1377 Gun Club Rd | Two Harbors, Minnesota
Lisa Perrin-Kosmo, Host Artist
Lisa Perrin Kosmo lives along a designated trout stream in NE Minnesota. She was born in South Korea. Her mother a native Korean & her father met while he was serving in the armed forces. Her father, mostly Native American/French heritage (descendants of Chief White Crane & his daughter Equaysayway/Princess Madeline & her husband Michel Cadotte-French fur trader) a huge hunting & fishing advocate, was very influential for her love of the outdoors. She received a BFA from the College of Visual Arts in St.Paul with 2 full scholarships. Shortly after
moving from the cities her print ‘Christine Morning’ was chosen for Duluth’s official Sister City gift to O’Hara Japan. Her painting ‘Peaceful Waters’ won an annual Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute’s Timber Wolf Alliance, Wolf Awareness poster contest. She’s received grants from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council. Lisa was also a Midwest Book Awards finalist for ‘Wakanda Whooper, Curious Cinnamon Crane’ & won International Best of Show for her painting ‘In the Light’. ‘In the Light’ was also accepted in the Minnesota State Fair & received a Dylan Barker award. Lisa has painted numerous private commissions & has created commemorative outdoor/indoor sculptures made of steel, rock & bronze. An indoor bronze at the Two Harbors High School, steel & rock sculpture at the head of the Sonju Trail & a steel sculpture on Madeline Island, LaPointe, Wisconsin. Her work embodies lifelike realism and sometimes blend them into abstract themes to create an unreal, yet seemingly natural scene. “The woods & water are places I can revive my spirit & feel l can breathe again. I can’t imagine my life without painting or creating. I think how lucky I am & inspired to visually celebrate what life has to offer. My hope is to convey my love & appreciation whether straight on, when I do Plein Air paintings or surrealistically.
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Greg Preslicka, Guest Artist
I am a plein air and studio painter. I spent much of my life as a graphic designer working for many local and national companies. After spend all my time before a computer I started to paint murals. I have painted over 100 murals throughout the midwest. As a balance to the commercial work, would paint. I try to seek out the overlooked areas of the world we live in. Sometimes that is in an alley or out in the woods.
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Nathan Bray, Pop-up artist
My passion to create with clay is driven by the continuous flow of new ideas and techniques involved with the processes. I gather influence for my artwork from my experiences of painting and working on cars, as well as working with electricity and metal. I am also subconsciously influenced by the abstract color loaded paintings my dad made the last decade he was around.
My application of color pulls influence from graphic and pop art, as I grew up in the suburbs of San Diego around a lot of graffiti art.
I am steadily intrigued to create movement through the use of colors and in the forms I assemble. I enjoy using the plasticity of clay to emphasize the soft and rigid qualities the medium has to offer.
My work changes, just like the times change.
As history repeats itself, we are left with few options. The need to be vocal and stand up for what I believe in is what I am doing. I am using my art to do what I can, to bring awareness to the human rights’ issues that confront us on a daily basis. These rights have been fought for by past generations, for centuries. Human rights are inclusive of civil rights, women’s rights, lgbtq rights, worker’s rights, children’s rights, elder’s rights, disability rights, housing rights, food rights, and more. I use my art as a tool to convey messages that have meaning to me. Human Rights and Social Justice are currently on the chopping block, and I am doing my part to make some of it permanent.
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September 25, 26, & 27 