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Monochrome painting of a portrait of a dog.

Artist Profile: Robert Russell

In 2022, Russell began to paint the porcelain figurines that were created during the Nazi regime. At first glance, the paintings may appear to be just portraits of deer, dogs, and rabbits, but his images reveal a horrific backstory.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting The Holocaust

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a courtyard scene in Russia with people walking around and buildings all around.

Artist Profile: Jon McDonald

While best known for his painted landscapes and cityscapes, artist Jon McDonald also works in portraiture, using the style to dive into themes of racism, Black history, Native American history, and the environment.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Landscape with one prominent tree, green grass, blue sky, and smoke stacks with smoke.

Artist Profile: Ivan Fortushniak

Ivan Fortushniak's paintings call into question how humans can be better caretakers of the environment through beautiful landscapes scarred with images of decay, including airplanes, factories, and power plants.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a shipyard. Ship next to pier along left side of image, boats and birds in the background to the right.

Artist Profile: Foster Jewell

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Foster Jewell's landscapes include bodies of water and nautical imagery, prominently from the Great Lakes.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a blue woman, smoking, with a large swan hanging off her lap as she leans against a piano outside.

Artist Profile: Tim Fisher

GVSU Department of Visual & Media Arts Professor of Drawing and artist Tim Fisher is heavily influenced by his own European culture and the more traditional side of painting with images full of iconography, archetypes, and narratives.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Image of a man showing a child how to use a pottery wheel.

Artist Profile: Lori McElrath-Eslick

Local Michigan artist Lori McElrath-Eslick is an illustrator of children's books, magazines, and greeting cards.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Four circles in a column in the middle and two on the right side. A wavy line on each side and a double wavy line connecting the center circles.

Artist Profile: Sid Anderson

Sid Anderson lives in Papunya, a remote Northern Australian territory that is recognized as the birthplace of contemporary Indigenous Art.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colorful image of a young boy with a backpack hiding behind a cactus from a white vehicle.

Artist Profile: Deported Artist

Deported Artist, born in Tijuana, Mexico, creates artwork based on his experiences with deportation, immigration policy, and ancestral migration.

LatinX Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colrful abstract print of a parts of a face all jumbled together. There are multiple noses, eyes and mouths.

Artist Profile: Sheefy McFly

Sheefy McFly, is a visual artist, muralist, rapper, and DJ, whose artwork and music can be experienced throughout Detroit. He has quickly become known as a contemporary artist with graffiti-based and counter-culture roots.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Watercolor of a cityscape

Artist Profile: Reynold Weidenaar

During his career, Reynold Weidenaar became nationally recognized for his technical abilities as both a draftsman and a printmaker, especially his mezzotint prints.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Painting of a tree stump with its own reflection against a white background.

Artist Profile: Vera Klement

Vera Klement was born in the Free City of Danzig, a city-state in Germany, only a few years before the Nazi party took over the region, an even that would forever influence Klement's life and artwork.

Chicago Artist GVSU Art Museum Collection Painting The Holocaust

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

A digital painting that features parts of the body in purple, blue, orange, red, and green. The right side of the image has many elements that appear to be dripping down it.

Artist Profile: Jasmine Bruce

Through her illustrations and murals, Grand Rapids, Michigan-based artist Jasmine Bruce strives to tell the untold stories of those around her, sending a message of connectivity, harmony, and peace.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Man in a gray zoot suit wearing a hat with hands in his pockets. He is standing with one foot in front of the other.

Artist Profile: Hubert Massey

Painting themes of community, culture, and education, artist Hubert Massey's public artworks can be seen in many different Michigan communities.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

A painting depicting a figure wearing a vest in a canoe. The figure has a massive bear head, which is broken up into several compartments. There is one section where the head is instead a brick wall with a window. In the window is a headless figure wateri

Artist Profile: Jonathan Thunder

Anishinaabe artist Jonathan Thunder is known for his surreal paintings, digitally animated films, and installations, drawing inspiration from real-time world experiences and social commentary.

AI and Art GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Abstract painting with a concentric circle at the center, with an "x" shape going out from the circle. These shapes are surrounded by area of pink, blue, and yellow with black and white dots.

Artist Profile: Paddy Carroll

Paddy Carroll Jungerai is a Warlpiri artist born in the Yarrungkanyi in the Western Desert of Australia whose paintings depict Dreaming stories, the foundation of Australian Aboriginal culture.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

Colorful landscape with many horizontal lines of color including blue, purple, yellow and orange. A few green shrubs throughout.

Artist Profile: Armand Merizon

Armand Merizon was an artist who refused to be held to any one style or template for how art should be represented.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Landscapes Michigan Artists Painting

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb

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