworks. In 1957, Newbill showed at the New York Artists’ 6th Annual Exhibition alongside contemporaries Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Hans Hofmann. His friends included Pollack, de Kooning and Franz Kline. A major yet lesser-known talent, many of his works exist in private collections. The remaining works available through his estate are represented exclusively by TRA.
