Lon Michels

Lon Michels is a Neo-pop artist who portrays the human figure within boldly patterned compositions to explore deeper dimensions of identity and humanity. Challenging traditional notions of portraiture, he incorporates personal tokens and intricately meaningful patterns unique to each subject, adding emotional depth to his richly detailed paintings.

Based in Wisconsin, Michels holds a B.A. from Ripon College and an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award and was nominated for the Joan Mitchell Arts Award. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, including a career retrospective at the Museum of Wisconsin Art.

* Michel’s is available for portrait commissions. Please inquire.

JOSEFINA LOOKING AT HER PORTRAIT

Acrylic on Canvas with Hand-Painted Frame

40 1/2 x 32 1/2"” (Framed)

MADONA AND HER CHILD

Acrylic on Canvas with Hand-Painted Frame

24 1/2 x 18 1/2” (Framed)

PORTRAIT OF THE TWINS

Acrylic on Canvas with Hand-Painted Frame

61 1/2 x 50” (Framed)

Surrealist sculptor Robin Whiteman constructs fairytale-like characters and animal-human hybrids using porcelain and marbled clay. Her work explores the complicated relationship between humans and the natural world, often turning familiar hierarchies upside down. Through these imaginative forms, Whiteman embraces uncertainty and the limits of human control, inviting viewers into worlds that feel both playful and quietly unsettling.

Whiteman earned her B.F.A. from the Rochester Institute of Technology and completed postgraduate studies in ceramics at Alfred University. Her sculptures are included in public and private collections across the United States, including the Memorial Art Gallery in New York.

“My work is meditation.  I use human and animal forms to play with notions of duality.  I construct my work slowly, working on several sculptures at a time, allowing the work to ripen with minor adjustments to each piece until finished.”

-Robin Whiteman

BOTH OF US

Porcelain, Glass

13 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4”

Fred Stonehouse draws inspiration from outsider art and folk traditions, creating paintings filled with fantastical hybrid figures and richly detailed self-portraits. His work carries religious and surreal overtones, balanced by a sharp sense of humor and rebellion that gives the imagery both charm and edge. Blending human, animal, and plant forms, Stonehouse's figures inhabit symbolic worlds where meaning remains open-ended, inviting viewers into a more mystical way of seeing the world.

Stonehouse holds a B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and he has enjoyed many museum exhibitions, including a solo exhibition at the Museum of Wisconsin Art. His work can be found in select public and private collections across the United States, including the Milwaukee Art Museum, San Jose Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

“Memories, dreams, anecdotal bits and pieces from everyday life, these are some of the ingredients that go into developing one's personal mythology. Everybody has this personal mythology; a combination of truth and fiction, accurate and blurred memories, that make up the story of their life.”

-Fred Stonehouse

FAMILY

Acrylic on Panel with Antique Frame

17 1/4 x 10 1/4” (Image)

21 x 14” (Framed)

Born in Costa Rica, Flora Langlois has spent most of her adult life in Wisconsin. At the age of 98, she continues to draw inspiration from nature, which she loves and reveres. From deep within her imagination emerges the essence, beauty, and vision of figurative imagery intertwined with the natural world. In her artwork, she transforms ordinary objects into fantastical beings, seamlessly merging them with the human form to create metaphorical scenes. Having trained under acclaimed Wisconsin artist John Wilde, her practice is strongly influenced by the Magic Realist movement.

NATURES BLOOM

Acrylic on Panel

12 x 16” (Image)

14 1/2 x 18 1/2” (Framed)

Chris Zak is a contemporary painter whose work focuses on the expressive potential of portraiture. Through close observation of gesture, posture, and subtle shifts in expression, he creates portraits that move beyond physical likeness to suggest a deeper sense of presence and personality.

Zak holds a B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions throughout Wisconsin.

*Zak is available for portrait commissions. Please inquire.

GEORGE

Oil on Maple Panel

20 x 36” (Image)

21 3/4 x 37 3/4” (Framed)

Dennis Nechvatal

Wisconsin painter Dennis Nechvatal is best known for his distinctive face portraits made from hand-cut tin or paper masks, layered with intricate painted patterns that suggest depth and complexity beneath the surface. In addition to portraiture, he creates enigmatic landscapes and still lifes that reflect a quiet sense of wonder and a deep connection to the natural world.

Nechvatal earned a B.A. from Stout State University and an M.F.A. from Indiana University. His work is held in numerous private and public collections across the United States, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, among others.

“My artistic goal over the past several years has been the development of an investigative process: to research and explore artistic styles and disciplines through the creative process while utilizing the history of art.”

-Dennis Nechvatal

SHIFT (2)

Acrylic on Cut and Formed Metal on Wood Panel

20 x 16" (Image)

28 x 24" (Framed)