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Paper collage image of a black bird flying above an African village scene with a river, mountains and clouds.

Artist Profile: Nancy L. Clouse

Nancy L. Clouse is a local Michigan artist, teacher, and children’s book illustrator and author.

Collage GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration

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

Image is of a catrina, which means well dressed skeleton figure in the Day of the Dead style. It is only the bust of the skeleton and most of the image is taken up by a large hat with flowers on top.

Artist Profile: José Guadalupe Posada

Mexican artist and intellectual José Guadalupe Posada was a prolific lithographer and engraver, who lived and worked in a period of Mexican history characterized by social and political upheaval.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration LatinX Artists

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

https://artgallery.gvsu.edu/Detail/objects/7005

Artist Profile: Andrew Qappik

Andrew Qappik is an Inuit-Canadian artist from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada who specializes in illustration and printmaking, depicting stories told to him by relatives.

GVSU Art Museum Collection Illustration Printmaking

Published January 1, 2017 by Nicole Webb